Do you think all teenagers should recieve special education on Sex and STD's?

Question

In the UK there just isn't enough education on this Subject, In my own experience at school my Sex education lasted 3 days and didnt recieve much info on sti's, most certainly not enough therefore i decided to find out about everything myself on the internet because of this i am so much more aware and careful than when i was at school!.

It really pis ses me off that the goverment or schools are not helping by making students fully aware of the risks etc.
Also I cannot believe the amount of young girls that ive seen walking around Pregnant

I personnaly think it would make a HUGE difference!

What are your opinions? Do you think there is a different way to handle this?

I think they should have a specific lesson devoted to this subject

Answer 1

There weren't hoards of young girls pregnant when I was younger, and there was NO sex education then. Since it has become the norm for this subject to be on the school curriculum teenage pregnancies, std's, have increased. Seems to me because they're taught about it the attitude could be "better try that as soon as possible then" Other factors of course come into the equation, more liberal views, children wanting, and being allowed, to become "adults", before their time, etc. The government aren't responsible for you, you are responsible for YOURSELF! People moan about the nanny state,...... and then complain they are not being wetnursed! You have at least done something about it, finding out for yourself on the internet.

Answer 2

I know my younger sister was taken for a class talk when she was in last year of primary school which I think is too young as she was only 9 /10 year old, do kids not just play kiss catch any more or been given too much info too young and start experimenting. I on the other hand total missed my sex ed class as i moved school during in this time and the school I had moved to had done it the year before. At that time all I understood is if you had sex u would get pregnant and I managed fine with that info not to get in any "trouble". Teenagers are very clued up and know if they want things without having to work for it, then they can just have a baby and the government will give them money and even a 2 bedroom house. Sometimes I understand we can not stereotype all teenagers and some pregnancies are just an accident !!

Answer 3

It was taught to me when I was in the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades in Kansas. But my family lived on a military base and the schools on the military base aren't subject to the stupid rules of the normal public school systems. Unfortunately, the backlash of parents believing that their children can do no wrong and that it's the schools fault that their child has had sex with more people in 1 year than they have in their entire life. So, if it is taught anywhere, you're lucky. Yes there is always a risk of pregnancy and STD. Every method of birth control and STD prevention is 99% effective because they cannot absolutely guarantee that nothing will happen. To be honest, and this is going to sound a little gross, there's only 3 fool proof methods of avoiding pregnancy and that's abstinence, oral sex, and anal sex. The pull out method does not work BTW. Guys have pre-***. There's *** going inside you the entire time that he's inside you. Ejaculation is just a larger release of sperm.

Answer 4

I think it'd really help 2 have a lesson a week like normal lessons except about sex.
it should include the mechanics of sex but also the consequences (pregnancy, sti's), how 2 prevent such consequences happening and most importantly how 2 say no when u want 2 and stand up 4 yourself when u know your not ready 4 sex and are being pressured into it.
sometimes the emotional consequences are worse than the physical. for example, u may escape pregnancy and an sti but u may not have been ready, this can cause problems in future relationships and self confidence.

Answer 5

We had a lesson every week about it and it wasn't really taken seriously and was taught by random embarrassed teachers who happened to have that session spare. Amusingly enough the girl who was showing off because she knew all about condoms etc got pregnant at the age of 13. Definitely more needs to be done in this country, and at a younger age to prevent so many teenage pregnancies. Free condoms should be widely available, some people think this will encourage sex but if they're going to do it they're going to anyway so it may as well be protected sex. I hate the conservative view that sex shouldn't be talked about to young children but this is a good time to scare them into not being young parents!

Answer 6

I have always thought that this subjuect should be a part of normal science curriculum. It is a neccesity of the world today. There are many different sexually transmitted diseases of varying severity. We tend to only think of HIV, gonorrhea, and syphyllis. The class needs to talk about how the infection occurs, what are the short and long-term implications, treatments, preventions, AND no less important, why it is important to abstain from sexual activity until there is enough maturity to handle the physiological and psychological effects. Too many educators don't want to deal with this subject. And even fewer are qualified to teach correctly. Much of the information is still incorrect and inadequate.

Answer 7

Sex education was taught in my school (1st year seniors), and from what I remember, it wasn't very thorough, or relevant.

Kids, like everyone else, tend only to learn things that interest them. As an ice breaker into the subject, animals are a good way of educating kids about pregnancy/child birth life & death(BBC/ITV nature programs have been showing/educating people about such matters for years).

Maybe its the parents that should be formally educated by their health authority when they are to have a child, not to the extent that a licence is required to have children, but to educate them about basic needs & best practices. This education could possibly then continue as the child grows - with relevant material taught as required.

Answer 8

Older people seem to think that if teens don't know about sex then they wont have sex, even tho all the evidence proves otherwise they stick to their ideas.
All teens should be informed about sex, different types of relationships etc and the diseases if they knew they could be unable to have kids ever because they didn't use a condom with Joe Bloggs who is her current boyfriend they might think more about it.

There is still a common belief that the best way to get loads of money & your own flat is to have a baby, until this idea goes it will continue happening

Answer 9

We have had sex education for years, and it has failed. It encourages young people to have sex by giving a green light to it.
Could you explain why, when there was virtually no sex education in schools, the number of pregnancies and STD's were only a tiny fraction of what they are today? When you understand that, you will be in a better position to solve this problem. But the answer definately, is not, more of what has already failed.

Answer 10

Sex education including contraception and std's(sexually transmitted diseases) is not nearly covered enough. Maybe it is down to money, but surely it would be worth it and in the end we would save more money on NHS treatments and also social security payments. The most important reason I would say though is to prevent some unfortunate teenagers from ruining their health by catching a serious std or ruining their future by becoming pregnant.