Comprehensive Vs. Abstinence-Only Sex Education

Comprehensive vs Abstinence-Only Sex Education The United States is often known as the land of opportunity, the birthplace of the American Dream, and the place to the start of a new life. But the United States doesn’t come without its flaws. America is also known for having the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the world. The cause of the high rate of teen pregnancy has baffled many politicians and educators alike and has been a problem for decades. But research suggests that the United States approach on sex educated is dated and ineffective. Instead of focusing on avoiding the topic of sex, Americans should embrace the topic and should be willing to freely talk about sex. In American movies and digital media, sex is often embraced and shown …show more content…
In the Abstinence-Only Sex Education system, they are taught not to be involved in any sexual activity until after marriage. Educators of this system are often known to exaggerate the dangers of sex and often include biased data about sexually transmitted diseases and birth rates in order to scare teens in hopes to prevent them from being involved with sexual intercourse.
This type of sex education becomes a great problem when discussing about the topic of sex education. Not only is the Abstinence-Only Sex Education system restricting the students knowledge of sex, it is also brainwashing the students into thinking any type of sex is bad. Because of the negative connotation that students are raised with when it comes to sex, the topic of sex is never a comfortable topic to talk about with both teens and adults.
Educators supporting the Abstinence-Only Sex Education system are purposefully trying to restrict the student's knowledge of sex in hopes of preventing them from having sexual intercourse. They believe that if students don’t learn about the topic of sex, they won’t be able to become involved in any sexual activity. This thought process is simply not true, especially in the digital information age of the internet, where anything can be found with a simple search …show more content…
This will help students when it comes the time to make the decision to have intercourse to do so safely. The Abstinence-Only Sex Education system, on the other hand, does not prepare the students at all when it comes to sex. Under the Abstinence-Only Sex Education system, they are taught not to be involved in intercourse until after marriage. But if the student decides on becoming sexually active prior to marriage, they would not have the knowledge to do so safely. Instead, they will be left in confusion and frustration, due to the lack of knowledge the Abstinence-Only Sex Education system provides for