Sex Education In Schools: Timeline
A. “2008 – According to a study by the CDC, one in four girls between ages of 14 and 19 has a sexually transmitting disease (STD) – the most common being human papillomavirus, which can cause cervical cancer, followed by chlamydia and trichomiasis. Approximately 50% of African American teens have at least one STD, compared to 20% of white and Mexican American teens” (“Sex Education in Schools: Timeline”).
B. “According to the Centers for Disease Control and the Kaiser Family Foundation, approximately 65 percent of all sexually transmitted infections contracted by Americans this year will occur in people under 24. One in four new HIV infections occurs in people younger than 22” (Masland). “Only 13 percent or youngsters in Guinea-Bissau could …show more content…
With this statistic, this proves that sexual activities amongst teens aren’t promoted but warned about. By completely ignoring the topic of sex to teens, promoting the idea of sex shaming altogether, it allows kids to be at a worse risk (Masland).
E. In Addition, “Project Reality, which provides curriculum and support to districts across Illinois, including 140 public schools in the Chicago area, teaches teens about STDs and contraception, but tries to encourage abstinence by emphasizing the physical and emotional risks of teen sex” (Masland).
F. What the opposition worries about is how sex education is “dangerous” and “taboo”, but it’s the complete opposite. With more than 100 schools just in Chicago as examples that teach students the dangers of sex at a young age, it proves the course is more helpful than harmful.
IV. Conclusion- Do not simply repeat information already said
A. More public schools should implement a sex education program, so they can teach their students important information about their bodies. Because some parents at home do not want to teach their children, someone needs to.
B. If these opponents of sex education were successful, the transmission of sexual diseases would rise rapidly. If this were to happen, many children would be dying at a young age because they simply were not aware of the
B. “According to the Centers for Disease Control and the Kaiser Family Foundation, approximately 65 percent of all sexually transmitted infections contracted by Americans this year will occur in people under 24. One in four new HIV infections occurs in people younger than 22” (Masland). “Only 13 percent or youngsters in Guinea-Bissau could …show more content…
With this statistic, this proves that sexual activities amongst teens aren’t promoted but warned about. By completely ignoring the topic of sex to teens, promoting the idea of sex shaming altogether, it allows kids to be at a worse risk (Masland).
E. In Addition, “Project Reality, which provides curriculum and support to districts across Illinois, including 140 public schools in the Chicago area, teaches teens about STDs and contraception, but tries to encourage abstinence by emphasizing the physical and emotional risks of teen sex” (Masland).
F. What the opposition worries about is how sex education is “dangerous” and “taboo”, but it’s the complete opposite. With more than 100 schools just in Chicago as examples that teach students the dangers of sex at a young age, it proves the course is more helpful than harmful.
IV. Conclusion- Do not simply repeat information already said
A. More public schools should implement a sex education program, so they can teach their students important information about their bodies. Because some parents at home do not want to teach their children, someone needs to.
B. If these opponents of sex education were successful, the transmission of sexual diseases would rise rapidly. If this were to happen, many children would be dying at a young age because they simply were not aware of the