Make the Right Choice
More than three quarters of parents and teachers say that they want their students to be taught a wide range of issues in sex education courses, including: sexual orientation, abortion, contraceptives, and the emotional consequences of sex (Parents 20)(Abstinence-Only 7). The United States government, however is funding mostly abstinence based sex education, with "their 'exclusive purpose' to be teaching the 'social, psychological, and health gains' to be realized from abstinence"(Should 1). The federal government is spending $50 million plus 75 percent matching funds each year for a total of $435 million over five years far more than any other sex education program (Sex-Ed 12). This typifies the stalemate between opponents on either side of the abstinence-only / comprehensive debate where no agreement is in sight. But neither side will admit that sex education is working. They just argue about what se should change to make it work. Abstinence proponents will argue that kids !that take abstinence pledges hold off from sex eighteen months longer than those who didn't take a pledge (Abstinence 5), but they fail to realize that those who took the pledge had already decided not to have sex and those who didn't were already planning
"Abstinence, anyone?" Commonweal. 2001. Ebsco Host. (4/11/2001) When the president can get a blowjob and then immediately turn around and tell the kiddies to keep their flies up and their knees together, there is a problem. Society is the main culprit in the problems with teen sex. Everyone I know from high school knows the facts about disease and pregnancy, but many ignore the facts and statistics either out of lust and greed (boys), or apathy and saying "it won't happen to me" (girls). Invariably, adolescents who want to be rebellious will ignore everything that adults teach them. The media isn't innocent either. Their moral and consequence-free portrayal of sex misleads young viewers. Many European nations experience disease and pregnancy rates staggeringly smaller than those of the U.S. (Does 1). The Netherlands has a culture that includes sex as a necessary, natural, and enjoyable part of life (Roberts 16). Their sex education programs revolve about the concepts of "rights, responsibility, and respect"(Roberts 16). They understand th! To better make kids understand what the realities are, we need to implement some more aggressive tactics. We should show with blunt and harsh truth about consequences of sex. Perhaps showing with actual photos or even live models the realities of STD's and AIDS. Role playing games have been shown eff
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