Sexual Education Class Should Be Implemented

As the Authors Stokely, Anne, McMahon, Maureen, Points of View: Sex Education in Schools, 3/1/2016 "Reducing the rate of teen pregnancy and STDs requires a multifaceted approach because teen pregnancy is a complex issue with varied effects. Research has shown that effective sex education programs focus on teaching behaviors and communication skills as well as offering instruction about contraception use..."(Par 8.) It doesn't motivate anyone to have sex, instead it educates people and informs them on what the effects are such as STD's and AIDs. Many high school teens who do not grow up in a religious household are still likely to have sex before marriage, and taking this class may or may not change their minds.

Sexual education is a highly debatable topic, but many believe the information taught to students should be abstinence-only. Abstinence-only education has been put in place in order to educate students about the social, mental, and physical benefits of resisting from all sexual activity. It emphasizes the unsafe impacts of participating in sexual activity before marriage and having casual sex. It also promotes the idea that sexual abstinence is the only way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease. Abstinence education only permits the discussion of contraception and condoms in terms of failure in order to utterly discourage casual sex (Wilgoren, 1). Along with teaching the physical dangers of sex, abstinence education also teaches the mental dangers of sex (Abstinence-Only Education, 1). Sex has many risks and dangers that are not

Sex education should be implemented at an early age beginning at the middle school level. A discussion of contraception, the risks of diseases, the risk of becoming an unwed teen parent and the disadvantages of not having an education will help decrease the number of teen pregnancies with future generations. Parents should not feel threatened of having their children learning about sex in class. Parents should feel empowered; it will allow their children opportunities to feel they are able to discuss future topics of sex at home to help promote

As previously stated, abstinence-only sex education courses do not discuss birth control options unless to emphasize their failure to prevent pregnancies or sexually transmitted diseases or infections. Some abstinence-only lessons include inaccurate medical information, typically connected to the failure rates of contraception and protection. These classes also tend to blur religion and science. Some common

Mandatory sex ed. classes should be enforced in middle and high school; the first semester would be anatomy and the second they would be taught of physical activity and health. This would not have to be a new class, but rather a replacement for the ineffective and irresponsibly federally funded abstinence classes. It is almost well known knowledge to everyone that school aged children do participate in sexual activities, they need medically accurate information on how to avoid unintended pregnancy and STIs, information that abstinence classes do not provide. The replacement class is not in any way a ploy to encourage children to engage in sexual activities, but rather maintain the idea of abstinence but also providing the necessary information to help keep them safe should they choose to go against the advice

Schools should educate students about their bodies, and how to protect them. “The point of this kind of sex education is to inform teenagers about the possible risks of being sexually active and to educate them about methods of birth control and sexually transmitted infection protection.” Students deserve the basic human right live freely, and if their choice may be, considering about 70% of the national teenage population usually make this decision anyway, to be involved in sexual relations than there needs to be a basic knowledge of safety

First, with young students this subject may be a little uncomfortable to talk about, but without learning about sexuality extensively many students may be unaware of the hazards of unprotected sex. Being open with our children and explaining the natures of sex will help them make the best decisions for themselves without scaring our students by focusing on the dangers. Second, some may say that our sexual education course is fine how it is, but there always room for improvement. A questionnaire was presented to graduates from Ontario Canada. They were asked what they think should be mandatory concerning sexual education in high school. Many agreed that talking about sexual decision making, communication about sex, relationships and more should be mandatory throughout sexual education creating a better understanding of safe sex. (Meaney 112). Why isn’t this in the United States curriculum? Whether teachers or parents like it or not, every teen is curious and full of questions. Being prepared for that is the best solution to protect our youth from sexual transmitted disease and pregnancy. Last, you may know someone who has had a child in their teenage years and question how hard could it be? They could do it, why can’t you? Talking to

Comprehensive sexuality education has always been a focal point of the debate across the United States. Any topics related to sexuality education would make tremendous amount of people feel embarrassed and uncomfortable because sex education is fallaciously perceived as a stigma of the society on an increase rate of unintended pregnancy, the outbreak of sexual transmitted diseases, and other social ethical issues. From a U.S. review, however, “the overwhelming weight of evidence shows that sex education that discusses contraception does not increase sexual activity.” The understanding of sex education not only covers simply a part in reproduction, or how babies are conceived and born but also helps the teenager to have some basis understanding of virtually every aspect of sex by the time he or she reaches full maturity, and more importantly, it encourages confidence and improves communication skills, the social issues surrounding sexuality and reproduction as well as cultural norms, family

AUTHOR BOB SMITH ONCE SAID, “IN AMERICA, WHEN WE DECIDE TO IGNORE A SUBJECT, OUR FAVORITE FORM OF DENIAL IS TO TEACH IT INCOMPETENTLY. FAMILIARITY WITHOUT TRUE UNDERSTANDING IS NOT ONLY THE BASIS OF OUR FAMILIES BUT OF OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AS WELL.” SMITH REFERS TO THE INADEQUATE SEXUAL EDUCATION OF TEENAGERS IN AMERICA. Sexual education is the instruction on issues about bodily development, sex, sexuality, and relationships. Comprehensive sex education teaches about abstinence, condoms, and contraceptives to avoid sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and unplanned pregnancies. As well as, the skills needed to help young people explore their own values and options. Comprehensive sexual education should be taught in public schools in the United States to provide teenagers with an evidence-based approach to healthy decision making in their sexual lives.

Sex Education is a controversial but extremely important topic. Yet, we are doing very little to address it. Teaching sex education in school is essential for teens to help build strong foundations for sexual health. Although sex education must begin at home, some parents feel uncomfortable talking about the topic it with their children and believe teaching their children about sex education can end up encouraging them to engage in sexual intercourse. Therefore, parents and schools try to emphasis the importance of abstinence. Parents and schools try to teach children to never have sex until they are married. However, this program is flawed because it promotes a bias perspective. The goal of the program

“In 2013, a total of 273,105 babies were born to women aged 15-19 years.” (CDC). As these numbers are shocking to many Americans, schools still have not taken the initiative to teach efficient sex education. Although some teenagers are receiving sex education, most are not being taught it in a successful way. Sex education can be explained in two different procedures: comprehensive or abstinence only. The difference between the two is that comprehensive sex education teaches abstinence as a secondary choice, and teens that decide not to wait should be informed on how to use birth control when participating in sexual activity. Comprehensive sex education is a method that should be required in all schools and is the most effective way to keep

“Educators feel apprehensive or unsure in tackling the topics of sex, sexuality, and sexual health. They feel very overawed about where to start or disorderly about what to teach and when to teach it.” (plannedparenthood.org) However, the sex education classes are not for the teachers or the parents; but instead for the children. Adults should not hide behind the bias that states sexual education classes are inappropriate because the objective of the class is to prevent not promote.. Young people should obtain applicable health information to cultivate useful techniques for preserving a flourished lifestyle. Mentors have a duty to not only assist students, but families as well by providing ethical and wide-ranging information in secure and open-minded surroundings so that teenagers can absorb the concept of sexuality in a fit and positive setting.

Comprehensive sex education programs get support from parents. “Polls show that parents overwhelmingly favor the comprehensive approach” (Rosenberg 67-71). More than 80% of Americans “support teaching comprehensive” and “believe teens should be taught about birth control and preventing pregnancy” (“Comprehensive”). Some people believe that “sex education should be let up to them [parents] to teach” (“California”), but mostly there is an overwhelming amount of support from parents who want comprehensive sex education for their children. With this kind of support, organizations like Advocates for Youth or American Sexual Health Association can help America’s youth understand and make wise choices about their sexual health.

When children reach adolescence, they begin wondering about things outside their normalcy. One of these things, they begin to wonder about is sexual activity. While answering the questions, they have been critical, teaching them about STI's, and how their bodies change is also crucial. Who should be teaching our adolescent children about these topics, has been a debate since the 1980's. With our current society so wrapped up in sex, and our children seeing more and more of it each day, who should teach our children sexual education? and what should they be taught?

According to guttmacher.org, the average adolescents in the United States have sex for the first time at about age 17, but do not actually settle down and marry until their mid-20s. During this interim period of nearly a decade or longer, they may be at heightened risk for unintended pregnancy and STIs. While not all teens are sexually active, there are others who are absolutely not abstaining from it. The least schools could do is provide them with the knowledge of doing it safely, and the ability to take care of themselves. Sex is a normal and healthy part of life, once the person feels emotionally ready for