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    Sex education should be mandatory in schools, it's actually a subject that should never be looked over and should be taught before a child goes to high school. Boy and Girls need to know more about their bodies, methods to prevent pregnancy Also it’s a great way to explain to the female child about girls menstrual cycle without teaching sex education in school most kids would be clueless about how their body works.sex education should be mandatory in school due to the facts that some parents never have the chances to inform their kid's things that relate to sex. Most kids in sex education class have no idea about sexually transmitted diseases that are out there, most of them do not know the risk of what it means to be sexually active with people.that's the main reason why they should be taught…

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    Sex education is essential to the younger generation in keeping them aware of the risks following sexual activities. While teaching sex education to children has diminished over the years, in actuality, society finds this as an arguable debate on whether it should or should not be taught in schools. Many people feel that morals are lowered when the use of condoms and anti-fertility are introduced in schools. Parents sense that this form of education urges adolescents to experiment instead of…

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    Introduction Sex education is something that is part of one’s life through their entire life. People’s bodies grow and change every day, and learning about the processes that take place is essential to maintaining good health throughout one’s life. Sadly, many people all over the world today are misinformed when it comes to sex education because of the lack of resources, overly vague information, politics, or the fact that sex education isn’t something that is approached in an accurate manner…

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    “Don 't have sex, you will get pregnant and die!”, a well-known quote from the film comedy Mean Girls. While this quote is quite humorous, it is misleading and like many sex education courses provides an unclear message to adolescents. Young people are easily influenced by movies, and without a comprehensive sex education, they can make life changing mistakes. The way sex is massively shown in society today will not change; therefore, the form of sex education in schools must change. A…

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    Believe it or not, in 1940, the U.S. Public Health Service strongly advocated sexuality education in the schools, labeling it an "urgent need” (Pardini). Now, if one looks at a high school’s curriculum chances are he or she will find no evidence of a comprehensive sex education class. Unfortunately, sex education classes are not strongly advocated like they used to be. The controversy with comprehensive sex education classes in schools lies with parents who believe that they should be the ones…

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    A school is an institution for educating children, teenagers and people in general. Public middle schools and high schools are meant to educate these young children who are transforming into young teenagers, adolescents and soon to be adults. Schools teach about the basic subjects such as English, mathematics, and science but what about health subjects such as sex education. Sex means different things to different people, when it comes down to it, it is having intercourse with another…

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    Sex education is one of the most controversial topics taught in schools.There is a reason why when a sex scene comes on and everyone in the room stiffens in fear and avoids eye contact. The subject of sex itself is painfully awkward for both parents who don 't want to talk about it with their kids and the kids who hate to discuss it it 's their parents. The stories about parents who are outraged over the "vivid descriptions" of sex to their children is a staple to the school year. Sex ed…

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    How sex education, or some might say lack thereof, is being taught in Texas public schools continues to be a major topic of debate, driven by high teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease and infection rates. Texas sex education curriculum follows an “abstinence-only-before-marriage” approach, and lacks a more comprehensive program to educate teens on disease and infection contraction, pregnancy, condoms, and other concerns which all youth have the right, and need, to know about. However,…

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    Talking about sex makes majority of people uncomfortable. In the United States, there is a controversy on how sex education is taught in public schools. Some schools believe in teaching abstinence-only education and others believe in teaching about contraceptives. During these conversations about sex education, it is rarely discussed in regards to students with intellectual disabilities. Sex education needs to be taught to students with intellectual disabilities because not only is sex apart of…

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    About Sex “Taxes and death are considered two undeniably realities of life. I would say that sex is right behind these two” (Source 7). The U.S. requirements for sexual education vary from school to school, giving some students a more practical sexual education and some not. The requirements for sex education in school should be the same comprehensive information across the country. Comprehensive sexual education is “designed to motivate and assist students to maintain and improve their…

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