What should public schools teach our children about sex? It can be a complex question, especially when dealing with morals, social norms, pop culture, hormones and health. When students sit down for their sex education, should teachers embrace an abstinence-only policy?
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Do you have any evidence to back that up? According to this study in 2002, 18% of women age 15-19 who were at risk for becoming unintentionally pregnant were using no birth control at all, compared to 10.7% of the overall 15-44 group. So this suggests that women who are older and have had a chance to learn and become comfortable with contraceptives are more likely to use them when they are at risk of unintended pregnancy.
The study: http://www.arhp.org/publications-and-resources/contraception-journal/january-2008
- mj75
September 10, 2008 9:38PM
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Teens are at Risk for STIs, Unintended Pregnancy and HIV
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By American Public Health Association - Protect, Prevent, Live Well
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Yup!
So basically, even if a teen has decided not to engage in sexual activity until after marriage, they should be informed of the DANGERS in partaking in such an activity and should know how to protect themselves. Such as having their partner tested for sexually transmitted diseases and knowing how to prevent the spread of such etc.
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January 26, 2009 4:40PM
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this is true.
I agree with this. If kids are not taught the safe way, who knows what this world will become. Everyone would end up with a disease or a lot more babies. Even though some kids will pertake in the abstinence-only path, others will not. The ones that don't should know how to keep themselves healthy. Teaching the safe way would most likely lower the rate of unintended teen pregnancy.
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February 3, 2009 5:21PM
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agreed
Although in a perfect world, abstinence only could be taught and all high school kids would listen. This is not even close to the case, however. More and more teens are becoming sexually active at a younger and younger age. They must be taught about the risks and responsibilities of making these choices. These teens must know that if they are not careful they could get an STI or become pregnant. They also need to be taught to practice safe-sex, if they are choosing to avoid the abstinence only way of life. Teaching abstinence only is just not a practical way of approaching this situation.
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February 8, 2009 11:47AM
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Sheltered High Schools
Some may take these scary statistics and turn them into a reason to promote abstinence-only sex education, but they actually show the need not to promote it. You can't shelter every high school student, and then send them off to college not knowing how to protect themselves. They would be completely overwhelmed. The breakout of pregnancy and diseases would skyrocket because these kids wouldn't know what to do with themselves. Students all need to know how to be protected not how to be abstinent.
- Emily Barrett
February 11, 2009 9:56PM
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