Ok, so I am a true believer that abstinence only education is not the way to go. Yes, promoting it/encouraging it might be somewhat effective, but it truly does not help with the spread of STI's and Pregnancy.
I was doing some research and came across an article that didn't surprise me. The states are looking to boot abstinence only education and make it more effective.
The problems that the states are facing are the funds of abstinent only education and the mixing of taxes. They are receiving more money from the government to teach abstinent only education which makes for a lot of the debate.
It also has to do with parents, religion and what part of the country that they are in. Parents are still under the impression that their teenage son/daughter are not having sex so why teach them safer sex?...Religion plays a lot into it because most churches do not agree with sex before marriage (which is rare these days) and the areas that don't have the advantage of having a sex education program are at a higher risk.
Scaring teenagers out of sex or even telling them that it is bad will not only make them wonder but they will want to engage in sexual intercourse. They will still go and have sex, even if they are taught that abstinence is better.
So take a preventative approach and show them their options. Comprehensive Education gives the options of where educators stand. They want to teach teenagers that if they are having sex, to use protection, to prevent pregnancy or the spread of STI's.
We have evolved and honestly our society is based on sex. It is everywhere so let’s be safe about it.
Have a great Tuesday!
-Jessi
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