should there be sex education in schools?

Answer 1

Sex education has not stopped unwanted pregnancy or disease. I question its ability to do so in the future as well. Basic biology should be taught, but that should be about it. Most of the information taught is unreliable, inaccurate or just plain wrong, not to mention misunderstood by several CHILDREN.

Possibly the most involvment a school should have with sex ed is to be used as a mediator between child and parent; say if a child wants to discuss sex, but is afraid to mention it to the parents the child could have the someone from the school be present to help the communication gap, but the answers should come from the parent.

Answer 2

yeah absolutely...but in a different format than i've ever heard of it being done. sex education should teach all the good (pleasure) and all the bad (STD's) and keep it open ended so the students have the choice of whether or not they want to have sex. i feel that teaching sex ed by scaring the students into never having sex is wrong. this is an eduation, not a scare tactic.

Answer 3

yes I think so...otherwise rumors and lack of knowledge cause problems. I was surprised how many people didn't know the most obvious things in my seventh-grade class.

for example, my friend thought that if it's your first time you can't get pregnant. if sex ed didn't teach that that wasn't true, it could lead to many bad outcomes.

plus it's not like sex ed is saying you should have sex, it's just educating you about it. the more you know, the less embarrassing and scary it is.

also it is a good way to learn without having to ask and feel stupid.

Answer 4

YES!! Knowledge is power. Young people will have sex regardless. You'd have to be crazy not to agree that it is much better for them to be informed. Of course some will ignore what they learn but many will be able to make better, educated decisions. Why would you not provide the chance for that??

Answer 5

Most definitely. Kids are going to be going at it all over the place no matter what, given the endless encouragement they get to have sex from their hormones, their peers and their society in general, so clear and unbiased education in how to make sure they're safe, and what can happen if they're not, is vital in protecting them.

Answer 6

How else the unwanted braindead population growth could be stopped? There should be sex education along with the dire economic, psychological consequences of having children. Later every child wants to live in their own individual palace, drive rolce royce car and needs doctorate degrees followed by his or her own business enterprise.....

Answer 7

Of course. It's naive to think that kids won't figure out sex on their own if no one tells them about it. Except when that happens, they won't know how to be responsible with it. When we teach our children about the world, we have to teach them EVERYTHING, even the stuff that makes us uncomfortable.

I'd much rather my kids learn about responsible sex practices in a classroom setting than in the back of a car after homecoming.

Answer 8

now a days partially provided sex education in school s and Collie GE's.

Answer 9

YES, there totally should be. Although my school doesn't have sex-ed, I think it's totally useful, there are so many irresponsible people in the world.

Answer 10

As an engineer i believe that theory sessions never suffice. Equal time should be spent on hands on practical sessions too.