Who thinks we need to teach REAL sex-ed?

Question

I think sex-ed in many schools in America is pathetic. In my health textbook, it says that to prevent getting an STD, don't ever have sex until your married. While I may agree with no pre-marital sex just in case you get knocked up, you shouldn't be teaching kids that marriage magicly prevents you from disease! This all helps kids to WANT to have sex when they are way too young. I mean, seriously, you want what you can't have more than what you can. What do you think?

Answer 1

You don't need to be on Yahoo! Answers very long to realize that kids these days know precious little about sex. Witness the thousands of "Could I be pregnant?" questions.

Answer 2

I agree. I'm in Ireland, and I'm not in school anymore, but I received absolutely no sex ed whatsoever from the state. I know it's not all the responsibility of the school, but what a joke - none at all??? We used to watch movies and see high school kids putting condoms on bananas and stuff like that and wonder what was going on.

While it's great that the book is encouraging kids to wait until marriage, I do agree...signing on the dotted line is not going to prevent STD's. Whether the rate of pregnancies and STD's is increasing or decreasing, I don't know, but the fact is that they are still in existence. So, kids are still having sex. We should be sure to at least give them the true facts about it and give them the correct advice. They're going to have sex anyway, so the best we can do is to make sure they're well-informed.

Here is just as bad - some of the questions make it very clear that some kids have no clue. The advice given can be awful too - e.g. people answering questions telling the posters that masturbation is bad, or you can't get pregnant on your period, and so on. It's no wonder some of them don't have a clue if they listen to some of the advice doled out here.

Answer 3

Well, I don't think the parents should be putting the sex ed issue off on the school entirely. Every parent should make sure their son or daughter understands the basics of sex. I wanted my daughters to hear it from me so I knew they got the RIGHT info, not some BS from the kids on the bus.

I do think schools should be a little more realistic on teaching things beyond abstinence. Now I'm not advocating handing out condoms, but I do think they need to teach the reality of the horrible, frightening, LIFE THREATENING diseases that are sexually transmitted. I don't think kids really understand the finality of being infected with genital warts, genital herpes, or worse ... HIV. It's not one of those "get a shot and fix it" things. And kids always think, "it won't happen to me."

Answer 4

As a nurse, I think that education is the best answer. The more children know ( the correct information), the better choices they will make. We as a society are always trying to better our kids with incorrect information, when the correct info is the best answer. Tell the truth and if that doesn't help, show them some nasty pictures of STD's. There is nothing more attractive then seeing a mans penis with blisters leaking pus, or a vagina with cauliflower like growths. very delightful.

Answer 5

does educating one abt drugs encourage them to take drugs? I mean for christ sake's, i lerned more in the DARE program about cocaine, heroin, and ecstacy than i learned about sex in sex ed. all i was taught i dont have sex till marriage.

The guy is NOT saying tell kids to go bang each other, but for me and most every other American kid, It would have been nice to know abt teh different types of contraceptives... what they do to you, how to use them. It would have been nice to know abt the STD's and how they are treated etc.

This is a subject that pisses me off as well. I went to teh doctor not knowing what to say when i went on the pill. and parents, would u rather ur children be safe in having sex? or have it no protection, with whoever they want and hide it?

well, tahts what this no sex till marriage crap teaches kids. Just dont tel ur parents. I know from age 12 girls and boys who had sex. by age 16, most girls have had sex. but do their parents know or suspect it? no, cuz they all lie. be happy parents this marriage crap u stuff down their throats just makes them not tell u things abt their personal life. i know, cuz been there done that. im only 19, so i remember my high school way better than the oldies.

Answer 6

Take a bite of this:
In Senior Schools in South Africa, free condoms are made available in the kid's bathrooms...
THAT MEANS KIDS KNOW AS MUCH AS THE ADULTS DO BY THE TIME THEY ARE 11 OR 12...

I agree.
More realistic sex ed is needed

Answer 7

I agree there was three pages in out health book about birth control and it listed all of them but it said abstinence is best yadayada also its not very informative i didn't know what c u m was or that u had to move to have sex until i stumbled upon some porn at 14 which is sad

Answer 8

Every religion I'm aware of has strong beliefs regarding sex or sexuality. These beliefs involve anything from masturbation, fornication and adultery to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues to incest, bestiality, pedophilia and even rape. Some religions are very restrictive about sexual behavior and others go as far as encouraging people to have sex whenever, where ever, however and with who or whatever they want.

Whether you’re religious or not, it’s easy to see that sex and sexuality are highly religious issues. As such and in keeping with a separation of church and state I feel that sex education in public schools should be very limited. It should focus merely on anatomy and physiology. It should cover the physical makeup of the sex organs, how they function, and the process of pregnancy from fertilization to maturity. STDs should be taught separately with classes about other diseases like colds, flues, etc.

Public schools should not go into details regarding when to have sex, how to have sex, who to have sex with, what behaviors and or lifestyles are socially or morally acceptable, and how to prevent the consequences of these behaviors. Public schools are not the place for learning the who's, what's, when's, where's and how’s of sex. It should not be the right or responsibility of the school board or local, state or federal government to dictate religious/moral beliefs and values regarding sex or sexuality.

This right and privilege should belong to parents. Parents should have the right to choose what to teach, when to teach it, and from what religious/moral angle. Parents who don't feel comfortable teaching their children about sex could delegate that right/responsibility to church groups, private instructors, community groups, etc.

If we reach a point in our society that governments and school boards know and care about children more than their own parents do, pregnancy and STDs will be the least of our worries.

Answer 9

Definatly real sex-ed needs to be taught world wide as a matter of fact becuase there are way too many kids who dont fully understand sex and some of its dangers that come with that. i mean just look at how many teens are asking sex realted questions on here.

Answer 10

I live in the UK, and the sex ed in schools here is crap!
In year 8, we had a year of sex ed, and that's it, we didn't even learn about sex in general, about the dangers. We just learnt about periods and stuff, there was no information about conception, no information about STD's. To be honest us teens these days need that! ITS CRAP :)

Answer 11

I agree.
I wish I'd been taught some of this stuff in Sex Ed that I learned from friends.. it would have made things alot easier and less embarssing to not know.