births” (Casey.) Concerned parents‚ educators‚ and healthcare workers cannot decide what to do about this alarming problem caused by unprotected sex. However‚ there are a few proposed solutions to this problem‚ such as condom distribution in high schools‚ proper sexual education within the schools‚ and promoting abstinence. Teenagers are going to have sex‚ which is why it is in their best interest to be protected and educated properly. Condom distribution in high schools represents an effective
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society and their families to demonstrate sexual agency due to the social inequalities they face. Garcia shifts the conversation from sex education about abstinence-only and comprehensive sex education to the educational contexts of school based and local organizations on how their sex education‚ or lack
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of teen pregnancy and help those who do become pregnant? Teen pregnancy is closely linked to a host of other critical social issues — poverty and income‚ overall child well-being‚ out-of-wedlock births‚ responsible fatherhood‚ health issues‚ education‚ child welfare‚ and other risky behavior. There are also substantial public costs associated with adolescent childbearing. Consequently‚ teen pregnancy should be viewed not only as a reproductive health issue‚ but as one that works to improve all
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Youth-Teaching Abstinence- Only Programs Sex education is an important component in today’s education curriculum‚ yet a great number of students complete sex education classes or courses with a distorted view of sexuality. Students who are taught solely to abstain from sexual relations‚ typically lack a good understanding of contraception‚ as well as safe-sex practices. Alternatively‚ our youth today only learn from these classes that they should not have sex until they are married. Abstinence-
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happens to others‚ but that they are immune to it. A lot of teenagers believe that you can ’t get pregnant the first time you have sex‚ if a girl is on her period‚ pregnancy cannot occur‚ among other myths. The reason teens believe this is that the education on sex isn ’t teaching them. Whether it is from their parents or school‚ teenagers aren ’t being educated on sex and pregnancy properly. The facts aren ’t being given to them; the risks aren ’t imbedded into their minds‚ and the statistics on
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main subject it discusses: sex. Some schools today are distributing birth control items to promote the thoughts and ideas of safe sex. Many also believe that along with condom distribution‚ there should be an availability of other methods of birth control‚ promotion of abstinence‚ and information for students on what being safe really means. Alternatively the critics of condom distribution suggest that there should be abstinence only education on this issue. Sex education in this context would encourage
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Taylor Gilchrist Ms. Laseter English 102 8 June 2014 Abstinence vs. Contraception Should early sex education programs only teach about abstinence or should they include the facts about contraception too? There is no specific way that it has to be taught but there is a debate on which ways have the best outcome. Abstinence is refraining from having sex and the only way to not get infected with a sexually transmitted disease. On the other hand‚ contraception is also known as birth control or
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Developmental Concept Paper #1 Sexuality in Adolescence Leah Pyle Ivy Tech Community College February 19‚ 2013 The development of adolescents varies a great deal from the development of 0-11 year olds. The adolescent stage is called puberty‚ which in most cultures is where “the rites of passage” occurs and is celebrated with different names and activities. For example‚ if an adolescent is Jewish‚ a bar or bat mitzvah would be celebrated depending on the gender. Other religions and ethnicities
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Sexual Education: Comprehensive Vs. Abstinence-Only High school is either the best days of your life or four years of struggling and mild torture for teens‚ and the pressure to be sexually active can push adolescents towards the latter. The idea that sexual activity is the ticket to popularity is burned into teens brains by the media‚ through television‚ major label music‚ and movies‚ their peers‚ and celebrity role models. They are bombarded with images and sounds dripping with sexual innuendos
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Even though sex education is almost universal in U.S. schools‚ its content varies and is very basic. In order to prevent rising teen pregnancy rates communities should allow more sex education in schools‚ teens should also have easier access to contraceptives‚ “Well all of my friends are doing it.” Is what pops up in conversation with parents and their teens. Parents should get more educated on talking to their teens about pregnancy prevention. Schools should allow more sex education classes. Even
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