Sex Education Essay Research Paper In today

Sex Education Essay, Research Paper

In today’s society there is an on going debate over sex education and its

influence on our children. "The question is no longer should sex education

be taught, but rather how it should be taught" (DeCarlo). With teenage

pregnancy rates higher than ever and the imminent threat of the contraction of

STD’s, such as HIV, the role of sex education in the school is of greater

importance now then ever before. By denying children sex education you are in a

sense sheltering them from the harsh realities they are bound to encounter. Sex

education has become an essential part of the curriculum and by removing the

information provided by this class we’ll be voluntarily putting our children in

danger. During the teenage years every boy and girl undergo major changes in the

body that most of the time need explaining. This underscores one of the most

evident reasons for sexual education being taught to students. Sex education can

help children to cope with the many changes caused by the onset of puberty. One

such example is a female’s first menstruation and the uneasiness they feel. If

this girl had been informed of this change prior to its onset, then her ability

to accept and understand it would be greatly enhanced. Hormonal and physical

changes in the body begin without warning and a child needs to know why these

changes are occurring. Lindsell 2 Students are taught about the anatomy of the

human body and how and why it works the way it does. Knowing and understanding

how ones body works is a fundamental part any persons life and ability to gain

this knowledge should not be removed. At the beginning of puberty hormones start

rushing and all teenagers begin to experience sexual urges. It’s not something

anyone, including a parent or teacher, can control. It’s a natural function of

the body and has been since the beginning of time. With this hormone rush comes

experimentation among teenagers. They begin to explore their bodies along with

the bodies of other people. "You can’t prevent teenagers from having sex,

no matter what you preach. If students are having sex they might as well do it

the safe way. It’s a way for schools to show that they actually care," says

Shauna Ling-Choung (qt. Richardson "When sex_" B1). Students need the

support from schools to know they have somewhere to go for the good or bad. With

sex education classes the students are taught about various methods of

contraception, including abstinence. By teaching the students about the many

types of contraception, the chance of contraceptives being used is greatly

increased. Many schools have recently begun programs to distribute condoms to

students in their schools in order to hopefully increase the use of condoms. A

recent study shows that the availability of condoms in schools did in fact

increase condom use. Condom access is a "low-cost harmless addition"

to our current sex education programs (Richardson "Condoms in_" B8).

When thinking of sex education for our children, the clich. "better

safe than sorry" should immediately come to mind. Along with teaching

contraceptives to students the vital information of STD’s are also Lindsell 3

taught. Currently, out of all age groups, teenagers have the highest rates of

sexually transmitted diseases, with one in four young people contracting and STD

by the age of twenty-one (DeCarlo). Included in the STD category is the HIV

virus, which is spreading at alarming rates among our teenage population.

"It is believed that at least twenty percent of new patients with AIDS were

infected during their teenage or early adult years." And still some school

leaders are trying to remove our best means of prevention of the disease: sex

education (Roye 581) Teachers are able to educate students with the correct

information on the many types of sexually transmitted diseases that exist in the

world today. False information about ways of contracting diseases, symptoms of

and treatments of STDs, and preventative measures are weeded out and students

receive the accurate information about sexually transmitted diseases. Protection

of our children from sexually transmitted diseases should start in the classroom

where it can be assured that the correct and critical information will be

provided to them. Nobody likes to be talked to like they are a child, and by

denying teenagers sexual education, schools are in a sense talking down to them.

By teaching them the facts about sex, teenagers feel a sense of maturity because

it’s a mature topic and they are fully aware of that. Students get the feeling

that the adults in their lives feel that they are responsible enough to learn

about this topic. Therefore bringing on more of a response from teenagers. They

know they are being treated as adults so they are going to p

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