Sex Education in US Schools
Anderson, M.. "SEX EDUCATION AND RAPE. " Michigan Journal of Gender & Law 17.1 (2010): 83-110. GenderWatch (GW), ProQuest. Web.
Michelle Anderson is the Dean of CUNY School of Law, acting as a leading scholar in rape law. Her article entitled “Sex Education and Rape” explains the basis of consent pertaining to rape and teens’ sexual experience. It also examines messages about sex contained in popular culture and, most important for this presentation, describes the formal sex education given in school. At the end, it gives suggestions on how teens should be taught to negotiate sex. In section III, it goes over how abstinence based education is very limited in scope and advocates that, “You should wait until marriage before engaging in sex (heterosexual, vaginal penetration), and sexual abstinence is the only sure way to protect yourself from pregnancy and STDs.” Despite this, abstinence-based sex education does not do a good job conveying its main message since “40 percent of students report that they feel unprepared or only somewhat prepared to wait until they are older to have sex.” Sexual education in U.S. schools is therefore heavily based on a principle, abstinence, which it does not necessarily teach students to follow. (Katie)
Anonymous. "Young adults support sex ed, but have mixed views on abortion." Marketing to Women 13.11 (2000): 3. Web.
The author uses data from the study “Sex Laws: Youth Opinion on Sexual Health Issues in the 2000 Election” to explore 18-24-year-olds’ opinions about different sexual issues. These include abortion laws, homosexual marriage laws, and what should be taught and funded in terms of sexual education in U.S. schools. It seems that 73 percent of the population surveyed was “against restricting federal funds for sex education classes to curricula that advocate sexual abstinence as the only option for teens.” The article discussed that these members of the population said their top sources of information about sexual
Michelle Anderson is the Dean of CUNY School of Law, acting as a leading scholar in rape law. Her article entitled “Sex Education and Rape” explains the basis of consent pertaining to rape and teens’ sexual experience. It also examines messages about sex contained in popular culture and, most important for this presentation, describes the formal sex education given in school. At the end, it gives suggestions on how teens should be taught to negotiate sex. In section III, it goes over how abstinence based education is very limited in scope and advocates that, “You should wait until marriage before engaging in sex (heterosexual, vaginal penetration), and sexual abstinence is the only sure way to protect yourself from pregnancy and STDs.” Despite this, abstinence-based sex education does not do a good job conveying its main message since “40 percent of students report that they feel unprepared or only somewhat prepared to wait until they are older to have sex.” Sexual education in U.S. schools is therefore heavily based on a principle, abstinence, which it does not necessarily teach students to follow. (Katie)
Anonymous. "Young adults support sex ed, but have mixed views on abortion." Marketing to Women 13.11 (2000): 3. Web.
The author uses data from the study “Sex Laws: Youth Opinion on Sexual Health Issues in the 2000 Election” to explore 18-24-year-olds’ opinions about different sexual issues. These include abortion laws, homosexual marriage laws, and what should be taught and funded in terms of sexual education in U.S. schools. It seems that 73 percent of the population surveyed was “against restricting federal funds for sex education classes to curricula that advocate sexual abstinence as the only option for teens.” The article discussed that these members of the population said their top sources of information about sexual