Ideally parents should teach their kids about sex but the sad truth is that many parents don't do their job. If these kids have high risk sex they can get pregnant with kids that the rest of us will have to pay for through our taxes in social services and later crime associated to poverty, incompetent parenting, and abscentee fathers. They could get a disease that requires medical attention that we again have to pay for as tax payers. Therefore does it not behoove us to offer comprehensive sex education in schools, including in addition to abstinence, birth control methods, and ways to prevent the contraction of veneral diseases?
2007-07-21 03:46:53 · 5 answers · asked by David M 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I would say that not educating kids about sex would be one of the worst mistakes we could ever make. While it's not entirely relevant I'll try to expand my point. Consider this: While the majority of us realize that suicide bombing is exactly that, suicide; the majority of Muslims in the middle east consider it "martyrdom". Religion as a whole tends to try and mystify things, leaving some sort of golden aura around sex e.g. "sex should only happen when you're married". Not only is this kind of thinking illogical, it is tantamount to neglect.
On top of that, as you have already illustrated, it is a public health hazard. With the prevalence of AIDS, obviously abstinence would be the best policy to avoid spreading STD's, but is that a reality? The most religious people I knew in high school are overwhelmingly the ones who have kids now, while the ones who tended to lean towards more "standard" viewings of sex are typically in college.
2007-07-21 05:05:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
How come in the old days when you didn't learn about sex until you were married we have fewer unwed pregnancies? If you look at it, since they began teaching sex ed in schools, the rate of unwanted pregnancies has gone through the the roof. The government needs to step the hell away from try to be a parent. After all they screw up everything else they touch, why would you want them any where near you kids. Lets work this issue as the exception and not the rule.
2007-07-21 10:56:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Sex education is useful knowledge for the kids as you have mentioned. However, some parents do have problem conducting such lessons for their kids. May be they are simply embarass. If the school can get the professional educator to do the job, why not?
2007-07-21 11:04:44 · answer #3 · answered by Mr Siberia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sex education is a great thing, but most of it is done poorly. Not only should we educate kids about sex, we need to educate them about the impact of parenthood. Free condoms at school would help, too.
2007-07-21 11:04:25 · answer #4 · answered by Donkey Snot 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Right there with you.
2007-07-21 10:55:21 · answer #5 · answered by nicolemcg 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋