Should sex education be increased in schools in an attempt to curb problems such as teenage pregnancy?

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Thesis Statement.- Such as an introduction I will give you a brief explanation about teeenagers and pregnancy based on facts and evidence.

Con + Refutation:

Sexual education could increase the risk of sexual activity in teenagers, kids and young adults.

Pro Idea 1

What should be given in order to develop skills in teenagers.

Pro Idea 2

Emotional and physical aspects play an important role respecting sexuallity. Knwing and respecting your body in order to respect others. Explain to teenager all the consequences.

Pro Idea 3

Re-evaluate the distribution of preservatives in schools, because may be chinldren, teenagers and young adults are not prepared to face all the responsabilities of starting earlier sexual life.

Should sex education be increased in schools in an attempt to curb problems such as teenage pregnancy?

The ignorance is the main factor to commit serious mistakes. These mistakes can ruin and frustrate teenager life forever. This is an important reason  to promote sex education in elementary school education. Maybe you are wondering, but what exactly sex education is. "Sex education or sex and relationshiips education is the process of acquiring information and fomring attitudes and intimacy" (Averting HIV and AIDS, 2010, sex education that works, retrieved from,http://www.avert.org/sex-education.htm ). Sex education is also about developing young people's skills so that they make informed choices. With sex education you can prevent HIV, AIDS, abortion, suicide, unwanted pregnancty, sexually transmited diseases. Do you agree? Why? Is it attempt to curb this problems, or on the contrary, invite young people to start their sexual lives?

Some people beileve sex education in schools just stimulate young people to start their sexual lives and perceive sex like a common act among teenager crowd. There is the famous case in Washington, some parents disagreed with the idea of the over modern sex education in the schools, because the common topics of this classes were homosexuality, condom use, abstinence and pre-marital sex, and teenager get interested in. A group pf parents believe that homosexuality is a wrong lifestyle, and the morally should be promoted. (Paraphrase , Kelly Beaucar, (2005), "Judge's Rulling Against Sex- Ed Program Grabs National Eye,Retrieved 1st november. 2010 from http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155867,00.html). In Mexico, it is very different because there is not a sex education class, even though in some private and religious schools is a strong taboo to talk or teach about sex or the reproductive system as anatomy class. I wonder if this restrictions provoke in the teenage crowd more or less interest.


The world keeps moving on and it includes how new generations perceive it. For this reason sex education is relevant in elementary and high schools because is can develop different skills in order to prevent bad behavior in the teenage crowd. According to Averting HIV and AIDS " people providing sex education have attitudes and beliefs of their own about sex and sexuality and it is very important no to let these influence negatively the sex education that they provide." (Averting HIV and AIDS, 2010, sex education that works, retrieved from,http://www.avert.org/sex-education.htm ). There are very important topics that young people need to know, such as: Sexual development and reproduction, contraception and birth control, abortion,relationships, sexuality and confidentiality. With the right information in this topics that is for sure that a lot of illness and problems can be avoid or at least dicreased.


As you known in adolescence stage there are a lot od changes in the body, but also in the mind. Emotional aspect is the most susceptible and dangerous aspect for a teenager. It is crucial that a teenager knows their body with respect in order to respect to another person.But, there is more than the body involved in sex or relationships. The emotional side it is the most important even the causative of a lot of suicides among the young crowd. In sex education class is ver important to teach to young student to develop skills, as the HIV and AIDS association says the lifeskills, like  "be able to communicate, listen, negociate witho others, ask for and indefity sources of help and advice, are useful life- skills which can be applies to sexual relationships. Effective sex education develops young people's skills in negotiation, decision -  making, assertion and listenning. Other important skills include be able to recognise pressuares form other people and to resist them, dealing with and challenging predujice and being able toseek help form adults, including parents, crers and profesionals, through the family community and health and welfare services. (Averting HIV and AIDS, 2010, sex education that works, retrieved from,http://www.avert.org/sex-education.htm ).

Finally,  it is so important to re-evaluate the distribution of preservatives in schools without a sex class or a shot talk wih the teenagers, it was explained all the abilities that a teenager has to develop before to start or have contact with sexual stuff. As it is well known first a teenager has to has as much as information as possible and then when he or she feel ready start meeting a new world in the safest way. So, what is your position now? do you agree with sex education or not?