This is a paper i turned in for one of our first short assignments. I think it is a interresting subject. What are your thoughts?
We live in a State where teenage sex is not much talked about. It is one of those things that people push under the table and want to believe it is not happening. It is time to face the facts. Our teens are having sex and now more than ever teenage pregnancies are at a high. Safe sex should be taught in school.
We need to teach the importance of safe sex practices at home as well as in schools. Children spend at least 6 hours a day at school. As much as we do not want to believe it, this is where they learn most about sex. No the teachers aren’t teaching it, but the kids are talking about it and teenager are the most curious at this age. Why would we not want our children to know the facts? With sex come babies, diseases, and emotional changes. Teenagers should be made aware of these things, as well as how to prevent diseases and abortions. Many, or in fact all teens are truly not ready to have children of their own. So if a teenager does become pregnant, one simple way to resolve this problem is abortion. I am neither pro nor anti abortion but, if people were using safe sex practices more, the abortion levels would go down.
If teens were more aware of safe sex techniques and were not afraid or embarrassed to buy the products. I believe this would drop the insane levels of teen pregnancies and abortions. In whole people would be more prepared when deciding to actually have children, and our youth would be in better condition. That is another paper in itself.
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YES, posts like this one are what give me hope for the future. I dont think young teens should be having sex but if they are going to anyways, why not teach them how to do it safely. As for people who say that teaching them about it will influence them to do it, teens dont need influences, puberty does that. If parents or schoos don't want teens having sex, the STD education should be better, those are terrifying. I agree that abortion is something that should totally be avoided, and teaching teens in high school about how to avoid deadly diseases and painful abortions, it will help
I work at an OBGYN clinic in provo. I completely agree with you when you say that teen pregnancies are higher now than ever. I can't tell you how many times I have tested a young girls urine who is positive for the HCG hormone. Meaning she is pregnant. This is when the tears come into play.
I know when I was in highschool, I was in one of the fortunate health classes that discussed sex ed- not all health teachers did. But even then, it wasn't sufficient. The teacher cannot discuss safe sex practices except abstinence. This is extremely important to emphasize, but the fact is, teens are still going to have sex. So the info on condoms, birth control methods, and abstinence should all be taught.
It will sure save me some awkward situations.
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