Importance Of Sex Education In Schools

According to Guttmacher, “Many sexually experienced teens (46% of males and 33% of females) do not receive formal instruction about contraception before they first have sex.”(1) This means that many teens are participating in sexual activity unaware of how to have sex safely and how sex effects them. Students are not getting educated by a certified adult, but they are simply going by what they learned from an older sibling or friend. Not only are their peers telling them, but the media and Hollywood glorify sex without showing its risks. Many students need to be educated on sex and its factors in their schools. Although some children are not mature enough, sex education should be taught in schools because it helps clear up myths and questions,

Having the sex talk is uncomfortable for many and to lighten up the atmosphere, they try to make the class laugh. Not only will students make jokes, but they may laugh when the teacher is going over the topic. For example, when a teacher starts to talk about a topic, such as reproductive organs, students may start to look around at each other and laugh. This now disables the educator from teaching them, because instead of listening, they are too busy laughing. Also, some students might not have a full understanding of what is being taught. Sex education curriculum classes begin in fifth and sixth grades. Many students do not even know what sex is in general and do not understand what the teacher is trying to teach them. The terms being taught are not fully understood by the young students. For example, an eleven year old girl is highly unlikely to know anything about pregnancy and its process, so it may be hard to teach them when they are confused the whole time. Many students are not mature enough for sex education. Therefore, it does not need to be taught in

According to a 2013 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey among U.S high school students from Centers for Control Disease and Prevention, “81% did not use birth control pills to prevent pregnancy during last sexual intercourse.”(1) This percentage is uncomfortably high and can be preventable. A sex education class will show students the importance of using protection during sex and how to use it correctly. A teacher will explain the importance of condoms and how to use them. The class will also provide girls with the knowledge of birth control and where they purchase it. This class will give knowledge to students who are unaware of how protection works. For example, some students do not know how to properly put on a condom or how to take birth control. Therefore, even if they think they are protected, they might not be. With this class, students will know proper techniques and will be able to make sure they are protected correctly. Also, a sex education curriculum will discuss Sexually Transmitted Diseases. According to the Do Something organization “young people ages 15-25 contract 19 million STDs annually.”(1) With a sex education class, an instructor will explain how having unprotected sex can cause STDs. A class will also show how to treat STDs, and how to prevent from getting them. Students will learn about safe sex in a sex education