Should sex education be mandatory in schools Flashcards
Should sex education be mandatory in schools?
it should be taught in schools due to sex education gives young people age-appropriate, medically accurate information and answers to their questions about sex and relationships.
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sex education has given adolescents the knowledge and skills they need when it comes to intercourse, it has also given students a better understanding of their bodies and the precautions that should be taken, studies have shown a decline in unplanned teen pregnancies and the contraction of STDs and STIs.
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sex education has provided teens with a safe environment, they can ask questions without being scared, embarrassed, or ashamed about it. They are provided with sex-positive information It has also emphasized healthy communication, birth control, protection, and pleasure.
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Sex education is more than just putting condoms on bananas. And it’s even more than STI prevention and avoiding unintended pregnancy.
Sex education teaches young people the importance of treating everyone with dignity and respect, with racial justice, fairness, and compassion for others as core values.
Comprehensive sex education refers to K-12 programs that cover a broad range of topics related to Personal skills, including communication, boundary setting, negotiation, and decision-making.
Research shows that sex education that’s culturally responsive and inclusive helps young people develop the social and emotional skills they need to become caring and empathetic adults
This type of sex education early and often leads to the appreciation of sexual diversity and has improved social/emotional learning, and increased media literacy
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Despite these declines in formal education, there was no increase in the proportion of teens who discussed these sex education topics with their parents.
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Advocates for parental rights argue that parents are best suited to teach their children when it comes to sex education and relationships. They have a deeper understanding of their child’s individual needs, and values.
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parents and religious groups, take issue with comprehensive sex ed because they believe it goes against their cultural or religious values, and think that it can have a corrupting influence on kids.
They say that by providing teens with this kind of information you are endorsing and encouraging sex and risk-taking. Some opponents also argue that this type of information should be left up to parents to teach their kids about and shouldn’t be taught in schools.
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Some public schools may ignore individual differences among children and break down the natural modesty of boys and girls.
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studies show that 750,000 teens become pregnant each year in the U.S. 82 percent of these pregnancies are unintended, and 20 million new STD infections Americans acquire each year. But comprehensive sex education led to an overall reduction in the teen birth rate at the county level of more than 3%
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in 2015–2019, only half of adolescents reported receiving sex education that met the minimum standard.
