The Negative Stigma Of Sex - 1404 Words

Taxes and death are two certainties of life, but there is also a third certainly no one like to mention, sex. Every person came from two other people having sex. Not only do people have sex for reproducing, but also for pleasure making humans the most sexually active animals on the planet. Yet, the negative stigma behind sex keeps such a natural topic in the dark. Over the past hundred years everything in our society has changed; cars, cell phones, the internet, and education, but one topic still has not changed, the way younger generations learn about sex. The United States rates 14th out of 40 countries in education. But ranks 2nd out of 14 in ignorance about social issues (Rice, 2015 ). This is a hard concept to grasp considering†¦show more content†¦People look at this type of teaching as planting a â€Å"seed† for sex in their minds. This is very untrue. Teenagers do not need help to think about sex, teenagers already think about sex. With the influx of hormones during puberty primary and secondary sex characteristics become more noticeable and desirable to teenagers. Sexual education does more good than harm and actually helps adolescents development. Studies conducted by the World Heath Organizations has established that sexual education programs both abstinence and comprehensive based programs help delay and reduce sexual encounters. Teaching adolescents sexual education improves knowledge and understanding. This can intern result in the building of autonomy and confidence. Adolescents are faced with what Erik Erikson’s describes as identity versus role confusion (Berger, 2014). In this crisis adolescents must discover who they are so they can plan for the future. Sexual education programs in school can help adolescents plan for the future. By giving them information about sex it can help to avoid unwanted pregnancies along with transmissions of diseases. Because after all education will not plant any seeds, just help plants grow successfully. In a study looking at Netherlands and England, it was found that Netherlands that does have school sexual educational program and England that does not, England has three times more teen pregnancies than Netherlands. Yet, both societies have