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Sex Education in Schools
For years there has been a debate between parents and guardians on whether there should be sex education in schools. Some are totally for it and some and completely against it. Many good things can come out of having sex ed in schools, most people just don’t want to see those good things. If people don’t start realizing that sex is apart of life then this debate will go on for forever.
Only two out of three public school districts have a policy mandating sex education ( AIG, Guttmacher). Many states governments and communities debated whether sex education curricula should include information on the things you need to know about sex as well as abstinence. 86% of schools require the policy of sex ed to promote abstinence. 51% require that abstinence be taught as the preferred option but also teach the out come of sex like, protection against unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. 35% require abstinence to be taught as the only potion for unmarried people. Only 14% have a good policy that teaches about both abstinence and contraception as a part of a more broad program designed to prepare teens to become sexually healthy adults.
STD’s rose dramatically between 1988 and 1995 because teachers teaching grades 7-12 that abstinence is the only was of preventing pregnancies and any sexually transmitted diseases. Nearly three in four present abstinence as the preferred ways to avoid unwanted pregnancies and STD’s. Teachers today are more likely to promote abstinence, STDs, and resisting peer pressure to have sex, but are less likely to talk about more controversial subjects. They feel uncomfortable telling there students that there is also birth control, abortion, condoms and sexual orientation out there that can also prevent pregnancies and getting any form of an STD. (AFLA)
Nine out of ten teachers believe that students should be informed with more information on sex and not just abstinence....