The highest teen pregnancy rate resides in Mississippi‚ which has an abstinence only sex education curriculum. Abstinence means to restrain oneself from indulging in something usually not good for them or others. In this case‚ abstinence is a form of sex education‚ where it teaches students to restrain from having sexual relationships with others until marriage. Sex education shouldn’t be centered around abstinence. Although it teaches good morals‚ it has many downfalls as well. It leads to a higher
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2-3:15 Professor Rigdon 18 September 2015 Abstinence Only is Not the Only Way The differences between abstinence- only sex education and comprehensive sex education need to be highlighted in order to show the bias that abstinence- only sex-education has‚ even in the classrooms. Advocates for Youth highlight the differences as follows‚ “Comprehensive sex education teaches that sexuality is a natural normal‚ healthy part of life and teaches that abstinence from sexual intercourse is the most
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stick to abstinence only programs because they are effective while others argue that they are ineffective and comprehensive sex education programs are effective. There are advantages to abstinence only programs such as its 100% effectiveness‚ increased emotional health‚ and cost. There are also disadvantages such as the pledge rate‚ knowledge for future sexual encounters‚ and its lack of a universal definition. Proponents of abstinence only education boast its 100% effectiveness. Abstinence is the
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message. In 2009‚ author Katherine Carroll wrote an article about the downfalls of abstinence only education.
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nA purity ball is a formal event attended by fathers and their daughters. Purity balls promote virginity until marriage for teenage girls and are often closely associated with U.S. Christian churches. Details vary‚ but at typical purity balls‚ fathers who attend pledge to protect their young daughters’ purity in mind‚ body‚ and soul. Daughters in turn pledge to remain virgins‚ abstaining from pre-marital sex. A stronger father-daughter relationship is promoted as a means to affirm spiritual and
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CER #4: Abstinence or Abortion? Senate Bill 521‚ filed by Ken Paxton of McKinney‚ would prohibit school districts from using sex education materials supplied by any organization affiliated or linked to abortion providers. Teen birth rates have been declining over the past 20 years nationally but Texas still has an alarming 52 to 1000 ratio. The CDC has publically announced they are not completely sure of what the cause is for the decline. The question everyone is asking is why would you change
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Many do not think about abstinence programs when thinking about sexual education. Abstinence programs can be found all around America as well as all around the world. There are 84% of teens that have had abstinence only education. In the US‚ all schools are required to teach sexual education‚ “26 of states require that abstinence be stressed more than any other form of sexual education”. (Health Research Funding) In this generation there are statistics showing that there is a great amount of teens
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The Abstinence Club All pressure is not bad. In high school‚ I was apart of a organization called the Abstinence Club. Before joining I found out that the Abstinence Club was an organization that provides positive peer pressure among adults and teens within the society. It’s also a group of persons who all come together and agree that they are going to wait until marriage or either become celibate and stop having sex until getting married. The main rule or agreement of the Abstinence Club is to
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Every ten seconds a teenager becomes sexually active for the first time. Many people question on whether or not premarital sex is a problem at all. According to singer/songwriter Kim Hill‚ who states‚ "The decision to have sex outside of marriage results in a slow‚ subtle kind of death‚" it is. Many people all around the world have negative thoughts and attitudes towards premarital sex‚ not just the experts. "Sex within marriage is the only kind that lasts for a lifetime‚" is a statement by actor
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more effective than abstinence classes. One reason sex education should be taught in schools is because it can help inform teens with sex outside of marriage and sexual diseases. Schools should teach sex education because “the US has the highest
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