Abstinence vs Sex Education Teen pregnancy rates throughout the nation are very high‚ and many people are trying to figure out how to cut theses rates down. Teaching abstinence or sex education in school has been a major issue throughout the United States for years. Many high schools teach abstinence- only in an attempt to lower the teenage pregnancy rates throughout the country. Many people believe sex education is what needs to be taught in high schools so teenagers are not going in blind and
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Mandatory Sex Education in Schools What is the right age to begin teaching sex education to kids? About 820‚000 young women are pregnant before the age of twenty. There is no denying that teen pregnancy has risen tremendously in the past few years. Girls younger and younger are becoming pregnant. Babies essentially are having babies. These young girls do not personally have the ability to raise a child when they are only a child themselves. Financially they are unable to care for the baby and that
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The question we want to answer today is should sex education be offered in school? In my opinion‚ yes it should. If we offer it‚ less pregnancys would happen. Less sexually transmitted diseases would be passed in. Less emotional/physical pain would occur. This type of education can leave a footprint on your brain. According to seventeen magazine 750‚000 girls get pregnant each year. This number could be cut in half and divided by three if we enforce that it’s not right until marriage. In the 7th
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20121099 19.03.13 Are Single-Sex Schools Better For Education? By Hank Campbell September 26th 2011 The least convincing argument for government-run schooling is that it provides a ’social’ experience for children. Anyone who attended school has horror stories about the behavior kids learn from the social environment at schools and‚ if you are a parent with a school age child‚ you might even worry about it more than be relieved. Single-sex schools would seem to relieve some of
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Sex Education In Public Schools Sex education in public schools has been a controversial issue in the United States for over a decade. With the HIV and teen pregnancy crises growing‚ sex education in schools is needed. Some believe that sex education should be taught at home by the children’s parents. Others feel that sex education programs in schools do not put an emphasis on abstinence and encourages children to have sexual intercourse. American culture is very sexually oriented and sex is
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Oral Sex and HIV Risk CDC HIV/AIDS Facts Oral Sex Is Not Risk Free Like all sexual activity‚ oral sex carries some risk of HIV transmission when one partner is known to be infected with HIV‚ when either partner’s HIV status is not known‚ and/or when one partner is not monogamous or injects drugs. Even though the risk of transmitting HIV through oral sex is much lower than that of anal or vaginal sex‚ numerous studies have demonstrated that oral sex can result in the transmission of HIV and other
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just don’t understand the responsibilities that go along with being sexually active‚ they don’t even think about them. But maybe they should sit back and think before taking part. People should not be having sex just to have it‚ but because they are in love. The only time premarital sex may be okay is in the boundaries of a loving‚ trusting relationship. Other wise you will most likely regret it when you get older. There is so much feeling that goes into being sexually active most teenagers
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disease (STD) – the most common being human papillomavirus‚ which can cause cervical cancer‚ followed by chlamydia and trichomiasis. Approximately 50% of African American teens have at least one STD‚ compared to 20% of white and Mexican American teens” (“Sex Education in Schools: Timeline”). B. “According to the Centers for Disease Control and the Kaiser Family Foundation‚ approximately 65 percent of all sexually transmitted infections contracted by Americans this year will occur in people under 24. One
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Should schools teach more about sex education? Would it help boys and girls be safer? Would there be less Sexually Transmitted Diseases or more? “The truth is if teens learned more about sex then there would be less teen pregnancies and less STDs.” ("5 Reasons Schools Should Adopt LGBTQ-inclusive Sex Ed.") I think teen pregnancies are unfortunate and teens should really think more about the consequence and how it can affect your life. “Most students‚ however‚ do not receive any instruction until
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