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Type of paper: Essay
Subject area: Human Sexuality
Academic level: College
Style: MLA
Size: 26.5 kB
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1200 words/5 pages
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Author: Leora Kelley
Date submitted: 2008-11-21 18:40:44
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Tags: school, child, schools, article, education, sexual, scientific, english, japan, japanese, summary, adolescent, catholic, comparison, contrast, statistical, HIV, AIDS, Teenagers, Gordon, Elkind, Santrock, Providence Catholic Schools
Sexual Education in Public Schools
Sexual education in public schools is a topic exhausted by debates .
There are two schools of thought regarding this issue . One of them
claims that it should not be allowed as it is immoral and the other who
thinks that is it necessary to inform the child of today about the
dangers he or she might be exposing themselves to . The lessons that are
given to children of age 14 at schools in the USA are those propagating
patience , and waiting for the person of the opposite sex to mature
sexually , and respecting his or her sexuality . In Britain , however , the
age old debate lies within the argument that the system of sex education
ought to teach children . The ground reality is that ``probably fewer
than 10 percent of American school-children are exposed to anything
approaching a meaningful sex education (Gordon 22 .However one must
keep in mind some of the generally known statistics which state that 25
million people have died of AIDS since 1981 , 38 million adults and 2 .3
million children were living with HIV at the end of 2005 and Africa has
12 million AIDS orphans . Moreover Young people (15-24 years old ) account
for half of all new HIV infections worldwide more than 6 ,000 become
infected with HIV every day . In light of such statistics one can only
think that maybe they should educate the children about the dangers that
they might be exposed to and how they should prevent themselves from
acquiring such dangerous and deadly venereal diseases .
People that are inclined to religion often feel that it is unethical to
teach children about sex and give them such knowledge regarding sexual
education . Some of the more conservative parents feel that by telling
them about the safe ways to indulge in sex , they are actually
encouraging them to indulge in such activities . All the religions of the
world condemn pre-marital sex whether it is Christianity , Judaism or
Islam , three of the major religions of the world . These people closely
believe that all laws that are prescribed in their religious books are a
direct command from God and thus they should not in any way encourage
children to opt for pre-marital sex . According to them the only
knowledge that should be imparted to the young regarding this topic is
that pre-marital sex is forbidden and they should practice abstinence .
On the other hand there are those who wish to teach their children about
sexual education . They advocate that public schools should have a
program to educate their children and teach them how to practice safe
sex so that they are not exposed to life threatening diseases . Their
argument to the religious people is that regardless how much one tries
to keep their children away from pre-marital sex , it is not possible to
keep away all of them . Their point of view is that prevention is better
than cure and thus the youth should know how to prevent themselves from
acquiring...

 

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