Abstinence In American Culture

In regard to the assertion that: “Changing Utah’s approach to Abstinence only Education concerning non-consensual sex and teaching prevention education would lower cases of sexual assault.”

The issue of the paper Misinformed and Unprotected is that Abstinence-only programs lack to inform teens about sexual contact because the system is current set up as only teaching teens to not have sexual contact till marriage, leaving out important information for teens who what to learn how to be safe with sexual contact. The writer’s position on the paper is that the education system should be changed to inform teens more than just wait till marriage to have sex. The evidence list is that Abstinence-only education advocates claim that abstinence-only programs prevent premarital sex, but that the programs need to stop being publicly funded because these programs may make those who have suffered from sexual abuse feel ashamed and unwilling

After reading about the abstinence experience assignment, giving up the daytime show “The Young and the Restless” came to mind. However, my immediate answer to myself was “no way.” I attempted to think of something else that would be more difficult. I find it odd that dieting did not come to mind during my pre-contemplation stage. I kept trying to come up with something other than giving up my favorite show. I attempted to minimize the impact that missing the show would have on me by telling myself that the Young and the Restless show really is not be a big deal ; I needed to find something else that would give me a true feel for what a person who is attempting to abstain from drug use would experience. However, I decided

Shy is a fourteen-year-old girl, just starting to experience the sexual aspects of puberty. Her sixteen-year-old boyfriend, unfortunately, is slightly more experienced than her. He has threatened her to break up with her if she does not have sex with him, making her feel the pressure of what she feels she needs to do to keep her relationship together. She could always say no and refuse to risk herself, but her partner is pressuring her to say yes. However, she does not have enough knowledge to decide because the sexual education course at her middle school focuses more on staying abstinent and the benefits that it will bring in the future than going in-depth on the dangers of all sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and contraception methods used to prevent pregnancy.

Rather than implementing these standard curriculum checkpoints as a reflection of social and scientific research just like any fundamental education program should be, these eight-points are founded upon a “values” agenda invoked by radically conservative members of Congress with the specific intent of applying these ideals using hetero-normative, homophobic, and appallingly misogynistic teaching methods. A 2004 investigation by the staff of the House Government Reform Committee revealed that many abstinence-based lessons contain “false, misleading, or distorted information”, with instructors teaching things like “pregnancy can result from touching another person's genitals”, “women who have an abortion are 'more prone to suicide'”, and “half of gay males in in the US have tested positive for HIV” (Henry A. Waxman). In addition to these falsifications, the curriculum goals are worded in a way that would explicitly disallow any information of alternative contraception methods—except for the sole purpose of emphasizing their rates of failure—while at the same time labeling sexually active teens as

Sex education, arguably one of the most controversial topics to surface in American politics over the past half century, poses a complicated problem to citizens and lawmakers alike. Following the AIDS epidemic and spike in teen pregnancy in the 1980s, lawmakers and educators began drafting and implementing more sex education classes and courses in public schools in an attempt to remedy the ever-growing issue. While few object to the idea in itself, the method and content of its teaching is highly controversial. Should we teach abstinence or safe sex? How early should children be exposed to this material? How effective are these classes? These are just a few questions surrounding the issue, which are often disputed.

During my childhood and adolescent years, I grew up in a highly Roman Catholic family who established firm rules about remaining abstinence untiled marriage and refusing to cohabitate with a significant other. Based on my past history of worshiping my faith, this religion has strong beliefs of being abstinence, not getting pregnant before marriage, and remaining heterosexual. During my adolescent years, my mother continuously stated how the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) population was committing sins and wondered why God created these “creatures”. In addition to my mother’s statements towards this population, it made me furious that we judged this population and questioned their happiness. In regards to Tristan’s faith

When I first read about this assignment, I was slightly over excited to have an assignment like this. However, I was concerned at what was meant by abstinence when I had seen the title without reading the text. At first I was like, is he serious about this assignment! What if we do not have a girlfriend or are not sexually active, but once I began to read the text about what the stipulations of the assignment was, I then had a clear understanding of what this was about. I honestly assumed immediately when seeing the word abstinence and thought that it had to do with abstaining from sexual activities only. First thing I learned from this assignment is that abstinence does not necessarily only apply to the human sexually.

Many questions come with abstinence and they’re all important if you’ve made the choice to be abstinent.

In my perspective, a “healthy” person means that the individual has stress management skills, practices abstinence and has an equally balanced health triangle. Anxiety, or stress, is frequently being encountered throughout our lives. In order to reduce the risk of chronic stress we need techniques that help with stress in a healthful, effective way. These routines are called stress management skills and they aid us in relieving stress. Abstinence, in my opinion, is a main factor of being a “healthy” person. Practicing abstinence does not put you at risk of performing dangerous actions that can eventually lead to potentially life threatening habits, such as smoking cigarettes. Choosing to abstain from unsafe behaviors is one of the most important

Stover (2007) emphasizes on the political view of politics in research. The fact that researchers wants to complete a federally funded study on the effectiveness of abstinence-only education programs is questionable. It is evident in the findings that the abstinence programs mention in this article are a flawed design based on research. Stover (2007) researched the validity of how politics goes hand and hand regarding funding. The purpose of this study has brought awareness to the process of research and how the data can be manipulated.

Sex education has been the single most controversial debate in the United States education systems within the past few decades, but was first introduced as early as 1905 where there was a rally for sex education within schools in attempts to eradicate venereal disease (The Beginning of Sex Education in the U.S.: A Historical Perspective). There was not much support at this time though, until the 1980’s when there was the HIV/AID’s epidemic. This was when more people became aware of what was going on and tried figuring out how to put a stop to it, and quick. Surprisingly, in the early twentieth century, people were actually taught to be fearful of sex and that such contact could result in fatality. Many young boys and girls were actually taught

Being abstinent means that you are not having any form of sex, which means that the egg has no ability to become fertile and no possibility for a girl to get pregnant. It is true that you can use protection and birth control but those are not 100% effective, but you know what is? Abstinence. It is effective not sometimes or never but always. if someone is looking for a full proof way of not getting pregnant or an STD, abstinence is the way to go.

Reports display that abstinence-only curriculums do not decrease sexual intercourse by adolescent students. The United States Division of Health and Human Services publicized a report of abstinence curriculums. The authors revealed that conclusions from the study provided no indication that abstinence curriculums applied in elementary and middle schools are successful in decreasing the rate of adolescent or teenagers having sexual relations. Actually, teenagers did not benefit from all of the work and the millions of dollars that have been used into these curriculums. An additional study by Peter Bearman of Columbia University shows that over eighty-five percent of middle and high school students who vow to remain virgins until

The challenge to stay away from dairy has been a tough, yet rewarding experience. I believe that I am now over my addiction to dairy. These past few weeks I have learned how to cope with my cravings through alternatives. Although, I did have setbacks, I managed to get back on track. I noticed that I would typically have setbacks when peer pressure was involved. When it came to me solely, I feel that I did a great job when I was alone. It is very hard being lactose intolerant. Dairy is so delicious to eat, but it is so bad for me. I could fight these cravings by finding healthy alternatives. When I had a craving for ice cream, I searched for a local vegan alternative. I went to Karma Cream and found a healthy alternative