Sex Education in Schools
In a perfect world, teens and pre-teens would wait until marriage before having sex. In a perfect world, we would not be bombarded with sexual images and icons. Obviously we do not live in a perfect world, and currently the average age for teenagers to engage in sex is fifteen. This clearly proves that abstinence only education in schools is simply un realistic. We can no longer delude ourselves into thinking that ‘just say no’ is an effective method of halting sexual activity among teens. Abstinence only education promotes sexual abstinence until marriage and either completely avoids any discussion about the use of contraceptives, or only reveals failure rates associated with such use. While abstinence is the only sure way to avoid pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, we have to be realistic. Teenagers are not going to stop having sex, and why should they stop when it is projected at them from every angle and made to believe it’s the......

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