Sex Education: Why Abstinence Should/Should Not Be Taught In Schools

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I . Introduction

We have observed nowadays how people changed especially the kind of youth we have in this present generation . This generation is full of curiosity and really indulges on things without any hesitation and apprehension what might happen in the future or what will be outcome of their actions . Many people nowadays specifically young ones or

the teenagers get pregnant because of their curiosity about their opposite sex , its body parts , which will lead into sexual intercourse . Because young ones are lack of knowledge about what sex is really all about they are easily influence by peers to have sex in an earlier and inappropriate age that is why many teenagers have babies without planning it carefully . Because of this dilemma in our society , our Department of Education wants to include Sex Education in our curriculum to educate the students not mainly on sexual intercourse but to discuss the different parts our bodies in a detailed manner and give the students an awareness on what will be the consequences if they indulge on it and if they do , they will be taught on how to handle circumstances which are beyond their control . And the school will also teach the students about abstinence in to avoid teenage pregnancy or get pregnant in an early age . It is very important that young as they are they will be aware on what is that issue all about . It does not mean that we will spoil their innocence but rather give them awareness on why they need to abstain from that thing while they are not yet capable to handle responsibilities and obligations . However , it is still a big debate by many whether to include it in the school curriculum or not Many parents are agreeing to it but several too are against of the proposed idea . Moreover , Sex Education is a broad word but it is used to denote educate about human sexual anatomy , sexual reproduction , sexual intercourse , and other aspects of human sexual behavior (see Sex Education . Wikipedia , the free encyclopedia . November 2 , 2006 . This would mean that Sex Education does not focus one issue but rather educate the students about how the human body works and functions . But what is sex abstinence then ? Sex abstinence would denote as a promise to yourself that you will not have sexual intercourse (oral , anal vaginal ) for a particular period of time (see What is Abstinence Sex , etc . 2006 . This definitely mean that some teenagers decided to stay abstinent (to keep pure ) until they are married

The intent of this is to study and scrutinize why abstinence should or should not be taught in schools

II . Background

As mentioned earlier that sex abstinence is one of the focuses (major focus ) of sex education . Sex abstinence motivates the teenagers or...