If school's allowed teachers to discuss safe sex [as schools in Canada do], would your views on Sex Ed change? Would you think it helpful for students then?
Do you think Sex Education in schools will actually help lower the problems of unsafe sex, teenage pregnancy, STDs and so on and so forth?
I think parents should start teaching their kids the right things in life from early on. Home's where it starts.
I would just like to note that anyone inappropriately joking around in this thread will receive a warning, as this is meant to be a serious discussion.
I do believe that it lowers the amount of unsafe sex, but I feel it may actually raise the number of students that are sexually active. Continuously talking about a certain topic naturally raises curiosity about what's being discussed.
However, apart from making students consider it more, it does educate them on how to practice safe sex, and where to get protection. As well, it teaches them about the emotional attachments involved with it; that while it may be fun, it's not something that should be done solely for that reason.
I think it's relatively useless. Most of the information and influences that a person will get about any touchy subject (such as sex, drugs, drinking, etc) will come from their friends.
But Mithras, do you really believe that someone should learn about those things from friends who will supply them with misinformation? Not only that, but where are people's friends getting this information?
PD/H [Physical Development/Health] is an important subject because it supplies people with information they will need to live a healthy and safe life. The Sex Ed part of it is necessary and even if it causes more people to have sex at a young age, atleast they know how to deal with it safely.
But Mithras, do you really believe that someone should learn about those things from friends who will supply them with misinformation? Not only that, but where are people's friends getting this information?
PD/H [Physical Development/Health] is an important subject because it supplies people with information they will need to live a healthy and safe life. The Sex Ed part of it is necessary and even if it causes more people to have sex at a young age, atleast they know how to deal with it safely.
But regardless of what people hear in class, they will still believe what their friends say. Besides, everyone knows that they won't get all the information from class. I know in my school, teachers are not allowed to talk about condoms because they believe that would imply that the school is condoning sex. At least 95% of students will or will not have sex based on reasons other than what they hear in school, so not talking about condoms will only hurt, never help. The schools either need to pull out all the stops and let the teachers give all the information, or just give up.
But Mithras, do you really believe that someone should learn about those things from friends who will supply them with misinformation? Not only that, but where are people's friends getting this information?
PD/H [Physical Development/Health] is an important subject because it supplies people with information they will need to live a healthy and safe life. The Sex Ed part of it is necessary and even if it causes more people to have sex at a young age, atleast they know how to deal with it safely.
But regardless of what people hear in class, they will still believe what their friends say. Besides, everyone knows that they won't get all the information from class. I know in my school, teachers are not allowed to talk about condoms because they believe that would imply that the school is condoning sex. At least 95% of students will or will not have sex based on reasons other than what they hear in school, so not talking about condoms will only hurt, never help. The schools either need to pull out all the stops and let the teachers give all the information, or just give up.
I'm interested to know how you came up with that percentage?
Also, your school does not allow teachers to talk about safe sex by the sounds of it. If your school had no limits on what to talk about concerning sex ed, would your views differ?
But Mithras, do you really believe that someone should learn about those things from friends who will supply them with misinformation? Not only that, but where are people's friends getting this information?
PD/H [Physical Development/Health] is an important subject because it supplies people with information they will need to live a healthy and safe life. The Sex Ed part of it is necessary and even if it causes more people to have sex at a young age, atleast they know how to deal with it safely.
But regardless of what people hear in class, they will still believe what their friends say. Besides, everyone knows that they won't get all the information from class. I know in my school, teachers are not allowed to talk about condoms because they believe that would imply that the school is condoning sex. At least 95% of students will or will not have sex based on reasons other than what they hear in school, so not talking about condoms will only hurt, never help. The schools either need to pull out all the stops and let the teachers give all the information, or just give up.
I'm interested to know how you came up with that percentage?
Also, your school does not allow teachers to talk about safe sex by the sounds of it. If your school had no limits on what to talk about concerning sex ed, would your views differ?
That's just a guesstimate based on what I've heard from people I know.
Also, I believe that not talking about safe sex is a state-wide thing, maybe national, but I'm not sure.
So like I said: The schools either need to pull out all the stops (talk about safe sex) or give up.
That doesn't answer my question, though.
If school's allowed teachers to discuss safe sex [as schools in Canada do], would your views on Sex Ed change? Would you think it helpful for students then?
That doesn't answer my question, though.
If school's allowed teachers to discuss safe sex [as schools in Canada do], would your views on Sex Ed change? Would you think it helpful for students then?
Yes, it would change. I think it's unrealistic for schools to preach to students to abstain from sex. But teaching them how to have safe sex may have an impact.
That doesn't answer my question, though.
If school's allowed teachers to discuss safe sex [as schools in Canada do], would your views on Sex Ed change? Would you think it helpful for students then?
Yes, it would change. I think it's unrealistic for schools to preach to students to abstain from sex. But teaching them how to have safe sex may have an impact.
I can see that this thread will have quite a range of views, considering America does not teach about practising safe sex based on what you've told me.