Persuasive Essay On Sex Education

While sexual education is mandatory in almost all secondary schools across Australia, the level of depth at which it is taught varies throughout every school. Many highly important areas of sex ed, such as learning about consent, contraceptive options and violence in relationships, are less commonly taught in high school, with puberty typically being the prime topic taught in PDHPE lessons instead. But when we look at the increase in things such as sexual assault, sexual violence, Sexually Transmitted Infections and teenage pregnancy among today’s youth, we must wonder why such imperative subjects to educate teenagers on are discussed so minimally.

Meet Ashlynn. She is my cousin’s daughter who is now 7 years old. 8 years ago, my cousin, Eric, was a second-year at Pacific Lutheran University in Washington and had been dating his girlfriend, Abby. A few months into the relationship, Abby found out she was pregnant and decided to keep the child. Today, they share joint custody of their adorable daughter, but it certainly has not been an easy journey. Once Eric and Abby chose to keep the baby, both dropped out of college and continued to live with college debt. In addition, both work full-time, minimally paying jobs and remain disputing custody issues, taking a large emotional toll on the parents, child, and families. While Ashlynn is fully loved and wanted, she came from a pregnancy that was unintended. Eric and Abby had not planned to raise a child in the middle of their college career, and their story is simply one of many. Secretary DeVos, although all unintended pregnancies cannot be avoided, there are certainly measures individuals can take that reduce the chance of pregnancy. One critically important measure includes receiving a sex education, a topic that is in dire need to be reformed in the United States.

As of 2017, there are twenty-one U.S states that do not mandate sex education. That is almost half of our country's youth not having access to proper, medically accurate, and unbiased sexual education. There are about 10 million STI cases a year among those aged 15 - 24; this means 50% of sexually active people will contract an STI before the age of 25. In order to combat these numbers, sexual education needs to become a subject taught in high schools nationwide. After all, if we allow our children to be taught subjects like English, math, and science, why deny them the opportunity to learn about their own biology?

In a sexual education class, you learn about a natural part of life. Sexual education help students prepare and feel safe about a part of life. As teenager learn about sexual education it encourages them to attempt sexual activities. “Students who reported being sexually active, 39 percent reported that they did not use a condom at last sexual intercourse, and 77 percent reported that they did not use birth control pills or depo-provera. Among teen couples who do not use any method of contraception, 85-90% will experience a pregnancy within one year (Bridges).” Sexual education teaches students about the use of condoms and birth control, which may help reduce the amount of pregnancies of students.

I remember walking into the bathroom on the second floor of my high school. I took a glance at the wall above the hand dryer and there it lay, an apathetic attempt at educating the masses at Neville high school about the ‘dangers’ of sex, a laminated piece of printer paper which obviously indicated the pusillanimous nature of the high school. Twenty or so abstinence-based opinions on sex, unable to elaborate upon the relatively simple claims made on the sheet. Hanging a piece of paper in the bathroom over the sinks do not constitute a proper sex education. Proper sex education is comprehensive and divulges into serious topics, such as relationships, sexual diversity, and sexual assertiveness, and tells adolescence more than just ‘don't do it, you won't get any more popular’. When examining the two main forms of sex education one may ponder how does America compare to other countries, why it fails in comparison, and then wonder why people believe in abstinence program and the effects of doing so.

As we all know the rate our world is Reproducing new children everyday, And our population is always increasing and only growing more and more. Our world is heavily over populated and we are not doing anything about it. Not only are we not inforcing to protect or family and loved ones from harm due to the sick individuals in our world today but we are setting them up for failure as well. STDs are not a game to mess with, when I attended elementary school sex education was talked about once and only once when I was about 10. Who at the age of ten will remember any of that information? Which I did not, unfortunately. One-third of 15-year-old girls say that neither of their parents has talked to them about how pregnancy occurs; about half say neither parent has discussed contraception or STDs. How true is that. And Teen childbearing is a much-studied, confounding public policy topic that is closely associated with a multitude of social issues, including persistent poverty, school failure, child abuse and neglect, health and mental health issues. Younger teens are often uninformed about how to make a child. Only 10 states have sex ed class with clear messages about contraception at the junior high school level; only Iowa includes material about contraception at the elementary school level. My school sure as heck did not! We can not rely on the technology or time to try and help us find a solution to our problem we need to help ourselves and our children now by preventing it now

Young adults are needing abortions because sex education in some schools are not accurate and fail to talk about contraceptives and sexually transmitted diseases, STD. Since sex education policies are not uniform across the country, states are able to choose what information they want to exclude. This leaves room for politics and religion to be injected into the curriculum. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures organization (NCSL), a bipartisan non-government organization designed to provide information to the public, “24 states and the District of Columbia require public schools teach sex education and 20 states require…[that the] education must be medically, factually or technically accurate (“State Policies”). Over half the states leave teens either to educate themselves with the internet, which contains inaccuracies or feed students inaccurate information. This puts the students at risk for becoming pregnant. Many of the states which do not teach medically accurate information, promote abstinence as the best form of protection. Although promoting abstinence seems like an ideal solution to teenagers having sex, it is not because it attaches fear and shame to healthy behavior. However, it paints sex as dirty and wrong even though it is a natural desire, which can lead to teens feeling ashamed and confused about their urges. Because of this, teens will be less willing to use a condom and will lack awareness about STD and pregnancy prevention, harming

Criminal, rapist, and animal are a few words that are often associated with sex offenders. The survivors of these horrendous attacks aren’t characters on TV, often they can be the students in your local college. College students are more likely to be sexually assaulted than any other age group. In fact, 1 in 5 women will be sexually assaulted while attending college. Colleges should be battling to reduce these attacks by implementing a new sex education, teaching prevention, and spreading awareness. Civil rights leader, Mahatma Gandhi, believed that “you must be the change you wish to see in the world”. I agree with Gandhi, these attacks leave permanent physical and mental scarring on their victims and I believe it’s our duty to look out for the safety of others to help prevent these attacks.

Copious teenagers around the United States experience unexpected pregnancies, while others experience sexually transmitted infections at an early age. This is due to the fact that adolescents commenced to be sexually active at a rather young age. Due to the high increase of unexpected pregnancies and transmitted diseases, school officials came to the conclusion of imposing the need of a sex education course. Throughout the students early adolescent years, schools officials commence to introduce teenagers to sex education in order to give students a comprehension of the function of sexual relationships. Although, it is quit difficult for student to fully comprehend the actual consequences of being sexually active. This is due to the fact that schools impose a rather vague lesson about sexual education, which increases the undesired pregnancies and severe infections. Rather than giving the students a clear explanation of sex, school officials chose to keep it PG 13 because they believe they should be introduced to the topic, but not gain a full understanding of it. They do not want students to gain a full understanding of being sexually active; due to the fact that they do not want teenagers to be sexually active in their early life, because it can severely impact them. Furthermore, teenagers who are exposed to a sexually active lives at an early age tend to both experience unexpected pregnancies and severe transmitted diseases. On the other hand, students who take advantage

(8) Secretary DeVos, the last lesson a teenage girl needs is that sex will make her untouchable and disgusting. The message that groups, such as Best Choice, sends is damaging to a young teen’s mental health and provides no accurate and useful information to an individual’s growth and development. Especially for any students who have experienced sexual assault, this demeaning message will only worsen any psychological damage that likely already existed. No human should ever be taught that he or she is used up and worthless, and no program that does so should ever be federally funded. Secretary DeVos, you can make a difference in these girls’ lives and stop funding abstinent-only programs, like Best Choice, that provide a demeaning and inaccurate sex education.

Do you know where babies come from? Well if we did not have a sex education course how would we find the proper information about anything! When society talks about sex it is almost a taboo subject that just is forbidden. All public schools should teach sex-education because it helps protect teens from sexually transmitted diseases, unplanned pregnancy, and promotes healthy relationships. Pregnancy is always such a joyous gift except for if the girl is a teenager. Teen pregnancy is not a sociable acceptance and the girls get criticized for it, when yet it takes two to make one. If teens did not have a sex education class they might not even have a clue on how easy it could be to become pregnant. As of 2015 results teen pregnancy rates are at an overall low for the united states, but still higher than western industrialized nations. (“Reproductive Health: Teen Pregnancy.”) The education course goes over huge risks that teens may not even know are out there. The STD rate is growing rapidly and if it hits a teenage generation things could spiral out of control. In the years 2015- 2016 syphilis rates went up 18 percent overall and 36 percent for just woman. (“CDC Newsroom.”) Health courses even begin to explain how a health relationship should look. Standards have been lowered and it is up to the health education teachers to provide us with good information on what students should expect from their other half. Even having a healthy relationship with yourself

When it comes to sexual education for children, I think that information should be provided from more than one outlet. I think that sexual knowledge should be gained from both home and school. I do not think that churches should really have any role or part in teaching children sexual education, because most churches would promote only chastity and abstinence only ideas. I think that a mix between learning things at home and at school is what would work best for most children. This being said, I think that when it comes to schools, there must be a better and reformed version of sexual education than what we see today.

“Students who reported being sexually active, 39 percent reported that they did not use a condom at last sexual intercourse, and 77 percent reported that they did not use birth control pills or depo-provera. Among teen couples who do not use any method of contraception, 85-90% will experience a pregnancy within one year (Bridges).” Many people believe sexual education leads students in the wrong direction, such as, increasing pregnancy rates and encouraging sexual activities. Sexual education teaches students about the use of condoms and contraceptives. In a sexual education class, students learn about a natural part of life. Sexual education helps students prepare and think more carefully about a part of life. As a teenager learns about sexual education it encourages them to reduce sexual activities. Providing Sexual education in schools is a valuable and positive resource for students.

“Does sex education encourage sex? Many parents are afraid that talking about sex with their teenagers will be taken as permission for the teen to have sex. Nothing could be further from the truth. If anything, the more children learn about sexuality from talking with their parents and teachers and reading accurate books, the less they feel compelled to find out for themselves” (Spock 62).

world around them and their changing bodies is in turn detrimental. They need to be