sex ed is good because alot of parents dont like talking to their kids about that stuff, but it does plant sex into some kids' minds that werent even thinking about it before, and then they want to expeirement, then they wind up pregnant.

Yes.

Me, myself I had took health ed and it had helped me a lot and teached me how my body functions.

Like some of you guys said if a girl never learn about period then she would think shes bleeding to death.

We have sex ed as a part of Health class, and I think that all schools should have it. Abstinence-only programs are very prude and just don't work. You can't tell someone not to do something without explaining why. It's better to educate them first and let them make the decision of whether or not to do it by themselves.

1 think they should because there are so many promiscuous girls out there and the number is getting younger and younger. They need to know all the consequences other than use a condom.

i agree with what ateh said. 5th grade and up should all have sex ed classes but then again, i think that 5th graders are too immature to probably handle talking about their privates which i dont get why they laugh over, since they have them. -shrug-

I had sex-ed in 5th grade, and it made absolutely no sense to me at all.
Had it again 7th grade, coherent message this time. Again in 8th, a little more sense being made.
Haven't had it since, sophomore now.

Now:

As has been stated, teens will have sex with or without sex-ed. What sex-ed changes is that the teens will be less likely to do stupid things like unprotected sex.

And honestly, if I were a parent, I would choose for my kids to have protected premarital sex before recreational drug use any day...

I think's it's extremely necessary. Obviously, kids are going to have sex no matter how much adults preach that they shouldn't. Because there's really no stopping it, they should atleast know how everything works and what body parts they have and what results could happen.

It's frightening how little people know about this stuff... I recently moved, and at my old school, sex ed started in 4th grade, and I had it every year until my junior year when I transferred. At the school I'm at now, they don't teach sex ed, and they took the material out of the biology classes where they used to learn it. I took an anatomy course this past semester, and that is the only way they will get education in that subject in school, since no other class will teach it. PATHETIC.

i think that thee should be sex-ed. however i dont agree with them teaching about sex being a no-no before marriage. just like you cant preach about religion in school you shouldent be able to preach about abstinence. beacause abstinence is a choice just like abortion is not something you have to do.

besides you can save it for marrige but it still wont protect you from STDs if your lover isnt honest
nor will it prevent you from getting less pregnant beacuse a condom can always break or the guy can slip.
there are plenty of married women who have unplanned births so they either keep it,terminate it,or give it up for adoption.
now i bet the little abstinence nazis didnt tell you that

sex-ed needs to teach the emotions that go along with it as sex is not about baby making and penis in vagina.they need to talk about how not everyone will have sex with a person jsut beacuse they love you. sometimes there are bad people who will want you just for the pleasure.now thats not something you should really get into with 5th and 6th graders but it should be brought up when you get older.
the onlytime someone ever talked to me about that was in my freshman year and guess what he was fired!

gah i could rant about this all day.

Personally, i think sex ed just encourages it.
Like when you tell kids not to touch this or something, they'll want to touch it. Same idea.

But yeah. It is a choice. So nobody should force us.
And why bother to teach it in elementary school? Everyone just gets grossed out. all we cared about back then was what team we were on for kickball, seriously

I think everyone should take it. Its better than having thembe oblivious to it.

Sex Education isn't a bad idea, however the problem seems to reside in lacking a unified criterium as for what should it teach to kids and how.

Personally, I do think sex education should focus on the physical aspects of sexual life, including anatomical knowldege, prevention tips, etc... . I understand a sex ed class as a more technical oriented teaching than anything else; hence why I would leave moral/ethical teachings about sexual life outside of it. Or at least as separate it as it is subjectively possible, anyways.

I took Sex-Ed in 7th grade. I think we should know about sex because it prepares us for the future. But I think they shouldn't teach it so soon, like in Elementary School.

I've never actually taken a Sex Education class because it's not offered at my school nor is it offered in my district. And I think that it should be offered because I think everyone needs to be informed about sex. There's alot to know. And even if we had it in high school, people wouldn't take it seriously. Every time they heard the word vagina or penis they'd like freak out or snicker and giggle.

That depends on your sex education program... For instance, in Texas the Abstinence Only program is favored... hence very high teen pregnancy rates.
Basically, if anyone asked a question, the response would be, "Just say no!"
I think sex education is very important. Maybe it'll make people more curious, but it's human nature to be curious. If people are fully informed, they should hopefully be able to make a fully informed decision. By not having sex education, you're throwing kids into this sex-obsessed world without any real knowledge of contraceptions or potential risks.

yes. now that these kids are having sex in their late pre teen/early teen ages..they need to know eactly what theyre doing.

Why not, knowledge is power.

I honestly think that sex-ed is good. At least kids would know about having protected sex. I had it in 5th grade, and it educated me alot. No, it didn't encourage me to have sex, really, but I also think that it should be educated at an appropriate age where people can not laugh about it, and to think it's funny. [Example: I was actually laughing when I was being taught this.] An appropriate age would be... maybe... 7th-8th grade. I'm pretty sure that some people lost their virginity earlier than that, but it's around that age where I think that people are mature enough to handle sex-ed.

If you have the opportunity to get educated about sex, I think you should take it. It would give you ALOT of information, and answer all your questions about sex. So, I think that sex-ed should be taught in every school and be allowed in every district. Everyone deserves to learn about it, because one day, they might actually have sex. :) Remember, use a condom if you dont want a baby!
^ I also agree with Kevin. :)

Sex ed is alot like health ed when it comes to discussing the types of STD's and infections that can happen to unsafe sex. I think Sex ed should be an option to learn more about your body and the body of the females as well as to learn more about the risks that can happen. I took sex ed in 5th grade and health ed in 11th grade I think both courses are necessary because of the different amounts of knowledge you can learn from. Sex ed is more about your body, while Health ed discusses issues about sex that help you make better decisions on what you should and shouldn't do.

it should be stressed upon in middle school

well kids are hitting puberty younger, so they'll want to have sex younger. When I was in school, parents had the option to take their kids out of the sex ed class, but I think it's good to have the class there becuase a lot of parents want to teach their kids about dangers, safety, and whatnot, but don't have the knowledge or are embarassed to bring it up.

In university, they pretty much endorse having sex. But they do it in a way that makes you want to have 'safe sex' they pretty much throw condoms at you, and during frosh there's a seminar on it. IT's kind of funny how there's a condom in the frosh kit.

I do think sex ed is necessary but to a certain age group. If they are too young to understand then no...but if it's like middle school or even grade school then yes, it should be taught.

i think its good because some kids need to get answers on why their bodies are changing aka puberty. Even tho i didnt really understand it in like 5th grade i was to busy reading harry potter...lol

No. I feel it's up to the parents to tell their children about sex, not schools. Seriously. It's not like kids don't know what it is. I knew since I was five. I didn't need any help from my parents or a school. It's not that hard to understand it. It's unnecessary to have it in schools.



If parents don't like talking about it, then screw them. It's their responsibility. They should grow some balls and tell their kids about it. Who cares if there is an awkward moment. Seriously. It pisses me off when parents neglect to take care of their children by not giving them advice where it's needed.

My church had a whole month of talking about sex. Seriously. Like anyone in the room didn't know what he was talking about. It's ridiculous. I left after that cause I'm not having a church tell me about sex.

I agree. Parents do need to talk to there children. If they don't want to then they shouldn't be having kids in the first place...you need to take responsibility.