Name : Hanifa Fatmaningtyas

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Sex Education in School to Prevent Teenager from Free Sex

What is sex education? According to Webster, it is a term that describes

education about human sexuality, human anatomy, sexual reproduction, sexual
intercourse, and other aspect of human sexual behavior. Should sex education be
taught in school? There had been many debates over this. People say that sex
education only destroys the morality of people because they think that sex
education teaches students about how sexual intercourse is done. I think
although sex education lowers the morality of people by teaching students
how to use condoms and contraceptives, it should be taught in school because
it prevents free sex, teenage pregnancy and sexual disease. Then, it is indeed a
need in case of parents absence and gives children the idea of what is right and
what is wrong.
Others say that having sex education only encourages the students to
engage in sexual intercourse and that it leads to sexual diseases and teenage
pregnancy. According to Bleakley(2006), in a survey conducted, only about
seventeen percent of the respondents answered that sex education does encourage
them to do it and that the remaining eighty three percent strongly disagreed. Sex

education prevents sexual diseases and teenage pregnancy. But how? Students are
taught how to use condoms. According to (Masland n.d.), kids are becoming more
sexually active at an earlier age. These kids are in danger of sexually transmitted
diseases. There is also a big possibility for them to become pregnant and that is
why sex education should be taught to avoid these things from happening. In sex
education, students are also taught of abstinence. They are taught that they should
only have sexual intercourse after they get married.
In case the parents are always away from their children, sex education
should be taught to them so that they would learn it from an educated and
responsible adult instead of learning it from the media or from their friends
(Masland, n.d.). There will always be peers who would badly influence others. I
remember my junior when I was in High School. The words that come out of their
mouths are foul sex languages. When I was their age, I still did not know
anything. The generation today just keeps on getting worse. The media and
technology played a big role on this. Students can now access any site on the
internet that contains adult content or pornographic materials. That is why sex
education should be implemented in schools. It is better for children to be
informed earlier because they will still know about it when they grow up as they
will be more exposed to it through their peers and the media (Cooper, n.d.).
People say that sex education teaches the students about how sexual
intercourse is done. The truth is sex education lets the students know about the
consequences and the truth about sex. One may likely suffer emotional or mental
depression which may lead to suicide. Students are also informed that it is only

for unity and procreation of married couples who are committed to each other.
They are also informed that they will know the true purpose of sex when they
grow up as adults.
In conclusion, sex education should be taught in schools because it is better
to consider health than beliefs and we should consider reality. Since immorality
cannot be eliminated and teenagers cannot be stopped from becoming sexually
active, we should implement sex education in schools, as early as primary school.
It also the only savior for children whose parents are always away from them and
that is why sex education is needed so that they will not lose track of the right
path. Through sex education, students will be able to learn the truth about sex and
they will be able to refrain and control themselves. The most important is to
educate every teenager to become aware of their actions to be ready for the
consequences that they will be facing.

References :
Bleakley, A. (2006). Public Opinion on Sex Education in US Schools. Retrieved
August

23,

2009 from

http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/160/11

/1151.pdf
Cooper, M. (n.d.) Sex Education in Schools. Retrieved August 23, 2009 from
http://www.helium.com/items/66294-sex-education-in-schools
Masland, M. (n.d.) Carnal knowledge: The sex ed debate. Retrieved August 23,
2009 from http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3071001/539480.asp