Sex Education in Schools
Sex education should be taken seriously. Many parents don't want their children to learn about sex but in fact students in sex ed. are more likely to be safer than those not enrolled in sex ed.
Dear Future President,
The share of rural teenagers receiving instruction about birth control declined between 2000 and 2014 from 71% to 48% among females and 59% to 45% among males (according to the Guttmacher Institute). Sex education should be in school to educate young individuals more about the risks and effects of sex. To solve this, you could enforce laws among schools that state that it is mandatory for all high school students to enroll in sex education.
Sex education would make certain that people would fully understand how sex could affect them now and later. Without sex ed. young people wouldn't understand how difficult their lives could become. An article from earthshipsummit.com states that without sex education there would be an even higher percentage of STDs and pregnancy among high school students. This explains that although sexual diseases and pregnancy may seem unlikely at the time, it could still be possible without the proper knowledge of what they are doing. With proper education teenagers would be informed more on the topic of sexually transmitted diseases. Without being taught about the world of such diseases many teens will go out and have sex unknowing about what could happen to them. According to dosomething.org, the U.S. has the highest rate of STD infection in the industrialized world. This basically states that without the proper knowledge many will be infected and not even understand how or why.
Sex education is a guidance course which could help students be safe during such activities. This class would provide the proper tools and tips that should be used during sex. According to getrealeducation.com, when properly taught there was an increase in condom purchases and a decrease in pregnancies and STDs. The site also mentioned that young people, between the ages of 15 to 25, account for over 50% of all new STDs, although they represent just 25% of the sexually experienced population. So studies show that most students involved in a sex education program have come out STD free when they grow older.
So with that being said, you should make sex education a required course in all schools nationwide to decrease the nation's STD and pregnancy rates in young individuals.
Sincerely,
Deqaun W.
