are you in favor of sex education in Philippine schools? why?

Answer 1

Yes. It will help to inculcate teenagers with the correct mind set on sex. This will help reduce unprotected sex that leads to sexual transmitted diseases or Aids, reduce teenage pregnancy problems etc.

Answer 2

Even though i'm not from the Philippines or live there, i am in favor of any school, that offers sex education classes. Kids need to be aware that sex is not something you have to do with another person, you do have a choice and when making that decision to have sex with another individual, they need to me reminded of have important it is, to wear condoms and take some kind of birth control pills. They need to be aware of the fact that birth control pills, does not stop the spread of AIDS or any other STD's. Although condoms don't protect you 100%, you have a better chance of avoiding STD's. I do think that the schools should have sex education classes, to an extent and what I mean by that is, it's the parents place to go in deep details about sex, education should start from home. If you don't bring up subjects like sex to your kids, just because you don't think their sexually active, how are you helping them, by shielding them, from the real world? One night of pleasure, could be a life time of pain.

Answer 3

I'm not Filipino, but I do support sex education in schools. Rising teenage pregnancy, HIV/Aids, and other STDs, worldwide, make sex ed, in my opinion, a necessity.

A lot of people seem to think that sex education would encourage teens to have pre-marital sex rather than to abstain from sex. I don't agree with this view point.

Sex education tries to enable teens to think about the consequences of certain sexual behaviours, and offers them information about choices they can make or take to ensure that they protect their healths.

I don't think that teaching teens about condoms is going to encourage them to start having sex. A lot of choices a teen makes (including if they will have sex), will depend on her/his upbringing, what environments and circumstances they are exposed to, and the choices that he/she consciously takes.

However, while encouraging abstinence IS a part of sex ed., I don't think that it should be the only part. I know some countries like the US have introduced abstinence-only programs, but I don't think these programs cover everything. Teens need the knowledge so that IF they do decide to have sex (not WHEN), they will be able to apply that knowledge (eg, how to use birth control and condoms).

In my country, Trinidad (in the Caribbean), there's a program by a non-governmental organisation - I don't know which organisation! - aimed at young people. It's called 'What's your Position?' The program encourages youngsters (and adults) to:

A - Abstain (from sex)
B - Be faithful (to your partner)
C - Condomise (wear protection)
D - Do get tested (HIV testing)
E - Educate yourself (about HIV etc)

While the program is targeted specifically towards the prevention of HIV/Aids I do think that it covers a lot of ground, and should be encouraged. It has the support of popular Caribbean artistes, and so I think it would reach the youths readily.

In case you're wondering, Trinidad's Government has instituted an abstinence-only program. In my opinion, it doesn't really support the work of NGOs like the one above (though like all governments, if there's credit to to had for the program, they'll take it!)

BACK TO THE PHILIPPINES
You have to keep in mind that the Philippines is mainly Catholic (83% - check link below). As a result the Catholic Church will have a lot of power (I'm not sure if that's the right word) because the majority of the population would have grown up with Catholic values. As a result, any program in the Philippines should take this into consideration. The culture of a people, to me, would affect how the population reacts to a situation (that's just my personal view point).

I'm not saying that the Filipino government should implement abstinence-only programs, but that if they want to implement a holistic program they should at least try to educate the public aggressively & creatively - get the people's imagination, make it relevant to them and their current situatioin, so that THEY, the people, want and support it!!

Since the Catholic Church is so powerful in the Philippines, it didn't surprise me when I read that the government had scrapped it's sex ed program because of pressure from the Church. The Church has chosen not to support sex ed programs worldwide, so it was a moot point.

The point that the Church made that sex ed should be the role of the parents (see article below), has been disproved time and again by my observation. Parents are sometimes to afraid or ashamed to talk sex with their kids. Sometimes parents themselves don't have the knowledge to properly pass on to their children.

And now my final point. (yeah, finally!!)

Sex ed progams, do try to introduce teens to birth control and condoms - (I put them as two because I say:

1) Birth control - prevents unwanted babies,
2)Condoms - helps prevent STDs (sexually transmitted diseases) and HIV/Aids.

NOTE: I don't think condoms are 100% effective all the time (they do burst /tear!!))

To contiune, since the Catholic Church doesn't support the use of birth control devices, it would therefore be impossible for the church to find it self aligning itself to programs which do actively support their usage.

Hope this was helpful, and sorry it's so long and that I digressed so much!! Also, please keep in mind that this is my personal opinion, and I'm not Catholic - so any errors or erroneous suppositions weren't intended

Answer 4

Only if there's a lab, and I get to be instructor.