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Question

I'm doing a speech on the pro's of teaching safe sex over abstinence in school sex ed programs. I'd like some opinions/help with this.

Answer 1

A lot of teenagers go ahead and do stuff even if they are taught to abstain because they think they're ready (key word think). And even if you teach teens to abstain for a while, they will most likely eventually have sex anyway, even if it isn't for a while. If safe sex practices are taught instead of just trying to scare them out of doing anything at all, at least the students are more likely to be prepared and may know more about what to expect when the time comes.

Answer 2

Teaching safe sex instead of preaching sexual abstinence to teens, we need to adopt a more enlightened approach to educating our young people about drugs. Anyone who thinks messages of abstinence are effective for young people considering sex or drugs are simply deluding themselves. These days, recommending condom use to teens is commonplace. Even conservative Republican Colin Powell stated in a recent MTV interview "I encourage [condom] use among people who are sexually active and need to protect themselves... it's the lives of young people that are put at risk."

This is harm reduction in action: admitting that risky behavior is occurring whether we like it or not, and educating those who are engaged in that behavior to help them reduce those risks.