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Sex Education: Safety or Abstinence?, 2002.
This paper argues that a comprehensive sex education curriculum should be followed instead of the abstinence-only sex education curriculum.
1,015 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper explains that 81 percent of parents and guardians polled favor sex education programs that teach all aspects of sex and sexuality, which include how to use birth control and how to protect against STDs, instead of the widespread abstinence-only and dangers of sex program. The author stresses that, even with most schools teaching abstinence-only programs, the approach isn?t working very well; teenagers are not abstaining from sex. The paper concludes that teaching teens about the dangers of STDs and the consequences and responsibility that surrounds sexual relationships may actually be reinforcing abstinence as the safest way.
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?In 1996, a companion bill was put onto the Welfare Reform Act. This bill budgeted $440 million over the span of five years to support abstinence-only sex education. In order for school districts to receive funding, they are required to tell the kids that ?sexual activity outside the context of marriage is likely to have harmful psychological and physical effects? and that ?a mutually faithful monogamous relationship in the context of marriage is the expected standard of human sexual activity.? The kids are not to be told about condoms, birth control, or any other protection methods except to highlight their failure rates. Right now, every state except California accepts this funding. In recent news, the Bush administration is attempting to put forth an initiative to increase the funding for this abstinence-only policy."
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Sex Education in The Public Schools, 1990.
This paper discusses sex education in the public schools: The need, controversy and new emphasis in sex education.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, $ 47.95
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"While the barriers to offering sex education in public schools have decreased, many barriers relating to its effectiveness remain or are likely to appear in the near future. The purpose of this paper will be to discuss sex education with the education system, the continuing need for the program, the controversies surrounding it, and the trends of educators for the future.
The United States is undergoing a tragic phenomena: teenage pregnancy. As society became more sexually permissive, teenagers were caught in the middle. Too immature to handle sex yet vulnerable to its natural forces. Teenagers have been forced to deal with unwanted pregnancies in growing numbers. In fact, more than 1,000,000 teenagers become pregnant each year. That is one in four teenage girls ... "
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Sex Education in Schools, 2002.
An examination of the comprehensive vs. the abstinence approach in sex education.
1,658 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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In an effort to chronicle the developments in sex education in from its conception, this paper discusses two popular approaches that most institutions utilize in teaching sex education among children: the comprehensive and abstinence approaches. A discussion of their differences and effects on children and the success on the study of sex education are the primary concern of this paper, in order to generate a general outlook of the state of sex education in the present American society.
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"The emergence of the Information Revolution has led to profound discoveries that have resulted to the development and improvement of living conditions in the human society. Limitless and various information about anything can be found in a second, through the help of Internet technology and other innovations generated by new technologies and research in science. Cures for serious illnesses, news about current events, and other issues important and significant are available within our reach through the media. However, as human civilization embark into yet another momentous year of Information Revolution, there have been little said and documented about sex education and awareness in the society, especially among the younger generation of the society, comprised of the adolescents and early adults of the society."
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High School Sex Education, 2002.
An investigation into the effects of sex education in high schools.
780 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper looks at the controversy behind high school sex education. It outlines the arguments of both the supporters and the opponents of high school sex education. It looks at the issue of the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy, the teaching of abstinence and the question of whether promiscuity or responsibility is encouraged with this education. It deals with the ineffectiveness of present sex education programs and the suggested improvements on the programs. The paper concludes by giving a synopsis on the debate of sex education in high schools.
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"The effect of sexual education in high school has been a contentious subject since the widespread inception of sexual education programs. Opponents of sexual education argue that it results in more liberal sexual attitudes, leading to increased promiscuity among teenagers. In contrast, supporters of sexual education note that education promotes sexual responsibility, thus reducing the incidence of both sexually transmitted diseases, and unwanted pregnancies among teenagers."
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Sex Education, 2003.
An in depth discussion on the advantages of sex education.
7,360 words (approx. 29.4 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 135.95
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This paper supports sex education in the school system for children over the age of 12. It discusses the advantages of a school-based sex education programs to provide accurate information. The paper contends that sex education should inform the youth on a wide variety of information from the basics of reproduction, STDs, birth control, abstinence and abortion. The author explains that the program should also teaches communication and decision-making skills.
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"Sex education should be mandated in the school system for children over the age of 12. A School-based sex education provides information about human sexuality protection along with the values and attitudes about sex and ..."
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Sex Education and the Student, 2004.
A look at the different types of sex education used around the world and the effectiveness of each type.
2,019 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper examines how styles of sex education vary widely among schools around the world. It looks at how, in the United States, approximately 35% of sex education programs used in public schools are so-called abstinence-only programs funded by the U. S. government. It explores how studies show that this program gives weaker results than the abstinence-plus program or the medically accurate sexuality education programs and draws upon sex education programs around the world as a comparison.
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"Australia?s program has been met with a degree of success. Research shows that the age of first intercourse is later and unwanted pregnancies are fewer when people had participated in sexual education programs. In general Australian high schools are a positive environment for the teaching of sex education. Each state and territory has its own curriculum and most programs allow teachers to have the freedom to teach students what they want to learn about sexuality. Over the past twenty years, Australia has seen a drop in teen pregnancy rates."
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Sex Education, 2002.
Argues that sex education should be provided in all elementary schools.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 6 sources, $ 39.95
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Argues that sex education should be provided in all elementary schools. Discusses the content and methods of teaching sex education to elementary school students. Why sex information is important. The need for young children to receive reliable, correct information. Need to teach with a developmental understanding of the students. Cites examples of creative sex education curriculum.
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"In a concerted effort to cope with the rising trend of teenage sex, educators and policymakers have voiced their need for sex education at all levels of public schools from kindergarten to 12th grade. Known as comprehensive sex education, this approach uses teaching materials and methods that match the age group of the students (Whitehead, 1994, p. 1; Meade, 2001, p. 7). Currently, 32 states including California do not require schools to offer sex education.
Nonetheless, California is one of the 36 states that mandate the provision of STD, HIV, and/or AIDS education (Meade, 2001, pp. 10-11).
Apart from the broad mandate that that sex education programs should stress abstinence, California has left the creation of the curriculum and its implementation to the initiative of the individual school districts and even the schools themselves (California ..."
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Sex Education in the Schools, 2004.
This paper argues the need for a comprehensive risk prevention strategy for sex education in the schools.
1,505 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 49.95
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This paper explains that sex education in the schools has been an area of intense debate, from classrooms to the Supreme Court, in American education for many years. The major area of conflict generally is focused on the abstinence-only education approach, which is heavily supported by federal government funds. The author believes that education on abstinence is the moral solution. Teenagers will make responsible decisions only when they are educated on moral choices and not on the way they choose to prevent pregnancy; there is no safe sex. The paper concludes that, looking at the various statistics on unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among teenagers, it is clear that the requirement for a comprehensive sex education program is to teach postponement of sexual involvement and the way to protect themselves, if they choose to indulge in sex, to give maximum protection from the risk of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
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"Teenagers require the right information to aid in protecting themselves as these statistics given below show. The teenage pregnancy rate in the US is more than double that of any western industrialized country. The number of teenagers becoming pregnant each year is greater than a million. The rate of sexually transmitted diseases is the highest when compared to any age group. One out of every four youngsters contract some form of sexually transmitted diseases before the age of twenty-one. Sexually transmitted diseases have the potential to damage a teenager?s health and the ability to reproduce. AIDS has still no cure."
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Sex Education, 2004.
A debate-like analysis of sex education in the classroom.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 71.95
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This paper discusses the controversial topic of sex education in the classroom. The paper presents an analysis of the subject in the form of a debate which argues that sex education leads to increased sexual activity among teens. The paper includes a refutation of the argument as well as a rebuttal.
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"There is a highly charged social and political debate over sex education in middle and high school. On one side of the debate are those who believe that children in middle and high school should be provided with comprehensive sex education, including information on condoms sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), pregnancy and abortion. On the other side of the debate are those who believe that abstinence-only sex education should be the only sex education offered in middle and high schools. Abstinence-only sex education programs promote abstinence..."
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Sex Education, 2002.
A discussion of sex education as influenced through propaganda and persuasion.
1,653 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper examines how American educators depend heavily on propaganda and persuasion, using statistics or ?scare tactics? to discourage students from engaging in premarital or unsafe sex. It debates different methods used to teach of sex education. It looks at why one of the reasons that sex education is so desperately needed is the fervent promotion of sex in the media. Popular media, television programs, movies and news programs use sex as a method of selling products, which in turn influences and promotes sex among the younger generation.
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"Rather than explaining sex and sexuality, along with all of the possibilities that stem from both, teachers choose to disclose the most shocking statistics they can find as a means of frightening students into avoiding unprotected sex, or sex altogether. The ?scare tactics? used include statistics about pregnancy rates among teens, single parenting, sexually transmitted diseases, and accounts of the lives ruined by the three. Educators persuade students to fear sex, because it will ruin their lives. This is supported by accounts of young, single parents who are unable to finish their schooling and are often forced to work undesirable jobs in order to survive."
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Sex Education in Schools, 2004.
Examines whether sex education should be taught in the schools.
1,872 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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Teen pregnancy, AIDS, and other realities of engaging in unprotected sex are a fact of modern life in this society. This paper argues that sex education should be part of the school curriculum, and subjects such as condom advocacy and STDs should be covered. The paper looks at the moral and ethical issues surrounding this topic and examines the role of parents in supplementing sex education.
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"The third dilemma when it comes to sex education in the classroom revolves around church and state. There are many religious groups and churches that are adamantly opposed to teaching sex education in the classroom. They protest, write letters, encourage parishioners to remove their children from the schools and use media to garner attention to their cause. The church interference believes that abstinence until marriage is the only acceptable lesson to learn about sex and even that has no place in a classroom. They believe it is something the parents are to teach the children. Those who are against this line of thinking point to the constitutionally mandated separation of church and state."
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Sex Education in High School, 2002.
A discussion of the pros and cons of sex education in high school.
2,686 words (approx. 10.7 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 80.95
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This paper examines the issues relating to sex education programs in high school which has been a controversial subject since its inception. It evaluates how the recent increase in sexual activity among teenagers indicates that the subject should be revisited for further inspection and scrutiny. It shows how opponents of sexual education in schools argue that the subject promotes promiscuity and liberal sexual attitudes in teenage students whereas supporters of sexual education programs believe that they often reduce the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases as well as unwanted pregnancies. It also looks at how these courses often usurp the role of parents in the education of their teenage sons and daughters as well as alternative programs such as abstinence programs which typically promote sex after marriage.
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"Since the 1960s, it is clearly evident that the United States has accepted and often embraced new attitudes towards sex that have resulted in increased sexual freedom throughout the general public as well as in the media. In today?s society, sexual topics are discussed in regular conversation, and media events that contain sexual material inundate the airwaves and television sets of America. Americans are willing to accept a greater openness towards sexual behaviors in the media, but when it directly affects their own children, their opinions differ dramatically. Many possess conservative attitudes in which such honesty in the classroom is unnecessary and dangerous, and that any discussion of sex should wait until marriage (Irvine)."
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Sex Education, 1999.
A discussion on the pros and cons of sex education at home and in school.
731 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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This paper examines how sex education programs which encourage abstinence but also offer an alternative for those who are ready or choose to become sexually active are among the most effective. It contends that too few children in the United States receive direct instruction from their parents in the areas of sexuality, sexual intercourse, or birth control and how studies have shown that parental communication may forestall or postpone a child's sexual activity.
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"Sex education is instruction about sex and human sexuality" (Brown, 1981). Sex has important effects on the lives of human beings, including children who want to know about it. Where do Americans get their sex education today? Unfortunately, most people learn about sex on the street from their peers. Home ranked second as a source of sex education, followed by school and, rarely church."
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