Even though U.S. government spends over one billion dollars on abstinence programs each year, there are over 800,000 pregnancies and over nine million sexually transmitted infections spread amongst those under the age of 25 (SEICUS). When comparing teen pregnancy rates in countries like France, Germany, and the Netherlands, to the United States, the rate is almost eight times higher. Within the states, Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi have the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections. However
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may be, sexual education is an important discussion we need to have as a nation. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, 1 out of 5 teens have intercourse before age 15 and more than 50% have had oral sex by the same age. Looking past our discomfort and personal beliefs, we can clearly see: there are a striking amount of American teens become sexually active. In spite of this, the American educational system is not taking the necessary steps to ensure that teenagers completely understand
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There are five dimensions of national culture that compare different countries and their culture. These dimensions include power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism/ collectivism, masculinity/femininity, and long-term/short-term orientation.While the United States and the Netherlands are similar on four out of the five national culture dimensions, their drastically different on the masculine/feminine dimension. The US is known as a masculine society in which the men are seen as more aggressive
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Teen Pregnancy: 3 in 10 teen girls in the US will get pregnant at least once before age 20, that's about 745,000 teen pregnancies each year. You hear about teen pregnancy in movies, in the news, at school, on MTV, and from your parents. Everyone knows it's not a good idea to have a baby before you're ready. Teen Pregnancy has many consequences for the parent, the child, and society. A child will always be a blessing but a teenager is still a child and one child is incapable to take care of
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Abstinence- Only Vs. Comprehensive Sex Education Nickenha Ashley SOC 233 Professor Singer October 31, 2013 The debate about “abstinence” vs. “comprehensive” sex education has been occurring for at least three decades. The common ground that drives these competing approaches is concern about the negative consequences of adolescent sexual activity to the health and well-being of individuals and society. The debate about these programs were re-energized recently based on the research of about
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Analysis of Sex Education in the Classroom Bridgette Gibbs English 201 Professor Neal March 4, 2014 Educating Our Future: An Analysis of Sex Education in the Classroom While it may seem that teaching sex education reveals a debate from previous generations, the actuality is that for many parents and communities, it remains a highly controversial issue. If our generation fails to educate the younger generation, our prosperity will be left to pay the price. Opponents to sex education feel
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American girls between the ages of 15-19 get pregnant every year. This high rate of teen pregnancies is a result of a lack of information provided to teenagers from their high school sexual education programs. Abstinence-only sexual education has caused nationwide debate over the lack of information provided to teenagers about pregnancy, STDs and other harmful consequences that can result after having unprotected sex. The debate can be solved by reducing government funding for abstinence-only education
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TEEN PREGNANCY Teen pregnancy is a very social issue in America. As some parents try to teach their sons and daughters to abstain from putting themselves in a teen pregnancy situation, it is evident that it is rapidly still occurring. In 2012 the teen birth rate was 305,388, which is 29 births per 1,000 girls. (The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancies, 2014) According to statistics this a “42 percent decline between 1990 and 2008.” (Health, 2014) MTV has a series of
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Where and How, If At All, Should Sex Education Be Conducted What is sex education? Everyone’s definition and concept of sex education is probably different from everyone else’s. An even bigger question is, “where should children learn about sex education?” Some feel that it is the responsibility of the parent to teach their children about the subject. Others feel that it is better learned in school under the guidance of trained teachers who have material such as films, books, and models showing
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Abstinence only versus Sex education in preventing teen pregnancy Anamika Laddha Chamberlain University Abstinence only versus Sex education in preventing teen pregnancy Introduction United States has the highest level of teenage pregnancy amongst the industrialized nations – nine times as high as Netherlands or Japan, twice as high as England and Wales or Canada. Over eight hundred thousand teenage girls get pregnant each year, most unintentionally (The Alan Guttmacher Institue, 2000). Four
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