Originally Posted by
bcasabee
Bro, I don't get why we should teach them safe ***. In my highschool years. I can only count students who are so sexually liberated. They were the exception rather than the rule. This will give the wrong signal actually. If I was taught about safe *** in my highschool years, then this will give me a hint that its ok to have *** as long as I am using condom. Right? And the more students who will indulge in ***, the more problem we will have. Right?
Sexual education helps teens in deciding on whether or not to even have ***. Teens are having *** at a more younger age, trust me on this. Should we choose to educate them when they're of age? When *** ed becomes long overdue? Or now, when they've yet to make serious choices regarding ***? Many teens have had unsafe *** simply because they don't know how to use contraceptives. Educating teens on contraception, sexual myths and all sorts of other things can influence their decision to have ***. That could either mean *** later, at a better time, or *** now, but with protection. Most teens even have different definitions of ***! Depending on who you talk to, sexual contact can even include a handshake. Also, open discussions on moral and religious issues will go a long way.
Some teens have never even heard of gonorrhea or chlamydia. If they don't know about ***, who knows how many more of them would contract HIV or drop out of school because of pregnancy?
Also, it doesn't make sense for the poor students to learn about how to use a condom, since we already know that they are poor and their parents couldn't afford to provide them condom (Ulbo ang kaspa sa parents bro kung ang bawn ipalit ra diay ug condom). Right? And problems will just compound bro if this poor students will treat *** as if it is a need (like food) for how can they get constant supply of this contraceptives?
But would you rather have them having unprotected ***? Besides, if ma-educate sila ug tarong, they would understand that having *** under the circumstances is irresponsible, thus making an educated choice on ***.
My point is, teens have a right to know. It's basic risk management. If we do nothing, kids have unprotected ***, leading to STDs, unwanted pregnancies, etc.. But if we chose to educate them, teens could opt to abstain until marriage or have *** with protection.