Posts Tagged Sex in Education
Importance of Sex Education Among Teenagers
Posted by admin in Sex in Education on June 10, 2010
In many societies, people feel embarrassed while discussing sex. It has been associated for so long with unacceptable and dirty feelings. Embarrassment also comes from the mystery surrounding this whole act. Many religious preachers preach to abstain from sex and observe abstinence to attain salvation. But in societies where sex has been open and free, it is accepted much more easily as being normal and natural.
Many families do not feel its necessary to talk on this topic. They do not discuss it to their children and as a consequence children try to discover it through their own. Generally the teens learn the major part of this vital science from their friends who themselves are not well known of the complete fact.
Teaching Sex in School
Posted by admin in Sex in Education on June 10, 2010
Did your heart just start beating faster? Even the term “sex” or “family life education” brings panic, fear, and increases the heartbeat and sweat glands in most adults. However, once the panic subsides, the debate over whether to have sex education in American schools or not – is done. A new poll finds that over 90% of Americans say sex education should be taught in schools.
According to the poll, the surveyed parents supported teaching 7th and 8th graders basic information on how babies are made, and 56 percent supported teaching all aspects of sex education, including birth control and safer sex in 7th and 8th grade, with a much higher percentage agreeing it should be taught in High School.
Sex at School
Posted by admin in Sex in Education on June 10, 2010
Single sex schools are those that have either boys or girls. But most of the single sex schools have been turned to coeducational schools where girls and boys study together. It has been believed to lead to increased sexual activity in schools. A study reported that according to some teenagers, sex on school property is more frequent than adults might imagine. And some adults who work with teenagers said it’s happening more often these days.
The teen’s pregnancy rates in America are double in number compared to any other industrial nation. In United States approximately 1 million teenage girls who become pregnant every year and about 5% give birth to a child every year. There are even children below the age of 13 who are involved into sexual activity. The increasing number of teen pregnancy is of great concern for the country. It is the responsibility of parents to take care of there school going children and make them aware of sex and sex related problems But sex education should also be given in schools. It is the duty of the nation as a whole to educate and create awareness among the teens of the harms of unprotected sex.
