There are "one million pregnancies and three million cases of STD's among teens per year" and the primary causes are ignorance and carelessness (National Coalition for Abstinence Education 195). Many teens received their first lessons on sex and sexual behaviors via the media and or their peers. With the understanding on how to perform sexual acts and little to no understanding about the "medical, economic, and social consequences of sexual promiscuity" most teens do what seems or feels good to them without reservations. When teens enter a "comprehensive (abstinence-plus) safe-sex education environment with minds tainted with the misconceptions about sex provided by music, television, and peers they feel licensed to pursue the glamorous sexual lifestyle portrayed to them by the media as long as they keep it safe by using condoms and contraceptives (NCAE 194). Abstinence is not stressed as a primary option as much as "safe-sex" is in a "comprehensive safe-sex education" (NCAE 194).......

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Title: Sex Education
Approximate Word Count: 675
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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