In a continuation of talks in class and the reading on Sex-Ed or Abstinence-Ed I have a strong opinion that I would like to discuss. Although I do like the idea behind teaching only abstinence in the classroom I find it hard to believe that it would be the best education for our youth and teens. Abstinence is obviously the only way to completely prevent transmitting a STI or STD “Sexually Transmitted Disease”, and teen pregnancy, and I truly believe we should still preach to our youth that abstinence is the correct thing to do but, ultimately when a teen reaches this point of experimenting sexually it will be completely their own decision. So we really need to prepare them of the risks them could suffer from engaging in sexual intercourse.
I know people in today’s society find it hard to believe when someone in later adolescence is sexually abstinent. Now I’m not saying it is impossible for youth to stay sexually abstinent until marriage because I’m 19 and currently trying to achieve that goal and so far have. But, that being said I have experienced sexual temptations. Now if I had been taught only of abstinence it may be a different story because maybe I wouldn’t have some of the fears of teen pregnancy or STD’s that have crossed mind dealing with these temptations.
So what I don’t understand is if people believe that if abstinence only education is taught in the classroom sexually relationships between teens will just stop occurring because sex will still be talked about outside of the classroom. That doesn’t include the power and influence of the media across the world incorporating sex in nearly everything. Sex will still be everywhere we turn and look. Television, musical lyrics, commercials, posters, pictures, radios, and the list continues of things we see or hear everyday that have sex in them or are even completely about sex. There have been study’s that show no change in sexual relationships among teens that have experience abstinence only classrooms for 3 years in certain areas across our nation. Also these areas actually had a slight increase of teen pregnancy as they did not know proper ways to protect themselves. So if we know the youth of this nation and/or the world is going to experience sexual relationships by their own personal choices we should prepare them for the risks them may suffer from.
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I have two teen boys and one is 15 man what a hand full. I am very involved in my boys lives and when they leave i do tell them. NO SEX, NO DRUGS, OR DRINKING AND WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO BE AT. No they are very truthfull to me so I trust them. I know that my boys have not had sex at all. I hope that they will not till they are out of high school and college. lol well that is a mothers wish. In schools now a days they have sex ed in starting 6th grade to keep them from having sex. Now my youngest boy there are 2 teen girls in his class that both have babies of there own. so it does not hit some kids the way it hits the others. My youngest I know has not had sex becuase he still can not stand girls at all. thank you
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