...how crucial it is to have a comprehensive sex education that teaches adolescents the dangers of sexual intercourse, how to prevent pregnancy, and promotes sexual health and well-being. Due to the high volumes of sexual content teenagers watch each day, a comprehensive sex education seems vital in providing accurate information regarding anything related to sexual intercourse. Also, this type of education would have the means to correct the half-truths and false information mass media presents to the public through a variety...
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...Comprehensive Sex Education Teenage pregnancy rates are higher in American than they are in most other industrialized countries. This is a direct cause of the prominence of abstinence-only-before-marriage (commonly known as abstinence-only) education in United States schools. Besides teen pregnancy, abstinence-only education does more harm to America’s youth. There is a debate being discussed about how sexual education should be taught in schools. Even though abstinence-only education in schools promotes abstinence, a comprehensive sex education provides teenagers with accurate information, has community support, and empowers youth. Comprehensive and abstinence-only education are two very different approaches to the teachings of sexual education. Comprehensive education provides extensive information about contraceptive use, prevention of STDs, and sexual health while also promoting abstinence. It is an open-minded program that exposes students to some controversial topics like sexual orientation and gender identity while other types of programs often shy away from these discussions. On the other hand, abstinence-only education programs promote abstinence as the only option for teenagers and young adults...
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...Supporters of comprehensive education argue that teaching students, primarily teenagers, sex education beyond abstinence only allows them to be better prepared in case they choose to become sexually active while in school. Comprehensive sex education programs do teach abstinence; however, they also discuss how to use contraceptives, sexually transmitted disease prevention and sexual orientations. They argue that knowing how to use contraceptives does not encourage premature sexual behavior. Comprehensive sex education proponents also argue the health of the public is at stake if students are not fully prepared for the future ("Abstinence-Only Education”). Proponents of abstinence only education argue that society should discourage students from partaking in sexual activity until they are mature and married. The argument is if they are taught about contraception, they will take that as a cue to begin engaging in sexual activities. Robert Rector, a writer in President George W. Bush’s administration sexual education program stated: "Kids in society are saturated with information about contraception and messages about encouraging casual, permissive sex” (“Contraception”). The programs also place an emphasized value placed on virginity. A tactic used by abstinence educators to encourage the value of virginity is a “virginity pledge”, which helps reinforce the idea of waiting. The pledges have been found to be an...
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...abstinence-only sex education is probably the best option. However, I think it has a lot of aspects that it needs to fix. It is understandable that the point is it get people to stop having premarital sex. There has to be a better way to get people to follow this. What makes it hard is that it is backed up by religious beliefs. I think that this is what makes people turn away. They feel like they are following religious law. They would be to a certain extent. Be that as it may, there is a reason laws are in place. There can be a lot of ramification to having premarital sex. I can understand why people think it can increase pregnancy and disease. It can be seen as doing something just because you are told not to do it. However, I do not think that is the case. At the end of the day it is still the individuals choice. 2....
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...Effectiveness of Comprehensive Sex Education vs. Abstinence-Only Education Sexual education content in America continues to be heavily debated. The main purpose of sexual education courses is to prevent sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) and unwanted pregnancies, particularly teen pregnancies. Despite this, the United States currently ranks first amongst industrialized nations in rates of teen pregnancies and STIs (Stanger-Hall & Hall, 2011). Middle school and high school sexual education programs are particularly under scrutiny, as 15 – 24 year olds account for almost one-half of new STI diagnoses (Kohler, Lisa, & Lafferty, 2008). In order to determine the cause of these STI and teen pregnancy levels, current sexual education methods...
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...Sex education in the United States is a controversial subject. There are many forms of sex education but the two basic forms are abstinence-only and comprehensive. Abstinence-only sex education teaches students to abstain from sex until marriage. Comprehensive sex education provides students with knowledge about the human body both male and female, knowledge about pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, how these diseases are transmitted and how to prevent them, when to get tested for diseases and the symptoms of these diseases to know if you are infected by one. Comprehensive sex education does not encourage adolescents to have sex but it does acknowledge the potential for them to participate in the act. Literature Review In “Abstinence-Only...
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...In "Educating Teenagers about sex in the United States. The magority of sex education takes place in 6th-8th grade where they learn how to say no to sex, methods of birth control, STDs and how to prevent HIV/AIDs. Sex education helps reduce teen pregnancy and STDs but goes againts what some parents want to be taught. “Each year, U.S. teens experience as many as 850,000 pregnancies, and youth under age 25 experience about 9.1 million sexually transmitted infections (STIs)” (McKeon). As these numbers stick out to any ordinary person, schools still have not taken the initiative to teach sex education. Sex education can be explained in two different ways comprehensive or abstinence only. The difference of the two is that comprehensive sex...
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...The state of America’s sex education is monumentally sad, even more so in Texas. Children are taught to be afraid of their bodies and to resent any physical attractions, which can lead to psychological problems later in life. Being taught abstinence and to wait for marriage can be damaging in several ways; it can produce a lack of comfort with one’s own body, it can build a general distaste for relationships, and it can create trust issues Being taught abstinence impresses upon a person that sex is wrong or immoral when it is a natural process that has a multitude of health benefits. People may become uncomfortable in their own skin because of the oppressive methods of abstinence teaching. Many lessons in abstinence say that you should “respect...
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...Without a doubt sex education has been a controversial topic in the United States. Our elected officials used to continuously debate comprehensive versus abstinence-only sex education for students K-12. Until very recent sex education was lumped in with abortion, and was a supporting argument for most Republican and Democratic to display their values before elections. However, during President Obama’s first term, he and his administration eliminated all federally funded abstinence-only sex education. (Tucker, 2011, as cited in Crooks & Baur, 2013, p. 371) The President had made this informed decision on data collected, but according to Herbnick, the administration was mostly motivated by the 1.5 billion federal taxpayer dollars spent on abstinence-only...
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...“Don’t have sex. You will get pregnant, and you will die.” This quote from the hit movie Mean Girls earned lots of laughs from audiences everywhere. However, in today’s society we are taught ever since we are little that sexuality is unnatural and against the morals of the society we live in. The things teenagers are being taught are not in a laughing matter. While we are very strict on sex before marriage, not everyone will make that choice. The hormones rushing through the adolescent brain needs to be taught that, yes waiting until marriage is an option, but if you choose to not wait that’s okay. Comprehensive sex education will teach teenagers the tools and facts they need to stay safe if they choose to be sexually active. Although people...
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...topic Reusable Shopping bags. Condoms in Schools Safe sex Sexually transmitted diseases Abstinence till marriage Condoms Teen pregnancy is high Sexual Behavior Religious communities do not favor condom distribution in high schools. Risk avoidance Comprehensive sexuality education Youth National School Condom Availability Clearinghouse School Faculty – Nurses, Teachers, Counselors Government funds Tax Payers Choices for young ladies Cost-effective True Love Waits Parents' choice 2- Group ideas from refined brainstorm you want to use in outline 3- No Sex Education---------------Abstinence--------------Comprehensive sexuality education Government Funds Religious Groups Safe Sex Tax Payers Sex until marriage Risk Avoidance Inappropriate True Love Waits Choices for young ladies Parents' choice No cost School Faculty Sexually Transmitted Diseases 4- General Purpose: Persuasive Speech of Conviction – 5-9 minutes 5- Specific Purpose Statement: I want my audience to believe the only way to ensure every teen can prevent Sexually transmitted diseases and teen pregnancy through comprehensive sexuality education. WILL USE PICTURES OF STDS, CONDOMS AND PICTURES OF TEEN...
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...Why Sexual Education Should Be Taught In Public Schools In today’s society where children are exposed to sex through various media outlets, the need for sexual education in public schools is necessary. Instead of abstinence-only education, which teaches refraining from sexual activity until marriage, today’s youth needs to be informed about the various aspects of sexuality including pregnancy, contraception, STDs, and abstinence. According to a survey conducted by National Public Radio, The Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, ninety percent of American parents believe that comprehensive sexual education should be taught in public schools to students in grades 7 through 12. This type of education encourages abstinence, but also teaches proper condom use and other contraceptive methods to protect youth from unwanted pregnancies and STD (“Sex Education in America”). In order to reduce the risk of teenage pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, Douglas Bernard Kirby, Ph.D. from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy states in his 2007 publication of Emerging Answers: To be effective, such programs must be straightforward and specific; for example, they might discuss realistic situations that could lead to unprotected sex and methods for avoiding those situations, for remaining abstinent, and for using condoms and other contraceptives. (Kirby 16) Even though studies have shown mixed results...
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...Sex Education in Schools Anquavese Jones ENG/102 06/26/2011 Becky Wilfahrt Abstract Teenage sex education is a topic of much debate in America’s schools because sex and its health related issues are prevalent in the lives of so many adolescents. Teenagers’ engagement in sexual activities has led to an increase in sexually transmitted diseases, emotional and psychological injuries, and out-of-wedlock childbearing (Rector, 2002, para. 1). Therefore, schools across the nation have been charged with implementing programs that will educate the young about the risks of engaging in sexual activities before marriage. America’s schools use one of the two commonly known approaches in hopes to deter premarital sex. These approaches are abstinence education and comprehensive sex education. Abstinence education is a type of sex education that places strict emphasis on abstaining from sex until marriage. Comprehensive sex education examines abstinence along with sexual reproductive health education and contraceptives. This paper will examine both approaches and show that comprehensive sex education is the most effective method. Introduction Sex is a hot topic that reaches many children through the different mediums to include school, internet, radio, and television. An effective way to arm our children with important data concerning sex education is by providing abstinence education in our schools. According to Powezek, in the United States, maturation classes are usually implemented...
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...Should the early sex education be taught in schools or not? Discuss In recent years, the number of pregnancies and the sexual transmitted infections which are experienced by the teens has unpredictably increased. The sex education can be identified as the process of acquiring information and forming attitudes and beliefs about sex, sexual identity, relationships and intimacy, and the teens refers to those whose age is between 12 and 20. In whether or not the early sex education should be taught in schools a number of arguments, both for and against, need to be examined. These arguments include that sex education decreases the teenage pregnancy and sexual transmitted diseases. Comprehensive sex education promotes healthy behavior. Sex education materials contain offensive content and induce youth to attempt initiated sex. Firstly, the sex education reduces the incidence of underage pregnancy and the spread of transmitted diseases. With regard to the outcomes of the sexual behaviors, it is clearly discovered that the teenage pregnancy and the sexual transmitted diseases are the most serious effects of teen sex. According to Klein, each year, in United State, teens experience as many as 850,000 pregnancies, and youth under age 25 experience about 9.1 million sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Meanwhile, Klein states that by age 18, 70 percent of American females and 62 percent of American males have initiated sex. Thus, comprehensive sex education advocates believe that...
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