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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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Teens Want a Strong Abstinence Message
Who are these teens?
While students may say that they want abstinence to be taught in schools, it seems that there is a pattern with teenagers that they like to have boundaries put in place in order to break them down. Although this may not be true for all teens this broad generalization is much like the argument that "engaging in premarital sex often leads to depression." While something such as the act of having sex, with emotions behind it, may lead to depression, there are also things such as drugs, family problems, bad grades, low self-esteem, ect. that led to depression. While "seven in ten teens said they did not think it is okay for high school age teens to have sexual intercourse", who are these seven teens that believe this? Have they simply never had the opportunity to have sex? Or are they saying it is not right for high school age teens to have sex, and then being one of those teens having sex with their significant other? Also, the morals of these teens must be taken into account. Based on one's religion, environment they were raised in, and even gender can effect what a teen’s decides to do in their personal time. This should not effect what teens are taught in school since all teens do not feel the same about this issue. Just because teens do not feel like they want to have sex does not mean they should not be taught want to do if the situation arises. Without the education in schools, teens that want to take the precautions will be forced to look towards possibly unreliable sources for their information. Now does this world want teens being educated by trained teachers who will honestly and carefully answer all of their questions, or would it rather the future generations search the internet or even go into a sexual act without any information?
- Shay
February 9, 2009 8:57PM
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Exactly
Statistics that merely state the opinions of ten teens don't show any reliable information whatsoever. These are incredibly biased statistics and I don't even see any information as to where these teens go to school or even their gender.
- Kurtis34
February 11, 2009 9:35AM
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I totally agree.
I agree with all of what you said. Statistics depend on the auidence that is asked, so those people could have been all students that practice abstinence. The people who become depressed after haveing prematrial sex are probably more depressed because they thought they were 'in love.' I also agree when you say that a person's enviornment, gender, and religon effect the decison a person makes. A person makes the decison for themselves, unless of course they are taken advantage of. Because a person makes the decison for themselves, abstinence-only sex-ed shouldn't be taught. It shouldn't be taught because a person needs to know how to take care of themselves.
- HAYDEN
February 12, 2009 10:14AM
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