These numbers are a bit startling, aren’t they? As a teenager, you should be worrying about college and careers. STDs and pregnancy shouldn’t even concern you. However, as this generation goes on, it’s a growing worry. That is because sexual education isn’t taught in schools – it’s left up to parents to teach their kids about the importance of abstinence and condoms.
Statistics have shown that due to these legal changes more women are filing divorces as 7/10 women have filed a divorce compared to men. Although, people are given more freedom to file a divorce, it doesn’t actually show why these changes have occurred. Another reason is that religion is in decline. Due to this more couples are getting a divorce as religion is seen as less important. In the past, divorce was seen as a negative thing, as society at the time was more religious and also churches never allowed people to remarry.
There are a great amount of parents out there that are realist and support sexual education in schools. There is also a percentage that are very close minded and don’t support the teachings for various reasons. The bigger picture should be the youth and their well-being. Many parents are on board with sexual education being taught in school and implement these teaching within their households. Those that don’t properly educate their children generally end up with a surprise pregnancy from their teen or a rebellious teen.
They have the notion that it is used for protection against unwanted pregnancy, when there are many other benefits. In the book Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care, Dr. Spock states, “Does sex education encourage sex? Many parents are afraid that talking about sex with their teenagers will be taken as permission for the teen to have sex. Nothing could be further from the truth. If anything, the more children learn about their sexuality from talking with their parents and teachers and reading accurate books, the less likely they feel compelled to find out for themselves” (2004).
In my opinion, parents should not vaccinate their children if they want to protect them from developing autism. First of all parents should not vaccinate their children, if they want to protect them from developing autism, because families all over the nation are pointing to childhood vaccinations as the cause for autism. Despite what government and medical authorities say about the safety of vaccines, parents are wise to hear what the parents of autistic children say about their children being normal until vaccinations (Attkinson, 2011). Even though this is not official scientific proof, it is definitely loud enough to make any parent think twice before vaccinating their children. Secondly, parents should oppose vaccinating their children as a way of protection from developing autism because of the significant step of banning mercury from being included in vaccines, which was taken by the US government related to this matter (Campbell, 2004).
Abstract Sexual Abstinence is abstaining from sexual intercourse. Abstinence is something that is not prevalent in today’s society but should be encouraged, especially in out teenagers. There are many reasons why persons become abstinent, 2 of the most popular being to avoid pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. Some persons find it hard to abstain, but it is important to remember the reason why you made the commitment. Abstinence has begun to lower the rates of teenage pregnancy both in the United States of America and in the Bahamas.
Dr. Huffman goes on to make another good point: “With schools and parents not always eager to tackle the subject adequately, the media have arguably become the leading sex educator in America today. And that’s not particularly good news”. This means that adolescents are soaking in what the media says about sex. The media portrays sex and sexuality as alluring, fun, safe, and easy. The media does not tell the entire truth; it rarely tells of the consequences sex has such as STDs, pregnancy, or
There has been a major breakdown in society where morals and ethics have been heavily compromised because people today have failed to teach this generation right now from wrong. Teens are having sex at these ages because they see it and think it’s alright for them to do it. They have sex because they know that they will get nothing bad out of it. They will use sex as a form to get attention from people. Teen sex is at the age of 17 and younger.
I think that as long as two people are in a committed relationship it shouldn’t be an issue whether they have sexual relationships or not. In the Church of England the marriage service says that marriage is a remedy against sin, and to avoid fornication outside marriage. The majority of protestants believe sex before marriage should not happen. They believe it is better to live celibate lives than to marry, unless they burn with passion. I think living celibate lives is virtually impossible in today’s society.
The teaching of abstinence is telling people to not have sex until marriage. This method may work for some people but not for everyone. Young people who are strongly religious sometimes choose to make an abstinence pledge. This means that they are delaying or withholding from any type of sexual intercourse. Although, many of the teens that make this pledge still end up having sexual intercourse before they are married.