“Young people ages 15 to 24 represent 25 percent of the sexually active population, but acquire half of all new STIs”. (State Policies). Picture a girl sitting on a park bench; she just found out that she is pregnant, has no money, and also recently found out that she has HIV. Her mother refused to teach her anything about sex education and her school did not provide any sex education. However, many teens have unprotected sex and contract STDs because they do not know about the resources for free testing or free condoms. Sex education should be taught in schools because there are many risks as young adults do not know about sex, abstinence-only programs are dangerous, and the school can provide valuable information they could use later in
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For starters, before they hit their 20s, 25% of girls become pregnant for the first time. (State Policies on Sex) This is important information because it shows that many girls have pregnancies in their teens, possibly due to an improper education of safe involvement in sexual activity. Moreover, according to an article on the National Conference of State Legislatures, statistics say that many female contracts one out the many STI’s or STD’s in their lifetime. However, because women get at least one STD in their life, it shows that women are at risk not just in their teens, but throughout their lives for any number of diseases. Finally, “About 3.2 million adolescent females are infected with at least one of the most common STIs”. (State Policies on Sex) The lack of proper education of sex increases the risks of contracting diseases to the unknown methods of contraction. Sex education for young adults is important because it is important for them to know the risks of …show more content…
To begin with, as specified by the State Policies on sex education, “20 states require that if provided, sex or HIV education must be medical, factually, or technically accurate.” The information taught in sex education class is set to a standard, so it is not inaccurate for the students that are learning it. Secondly, sex education goes over preventing life-threatening STDs and even unplanned pregnancies. (Advocates For Youth) These classes provide full detail over the risks of unprotected sex and talk about what to do to prevent these from happening. Finally, It goes over important topics like consensual sex and domestic violence. They explain what content is and what the signs are that the relationship is not healthy and what to do in those situations. Sex education is paramount for students because they need to learn what to do just in urgent
For starters, before they hit their 20s, 25% of girls become pregnant for the first time. (State Policies on Sex) This is important information because it shows that many girls have pregnancies in their teens, possibly due to an improper education of safe involvement in sexual activity. Moreover, according to an article on the National Conference of State Legislatures, statistics say that many female contracts one out the many STI’s or STD’s in their lifetime. However, because women get at least one STD in their life, it shows that women are at risk not just in their teens, but throughout their lives for any number of diseases. Finally, “About 3.2 million adolescent females are infected with at least one of the most common STIs”. (State Policies on Sex) The lack of proper education of sex increases the risks of contracting diseases to the unknown methods of contraction. Sex education for young adults is important because it is important for them to know the risks of …show more content…
To begin with, as specified by the State Policies on sex education, “20 states require that if provided, sex or HIV education must be medical, factually, or technically accurate.” The information taught in sex education class is set to a standard, so it is not inaccurate for the students that are learning it. Secondly, sex education goes over preventing life-threatening STDs and even unplanned pregnancies. (Advocates For Youth) These classes provide full detail over the risks of unprotected sex and talk about what to do to prevent these from happening. Finally, It goes over important topics like consensual sex and domestic violence. They explain what content is and what the signs are that the relationship is not healthy and what to do in those situations. Sex education is paramount for students because they need to learn what to do just in urgent