This week I read one of my colleagues work by Eloisa, Teaching Abstinence "Plus"? In her blog post she wrote about sex education in schools which is a topic that i recently posted about. I can relate to the things she's saying and our opinions are somewhat alike. Her and I both agree that talking to young adults about condoms and birth control may promote the idea that it is okay to have sex because they have access to contraception. In our articles we also both brought up the fact that educating kids about sex could be bad and it could be good, it goes both ways. We both point out that kids are very exposed to sex through the media; television, radio, advertisements..etc. One thing I don't completely support is in her post is when she introduced the fact that it's okay to teach 12 year old girls about sex and birth control as long as their parents are okay with it. I think that age is WAY too young! Another difference of ours is that in my article I state that I think solely abstinence should be taught, instead of the availability of condoms and birth control.
Her ending statement concludes that shes believes sex education should be taught to a certain extent, which I totally agree with! It should be taught in Texas schools but not over the top, all that is needed are the basics. Overall Her and I both have a lot of similar points in our articles. I think her article was organized, well written, and made her opinion clear.
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I liked your critique on that blog post that I wrote about.
Now I do not think its okay to be teaching 12 year old girls about condoms and birth control, in which in my post I only find its okay if the parents are okay with it being taught alongside staying abstinant. I agree that at that age is WAY too young, like you mentioned.
When I mentioned that sex education should only be taught to a certain extent, I meant only by teaching young girls to stay abstinant, and not teaching them about birth control and condoms which I think is way too much for a 12 year old ( I probably should have clarified that in the blog entry itself)
I agree with both of you guys 12 is WAY too young. But unfortunately there are many girls out there who are being sexually active at such young ages. It is usually not as simple as abstinence. Young girls without adequate supervision are extremely easily influenced by older guys and they are not truly aware of the REAL dangers of STD's and how easy they can get pregnant. It may seem too young but it is extremely necessary because if you put yourself in the shoes of a 13 year old mom who has already contracted HPV or worse, that you were too young to know the reality of sex then you would probably disagree.
Agreed!
My classmate Ms. Christina Resas has posted a blog entry discussing weather or not Sex Education should be required to be taught in schools in Texas. Ms. Resas does an excellent job using valuable facts and percentages to back her opinion up. Doing this it allows me as a reader and commenter to be able to be persuaded into her argument. I am already a strong believer in teaching students about sex education and this article helped solidify my reasonings. Even though twelve does seem like an extremely young age and maybe inappropriate to teach, I believe that in this age it is needed. Not only are kids able to connect with each other easier using technology I feel as though sex before marriage is becoming more acceptable into society. Almost in every reality or drama television show the characters have sex with each other as it is something that can prevent no harm, but sadly it is proven that sex sells. Ms. Resas states that teen pregnancy has declined which honestly surprises me! If I had to guess I would have guess that it has sky rocketed the past few years.
I hope that schools continue to teach sex education and I hope that one day Texas makes it a law that it must be taught in schools. I am happy to see that when schools do teach sex education they must promote abstinence and teach about all the different Sexually Transmitted Diseases that can be spread. It is something that I think will always be a touchy subject and always a question to when it is acceptable to teach children, however; it's better safe then sorry!
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