Well, I went to sex-ed in two states and in Florida, they were very heavy on contraception and contraceptive myth-busting.
In North Carolina they kind of talked about contraception, but mostly went on about anorexia, suicide, and the male and female sexual organs. For the record, our school had the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the county, but not much suicide and our cheerleaders were pretty plump.
Abstinence education is bullshit, especially among the young, and it has been FOREVER. Teens having sex is NOTHING NEW. My Mother taught me everything I needed to know about contraception and I have often found myself explaining to grown adults what Plan B does, or where you would go to get inexpensive birth control or consultation for adoption or abortion.
The information is OUT THERE and EASILY accessible but if people don't even know that there is any information to begin with or that anything is available for them to seek then it's a wasted cause for them. I have literally seen generations of families Grandmother, Mother, Daughter, that had no idea what some of these things were. And some teens are embarassed to ask their parents for birth control too! My Mother would have rather me asked for birth control than tell her that I am pregnant - she would have rather me not had sex to begin with but my Mother was realistic. Not very many parents are, unfortunately.
I agree all telling kids not to have sex is going to do is cause them to not protect themselves properly if they do have sex they can preach abstinence all they want but they should also teach you what to do to protect yourself if you decide not to be abstinate.
Furthermore, giving teens the impression that contraception devices don't work very well they may think it is worth the time, money and effort to use them.
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Well, I went to sex-ed in two states and in Florida, they were very heavy on contraception and contraceptive myth-busting.
In North Carolina they kind of talked about contraception, but mostly went on about anorexia, suicide, and the male and female sexual organs. For the record, our school had the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the county, but not much suicide and our cheerleaders were pretty plump.
Abstinence education is bullshit, especially among the young, and it has been FOREVER. Teens having sex is NOTHING NEW. My Mother taught me everything I needed to know about contraception and I have often found myself explaining to grown adults what Plan B does, or where you would go to get inexpensive birth control or consultation for adoption or abortion.
The information is OUT THERE and EASILY accessible but if people don't even know that there is any information to begin with or that anything is available for them to seek then it's a wasted cause for them. I have literally seen generations of families Grandmother, Mother, Daughter, that had no idea what some of these things were. And some teens are embarassed to ask their parents for birth control too! My Mother would have rather me asked for birth control than tell her that I am pregnant - she would have rather me not had sex to begin with but my Mother was realistic. Not very many parents are, unfortunately.
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I agree all telling kids not to have sex is going to do is cause them to not protect themselves properly if they do have sex they can preach abstinence all they want but they should also teach you what to do to protect yourself if you decide not to be abstinate.
Furthermore, giving teens the impression that contraception devices don't work very well they may think it is worth the time, money and effort to use them.