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
With out any sex education kids would be lost. I think that people really need to remain realistic in their approaches to sex education and realize that not everything will work. Invariably, adolescents who want to be rebellious will ignore everything that adults teach them. Society is the main culprit in the problems with teen sex. Since this essay was only about sex education I have not addressed what should be done about the society and media. (4/11/2001) "Should We Teach Only Abstinence in Sexuality Education?" Avert. The solution to the problems of sexed up teenagers lies not in more education and certainly not in screaming NO, NO, NO; it can be found everywhere except the classroom, outside the glare of the worried parent or the befuddled teacher. Parents rarely are the first to tell their kids about the birds and bees and most fail to raise the subject at all (McPherson 12). Condom use should be practiced in class using props. Role playing games have been shown effective; so more role-playing should be used (Does 1).
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