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The Effectiveness Of Abstinence Only Sex Education

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Everyone has their own way of raising children. This sometimes causes problems while deciding on what children should learn in school. A child’s upbringing is vital in determining what they will grow up to be. It is hard enough to raise a child, but it is even harder when you have to watch society as well. In today’s age there are a lot of things that parents cannot shield their child from seeing that used to be easy to hide. So much can be easily accessed through the touch of a finger. Which is why children need more education on what is happening in the world now. Schools are the safest place to talk to children about how the times have changed. While some schools cater to religion being taught the same thing is not set in place for sex …show more content…

Abstinence only education consists of teaching students that not having sex prevents pregnancy, STDs, and HIV. That adolescences should resist the compulsion to have sex until the person is capable to handle the responsibility of having sex. Studies have taken place to see the effectiveness of abstinence only sex education. This study was conducted on 662 African American students that were in 6th and 7th grade. They researchers chose African American students because in the United States HIV is most prevalent in black adolescences. These African American students are from low income communities in the northeastern part of America. This experiment was extremely organized on how the instructors were supposed to teach the students, all the way down to the games that were played with the students. However, the study did not expose sex in a disapproving way. Instead the information on sex was merely untouched. Students could make up their own beliefs on sex, they were only taught that abstinence was the best policy to live by. Before the classes started the students took a survey so that the researchers would have a baseline for their data. Procedures were taken to ensure that the students answered all questions honestly. After the classes were given to the students, two years later there was a follow up survey given to the students. The results of the survey were very …show more content…

In Utrecht, Netherlands sexual education begins as early as age 4. The Dutch Sexuality Institute, the entity behind the curriculum encourages students age 4 and up to have open conversations regarding sex, love, and relationships. The Netherlands government have even made it a law for all primary students to have some form of sexual education. The teachers mandated to enact this curriculum have administrative freedom as long as they include key concepts such as sexual assertiveness and sexual diversity. These key concepts were chosen with hopes that it will enrich the students with the skills to later on protect them against sexual coercion, intimidation, and abuse. Thanks to social media there have been negative connotations in regards to sexual activity. One of the curriculums main goals is to show students that sexuality can consisted of intimacy, respect, and safety. Melker says “The system allows for flexibility in how it’s taught. But it must address certain core principles — among them, sexual diversity and sexual assertiveness. That means encouraging respect for all sexual preferences and helping students develop skills to protect against sexual coercion, intimidation and abuse” (Melker, 2015). The Dutch’s approach to sexual education have become the center of attention across the globe, and they have not hesitated upon bragging about the results yielded from

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