...The Failure of Abstinence-Only Programs Sex education is important, but many students finish sex education classes with a distorted view of sexuality and without a good understanding of contraception and safe-sex practices. Instead, children only learn that they should not have sex until they are married. Abstinence-only programs in public schools have become popular because of a law giving millions of dollars to schools that teach the programs. These programs have the good intention of persuading young people to wait until marriage before having sex, but abstinence-only programs are not achieving this goal and are flawed by the distorted and biased perspective that they promote. In 1996, the United States government passed a law giving funding to states that offered abstinence-only programs in public schools. Since this time, over half of a billion dollars has been given to states to promote abstinence-only programs (Brody). To receive the money, schools must agree to follow a set of rules. The rules indicate that a school’s abstinence-only program must have "as its exclusive purpose teaching the social, psychological, and health gains to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity" ("Impacts"). Students must be taught that they are likely to suffer harmful effects if they have sex before marriage. They also must be taught that the "expected standard" is for school-age children not to engage in sexual activity and for adults to engage in sexual relations...
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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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...investigate sexual education because it is a policy area that hits close to home. Sexual Education is an issue with many facets, but it falls under the larger umbrella of reproductive freedom. Many people would consider themselves either pro-life or pro-choice, but there is also a middle section that is less defined. This section is present because of cases like rape, health difficulties, or future health of the baby. With education, it is less black and white in the eyes of the general populace. Further, sides are frequently taken due to religious beliefs. Education is typically a more local issue, but it has a large impact on the rate of pregnant teens, which ultimately funnels into the debate over abortion. More specifically, the federal government has to take action on both abortion and sexual education because of their inter-connectedness. With that said, the focus of my policy is primarily the need for comprehensive sexual education. I work for the American Civil Liberties Union, and within this I am a part of TACL. The point of this group is to focus on civil liberties for students. With the passage of the abstinence only bill in Tennessee, I feel as though my liberties have been taken. I believe that you cannot stop students from doing what is natural by not teaching them about it or teaching them about protection. Studies show that in states with abstinence only education laws, the pregnancy rate is much higher. I want to focus my research on education about safety...
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...the public is that between co-education and single-sex education, which will benefit our children more? As a teacher and parent, I strongly believe that the latter is a good choice. Gender-based classes can improve our children’s academic achievement through proper approaches suitable for their learning styles, foster better behaviors through promotion of role models and encourage them to explore who they truly are. [ok] As everyone acknowledges that each person has his own learning style, the learning style between boys and girls is not an exception, they are every different due to their physical and metal development. The development of boys’ reading ability is slower than girls’. Boys tend to be more active than girls. When boys know the answer they can’t wait to shout it out, in stead of girls would rather just understand and know the reason. The uneven development attributes to their different learning styles. For the better achievement, separating girls and boys to adapt approaches that fit their learning styles is the best way we can do. For example, in my grade one classroom, it seems like a disaster for boys to sit down to read, even the story they loved to listen. To girls, reading is such a relax thing to do. Both sides can’t have what they need the most, because I have to stay in the middle to look after each side obtain some but not too much. On the other hand, single-sex class using proper methods can provide what the student need most, and help them to achieve...
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...The Impact of Chlamydia on our Community Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are a growing problem in our country today. According to estimations calculated by The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), there are over 19 million new STD infections every year. STDs are highly preventable with the use of prophylactics. When left untreated, STDs can cause a number of complications including reproductive health problems, fetal and perinatal problems, and cancer. Complications are seen more frequently in women than in men (insert healthy ppl ref). Economic, behavioral, and social factors play a role in the spread of STDs. Infection rates among African Americans and Hispanics are higher in comparison to Caucasians. Economic status is correlated to these increased rates. Those of low economic status are less likely to have access to healthcare and/or other preventable measures. Generally speaking Americans have a discomfort about discussing sex and this is one of the most pressing social factors that contribute to the spread of STDs (insert healthy ppl ref). Chlamydia is one of the most prevalent STDs. It is a bacterial infection transmitted through oral, anal and vaginal sexual interactions. It is most prevalent amongst younger adult’s ages 15-29, but the highest segment at risk is ages 15-19( hp2020 ref). Healthy People 2020 is an initiative managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It sets a 10 year agenda each decade...
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...State LA students. This cross-sectional research study was based on a convenience sample of thirty-five male and female college students. Participants were recruited on campus and were given a paper form of the link to the survey. All participants in this study were volunteers. The online survey was created using google forms; it was completely anonymous and confidential. The survey consisted of 22 short questions. A copy of the survey can be found in Appendix A, page 15. Respondents were only asked questions that were applicable to their demographics, sexual history, education, and experiences (as outlined below). Measures Respondent characteristics. Respondents were asked to report their age, gender, race/ethnicity, and sexual orientation. Participants were also asked for their zip code and to report on how many years they have been attending Cal State LA. Sex Education. Participants...
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...Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice Volume 7 | Issue 1 Article 2 September 2013 The Legal Implications of Gender Bias in Standardized Testing Katherine Connor Ellen J. Vargyas Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/bglj Recommended Citation Katherine Connor and Ellen J. Vargyas, The Legal Implications of Gender Bias in Standardized Testing, 7 Berkeley Women's L.J. 13 (1992). Available at: http://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/bglj/vol7/iss1/2 Link to publisher version (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/ This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals and Related Materials at Berkeley Law Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice by an authorized administrator of Berkeley Law Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact jcera@law.berkeley.edu. The Legal Implications of Gender Bias in Standardized Testing Katherine Connort Ellen J. Vargyast TABLE OF CONTENTS I. II. INTRODUCTION ....................................... THE FACTUAL CONTEXT ............................. A. The Scope of the Problem ............................ 1. Post-Secondary Admissions Tests .................. 2. Vocational Aptitude Tests and Interest Inventories. B. Causes of Gender Differences in Test Scores ........... 1. Post-Secondary Admissions Tests .................. 2. Vocational Aptitude Tests and Interest Inventories. C. Validity of the Tests .......................
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...Title: Go To Bed with Sex Ed General Purpose: to persuade my class sex education should be taught in school Specify: As the generations advance in aspects like technology. Adolescents are beginning to advance in sexuality at an early age as well. Central Idea: Sex education will help Preteens and Teens understand how their bodies operate, how diseases are transmitted, and how to speak up. Introduction Attention Getter: Each year US Teens experience about 850,000 pregnancies. [3] Youth under the age of 25 experience 9.1 million STI’s. [3] In 2011, approximately 24 percent of new HIV diagnoses were young people age 13 to 24. [3] Credibility: When I attended High School in Georgia during my freshman to junior year it was required to take a sex education to keep us informed on current STD’s and STI’s, pregnancy, and our bodies. Although we were not required to get tested the pregnancy rates were lower that the high school I attended in Kentucky. Connect with the Audience: If you want to keep teens educated about current diseases and prevent school wide pregnancies and infections you will agree to educate them about sex. State Central: Sex education will help Preteens and Teens understand how their bodies operate, how diseases are transmitted, and how to speak up. State Main Points: * Less Pregnancies and STD’S * Helping NOT HARMING * Parent/School Involvement Body I. Less Pregnancies and STD’S * Among students who had sex in the three months prior...
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...Taisacan Professor Noha Kabaji English C100 Sex Education “Sex education is a process of life – nutrition, respiration, excretion, sensitivity, movement, growth and reproduction. As parents we teach, guide and nurture our children through childhood and adolescence towards adulthood, providing them with the skills and knowledge to make safe choices on the food they eat, the sports they participate in and safe personal hygiene. Sex education is not about giving people the facts; it is also about teaching skills to enable young people to use that information effectively and to moderate behaviors according to the information and knowledge at hand.” Every parent knows that there are lots of responsibilities when it comes to nurturing and discipline. Since sex education is a sensitive topic, a lot of controversy emerged concerning the right age for teenagers to explore sex education and the appropriate approach for the adolescence to understand the purpose of the topic. The increase of teen pregnancy and sexual transmitted disease among adolescence brought attention to the society. To prevent or to reduce the incident, the government recommended adding sex education to the curriculum. By providing the right information to teens will prevent or reduce the number of teen pregnancy and other health issues they might face. However, despite of the good intention, their are other parents or organization disagree with sex education because of their religious beliefs or culture indifference...
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...OUTLINE Topic: Sex education. Purpose of writing: To inform my audience on the three reasons why sex education should be made compulsory. Introduction: Sex education is a process that begins at birth and continues until the day you die. It is a process of building a strong foundation for sexual health. It includes sexual development, reproduction, intimacy, gender roles and relationships. Thus, instead of informal education, why not make it compulsory in a formal education. Central idea: Sex education should be made compulsory as: (Preview) A. Sex education helps in exposing the students to appropriate information about sex. B. Sex education helps in reducing sexual related social problem among adolescent. C. Sex education did a great favor in case where the child lacks of parental guidance. Body: Main Point I. Sex education helps in exposing the students to appropriate information about sex Sub-point A. Sex education in schools can helps the young to understands the impact of sex in their lives. It dispels the myth related to sex and broadens their horizons. 1. eg: Bleeding on the first intercourse is the sign of virginity. (Dr. Vithal Prabhu, n.d) 2. Woman becomes impure during menstruation. (Dr. Vithal Prabhu, n.d) ...
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... ITC105 Assignment task 1 Student name : Lan Huong Tran Student ID : 11478318 Lecturer : Margaret Redestowicz Education in Developing Countries Article 1: Singh, S., Bankole, A., & Woog, V. (2005) “Evaluating the need for sex education in developing countries: sexual behaviour, knowledge of preventing sexually transmitted infections/HIV and unplanned pregnancy” . Sex Education,Vol. 5 Issue 4, p307-331, 25p In this article Singh et al., review a deep sight into the degree of need for necessary knowledge of sex education in developing countries. This article has three main points. First, it pointed out the major factors which impact how sex education can be instructed and brought advantages for young generation in developing countries. Further, it also mention about evidence on particular key indicators of behaviours and understanding amongst young generations in sub- Saharan Africa, Latin America and Caribbean. Singh et al. has classified the information separately for young men and women. At last, the evidence has been used to emphasize the nature and extend of need for young teenage in sex education. Therefore, this article brings the better view of range and the limitation of missing sex education in developing countries. Further, it is clearly to bring the readers some knowledge...
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...Students and Sex As time passes, it seems as if the teenage pregnancy rate gets higher and higher, instead of decreasing. Some people inculpate it on how parents edified their teens when they were children. Others claim that the pregnancy rate is on the up because of the sex education curriculum that schools teach today. These parents feel that schools are sending the wrong message to their children. They feel that schools are teaching students that it is okay to have sex as long as it is protected sex. Some of the parents who are opposed to the current curriculum say that if there was a new curriculum that was based on the concept of abstinence and the cost of being pregnant, the teenage pregnancy rate would not be so high. With the current curriculum, schools are not teaching students about the urge of waiting to have sex. Instead, schools teach students about how to have protective sex. Even though schools teach students about protected sex, they do not remind students that there is still a possibility that they may end up pregnant. Even if they use condoms, or use birth control, there is always a chance of conceiving a child. Some teenagers are mature, and are able to think things through before they do something that may get them in trouble. On the other hand, there are teens who lose all of their common sense when their hormones arise. In fact, “Knowledge alone is not enough to change behaviors. Programs that rely mainly on conveying information about sex or moral precepts—how...
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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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...Why is sex such an unmentionable topic in American culture? In the media and society, students and young adults are constantly bombarded with mentions of sex, but schools are reluctant to talk about it. Though this might not seem like a big deal, this stigma putting sex off-limits from discussion and the disconnection between what kids see in and outside of school has done harm to sex-ed programs in the United States. Many programs throughout the country since the 1970s-80s push for abstinence-only sex education, which promotes the idea that because students are told to wait, they do not need to discuss how to have safe sex. Because of the largely negative effects of abstinence-only sex education on students and the inefficacy of the current...
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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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