Question

critique or respond to this persons disscussion on sex education------"the talk"

When it comes to sex education I think that both the school and the parents need to be involved. I think that it’s the schools job to make the teen aware of the consequences of sex such as STDs or pregnancy. And I think that they should be able to should what happens to most teens who have kids while still being in school. But that’s all I think the school should do, just make teens aware of the risks and the consequences that could happen. Now at home with the parent should be the same deal. By keeping the teen aware of the risk but, the parent or garden should go one step further and offer protection to the teen so that they can be prepare for when the time comes. I think by doing that and promoting that fact that we understand there going to have sex in school we can drop some of the pregnancy rates. That is 100% opinion though. STDs should again be handled with both the parents and with the school. The school can handle it by bringing speaker and showing videos of what actual happens when you have one of the STDs. And the parent again can continue that at home with strong visual aids and stories of people they know who had them. I think this will be a strong way of showing support to those individuals.

Answer 1

The given discussion on sex education presents a rather outdated argument about sex education where the focus is on highlighting the negative aspects of sexual life. Given that adolescence is a crucial juncture where the teenagers begin to move towards imagining their place in the world as independent adults and are curious to develop interpersonal love relationships, a more apt approach to sex education would be to highlight on the fact that sex is a natural and normal part of life. More often than not, district officials, School health programmes narrow down the awareness about sex to its negative aspects such as sexually transmitted disease or teenage pregnancy. While the argument is not about neglecting these serious issues as any less significant, it is my contention that perhaps a more relevant and persuasive sex education programme would be the one which presents sexual desire and practices not in moral light but in terms of a part of healthy adult life which also involves ensuring safety of oneself and one’s sexual partner by adopting safe sex practices such as the use of condoms, contraceptives and ensuring that one’s partner is not carrying any STDs. If sex education includes both an element of awareness about safe practices as well as the normalisation of sexual encounters which are based on consent between the two individuals who are of the legal age, then sex education could be more effective in ensuring healthy sexual life and help adolescents avoid falling prey to sexual violence, unsafe sexual practices and teenage pregnancy.