Sex ed

Do you think high schools should teach their students about the use of contraceptives. In the school district I am in, teachers are only allowed to push abstinence.

Yes I believe they should teach about contraceptives, due to the fact that teenagers are more in tuned with everything that adults do and it could help eliminate pregancies. I'm not encouraging teens to have sex but if it's really something they are interested in then they should know all that comes with the act.

I think they should teach it.
I mean, it's better to be safe than sorry.
Abstinence is good but it's never going to happen for everyone so they should teach it anyways jut so kids know.

I grew up in los angeles california and we started learning sex ed in 5th grade.

yes I think they should be teaching it to highschoolers.. I was taught it in elementary.. and again in middle school.. it's important to know. kids are going to have sex anyways, we might as well teach them how to be safe,

the thing about teaching sexual advice, is that it's difficult to gauge if you're changing peoples perception (as in, I know you have sex and it would be better to do this, it's safer) and teach those who don't want to know about sex.

teaching sex ed is like assuming that everyone your teaching is either
A)wanting to be sexually active or
B) is sexually active.

do you think if they created two sex ed groups, as in the ones who do and don't, people would admit they wern't sexually actve and go into the non active group? unlikely...

and to be honest, yes girlfriends and boyfriends are great, but schools there to educate you, and they are familiar with the complications of finding the other gender more appealing than learning. sex ed is an ambigous area, I think it can be too early for some and pointless for others. also it's a bit of a 'right, thats over and done with' thing for the schools.

I have to say I wouldn't like to teach a load of teenagers about s ex, it would feel very uncomfortable to me. not because' 'm prudish or anything, just I think that there are somethings that a parent should decide to input into their children. I have a 10 year old who is just starting puberty, and I know him, so I have a better idea on what he should know over a curriculum. and I would be appauled if the school were teaching things he didn't need to know about. on the other hand, I appreciate that some children can't talk to their parents about somethings. but then the information you get in sex ed is so off the mark, thats theres little point, and if you do have a burning question, you are unlikely to ask the teacher for fear of reprisal..

yes, children as young as 10 are sexually active (don't even get me started with that one!) but only a very small percentage, tiny! and the same philosophy should be applied to all age gaps...
is indepth information relevant for the majority of the age group? you may well feel that there isn't enough information and abstinence is stupid, but, from my experiance, sex complicates learning.

the thing they should be educating more on, is the importance of education, how education will really benefit your life. emphassing that you can have sex for the rest of your life, so theres no need to rush out and do it now. education really is the most valuable thing, think of it as a long term investment. theres no shame in not having sex, anyone can go and jump into bed with someone. but when you get older, other things are more important...maybe someone just needs to tell the schools that there message is being mis-interpretated...

sex education is important to everyone
and it certainly isnt being taught in schools enough
contraception is one of the 3 main impostants things about sex you seend to knoe
...stds/stis, pregnancy, and contraception need to be taught
there are many different kinds of contracpetion,,,but only one of them will protect against both pregnancy and stds
also a lot of girls especially are confused about sex
they think they cant get pregnant around there period or if he didnt c*m inside you, ect
and there all relying on stupid myths or other peoples wrong advice
without sex education
a lot of people end up making mistakes they wish they shouldnt have

In my school, they do teach those stuffs. We have those sexual education. I think school should teach the students.

In my experience, because I attend a private christian school, they don't teach anything but abstinance because we only believe in sex after marriage. So, I mean, if you're in a private school, that may be why.

Abstinence-only sex ed is a bust. Students need to know the truth. Emphasizing the value of waiting is fine, but the simple truth is that most teens are not going to wait if they get the opportunity to screw.
The thing that messes up a young teen's life is not sex, it's having a baby at that age.

Abstinence only was tried... it didnt work... and there was some weird thing where more teens were going out and having other forms of sex (oral etc) because they thought it wasnt 'real' sex. The amount of questions on this site should give you your answer... Kids are going to have sex whether you tell them about it or not, and they need to be told how to protect themselves. The conservative right goes on about how it will encourage them to have sex, but they never think that perhaps fewer teens would be getting pregnant and perhaps there would be fewer abortions...

I think that they should be able to teach it because it will help the kids find out about what they can do to prevent it.

our schools talks about the whole nine yards.

The best way to stop teen pregnancy and stds in kids is teaching prevention.

So many people cry about abortions being murder and focus on making it illegal... when we don't even look at the cause - teens being uneducated about sex and contraceptives.

It's not about encouraging sex... it's about preventing disease, teen pregnancy and abortion.

Kids are going to make their own decisions. You just have to hope they use what you taught them.

You can teach them about gravity... but that doesn't mean they still won't fall.

xox
Sika

I agree with Tinatodder4- teens (and sadly, children even younger) are going to be exposed to sex in movies, tv shows, and generally in the world around them. Why not make sure they have the knowledge to make informed choices, instead of giving them the message that it's just bad or wrong?

Now, I'm of the mind that sex has almost become trivial in this day and age- call me old fashioned, but I'm of the mind that sex should be something you share with someone you really care for, not just some person you met a few days ago who wants to kill a bit of time with you.

Looking at the lack of sex education in the US (which is replaced with 'abstinence education'), the education system is clearly failing in this area. Let's try another route, and give the youth the knowledge they need to make informed decisions.

I agree with jazlovestoskate
the reason I asked this question was because it seems like half the questions on here are posted by girls wondering if they could be pregnant

I think its very important, regardless of the schools opinion toward premarital sex. Its better for people to be safe. I went to a Catholic school and we had a pretty good compromise. We got taught about contraception but at the same time, they got the abstenace message across. Basically, they said its better to wait but if your not going to, atleast be safe and protect urself from stis and unwanted pregnancy.

I think it's very important for schools to inform students about all forms of birth control and how to use them.

I took a sex ex class last year (8th grade) for one semester. We were taught about contraceptives, how they are used and how to ensure maximum protection (like how to make sure a condom doesn't get any tears or anything), the risks we still take by having sex in the first place (std wise and learning how effective each form of birth control is when used properly), and of course abstinence and its benefits.

All in all, I thought it was a very enlightening experience and commend whoever came up with that one. My only complaint would be that I still don't know how to *put on* the condoms. :P