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SexEducationResearchRevision.docxRunning head: A COMPELLING NEED FOR SEX EDUCATIONS IN SCHOOLS 1
A COMPELLING NEED FOR SEX EDUCATIONS IN SCHOOLS
A Compelling Need for Sex Educations in schools
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Topic: Sex Education
Topic statement: Sex education in schools is a fundamental consideration that significantly influences the learners, particularly relating to the importance of preventing teen pregnancies, sex-related risk, and impacting learners with the relevant information within the learning environment. Several researchers and policymakers present a different position concerning sexual education in schools. In comprehensive research, the researchers (Roudsari et al. 107) recognize fundamental cultural considerations against sexual education to learners, particularly teenagers. According to the authors, some of the compelling contradiction of sex education in schools includes cultural aspects such as the denial of premarital sex information, negative impacts of sexual education in schools, religious uncertainties and sexual discussion as cultural taboo among others (Roudsari et al. 107). There are current concerns for contrasting positions on sexual education within the learning institution based on the study presentation.
Position Statement: Despite the contrasting opinion on sex education in schools, there is a compelling need of sexual education in schools for effective results such as prevention of teenage pregnancies, reduction, and mitigation of the risk -related in sexual indulgence and underscoring information for learners answerable towards sexual activities and engagements.
Audience Description: The research provides insightful experience to teachers, learners, and policymakers in supporting sex education in schools. The goal is to provide know-how for the support of sex education in schools.
Supporting Points
Supporting Point 1: Sex education in schools provides a contemporary perspective of the topic for the learners to address undying concerns relating to sexual exposure and considerations.
Supporting Point 2: Provision of sex education and healthy relationships in schools present a positive approach in the management of health conditions among learners and their social activities.
Supporting Point 3: Sex education offers a balance between tradition and modern approach for a comprehensive understating of sex among learners with several underscoring contributions.
Supporting Point 4: Sex education helps learners understand their bodies at the puberty stages and acknowledges that the changes to avoid unhealthy sexual relationships are schools.
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Sources 1: Kantor, Leslie, and Levitz, Nicole. “Parents’ views on sex education in schools: How much do Democrats and Republicans agree?”2017. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0180250#sec011. Accessed on August 4, 2020
Contributing factors such as healthy and unhealthy relationships, sexually transmitted infections, sexual orientation, and information on general sexual presentation are underscoring (Kantor and Levitz). Similarly, parental view towards sexual education despite the political divides in the United States of America provides highlighting the need for sexual education. Despite the political divide, whether Republicans or Democrats, parents post a positive image towards the discussion of current topics such as puberty, healthy relationships, abstinence, birth control, and sexually transmitted diseases (Kantor and Levitz). Based on the researches, parental view on contemporary sexual education among the learners posits first articulation on contemporary sexual education topics foe effective and underscoring management of present sexual challenges. Significantly the coupling of the current views and review provides essential attention to matters such as STD healthy and unhealthy relationships sexual orientations and alignment for the contemporary discussion on sexual education. Similarly, a final political unification on the undying need for sexual education and awareness in schools is underscoring. Therefore the researchers' articulations provide significant support in addressing perpetual concerns relating to sexual exposure and considerations.
Source 2: Shalala, Herman, Abraham Charles Gillmore, Mary and Kork, Gerjo. “Sex Education as Health Promotion: What Does It Take?” Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2014 pp. 259–269
Source 3: Long, Robert. “Sex and relationships education in schools (England).” 2017. https://dera.ioe.ac.uk/30817/1/SN06103.pdf Accessed on August 4, 2020
Similarly, sex education in schools accommodated evidence-based sexual behavior for practical evaluation of the learner's healthcare and well-being for a positive presence in the school and social activities. Adopting new practices toward sex education and leaving old approaches for decision- making, control of behavior, and process provide an evidence-based approach in sexual education promoting well- being of the learners (Schaalma et al. 264). Consequently, young people are likely to indulge in unprotected and unhealthy sexual engagement and relationships, posting a danger in both social and healthcare perspectives within the leering environment. Teaching sexual and social behavior in the learning environment requires a specialist to counteract old social practices and skills, prompting healthy and social engagement of sexual disposition (Schaalma et al. 263). Cultural and moral practices influence healthy and social activities among learners; thus, a prerequisite for the social and well-being of sexual and social events. The promotion of the evidence-based approach for sexual education offers a practical arena for developing sexual knowledge and considering cultural and social obligations. The children's awareness of sexual education and relationship promotes a healthy relationship and social activities. Long (6) opined that attention on elements such as puberty, menstruation, conception, abortion, and sexual identity and orientation provides a robust understanding of the sexual relationship and social activities. The information underscores the provision of education, avoiding negative and adverse health conditions resulting from unhealthy sexual relations among the learners. Therefore health educators provide programs for adaptation such as evidence-based for valid promotion of healthy and social and sexual education. The sources proving robust support for healthy relationships in schools present a positive approach in the management of health conditions among learners and their social activities.
Source 4: Trudell, Bonnie. Doing sex education: Gender politics and schooling. Taylor & Francis, 2017
The creation of social, political, and cultural influences on sexual education among teenagers and young adults offers a practical and integrated approach to the management outcome of unhealthy sexual relationships in schools. According to the authors (Schaalma et al. 265), the creation of social and political concepts of sexual education in schools leads to a healthy sexual lifestyle among learners. For instance, the school administrators' need to persuade parents and learners on the benefits of sexual education requires the inclusion of political and social factors to balance administrative, parents, and social concerns. Moreover, the recognition of cultural factors provides a productive and positive reception of sex education in schools. The use of an evidence-based approach accommodates cultural challenges, legal requirements, and social relations towards sex education, creating a balance between modern and traditional consideration on sexual education (Schaalma et al. 267). Notably, factors such as gendered, culture, race, class- teacher-learners relationships, social organization, and gendered socialization present significant balance for the management of sex education in schools (Trudell). The evidence is articulating to ingratiation of the modern and traditional consideration on sexual education post a considerable number of pieces of evidence for sexual respect and dignity in schools. For instance, the management of concerns such as gendered, race, and social organizations in the school environment does offer not only effective sex education but also posit significant knowledge and gender consideration towards sex education in schools. Thus, the acknowledgment in the source, including political social and cultural challenges in sex education, provides evidence-based approaches for valid promotion of healthy sexual information. It offers significant support for the research position on promoting sex education.
Source 5: Hildie Leung, Daniel Shek, Edvina Leung, and Esther, Shek. "Development of Contextually-relevant Sexuality Education: Lessons from a Comprehensive Review of Adolescent Sexuality Education across Cultures" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, 621; (2019). DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16040621
Roudsari, Rohab Javadnoori, Mojgan Hazavehei, Marzieh, and Taghipour, Seyyid. "Socio-cultural challenges to sexual health education for female adolescents in Iran." Iran J Reprod Med Vol. 11. No. 2. pp.: 101-110, February 2013
Several research studies indicate that a lack of sexual education among teenagers promotes the world prevalence of sexually transmitted infections. According to WHO, over two million young people living with HIV worldwide. Notably, the age group accommodates ages between 15 and 25, articulating to puberty and young adults' stages of life, respectively. According to the research on adolescent sexual studies in cross-culture, including the USA, China, and the United Kingdom, researchers postulate the possible lack of sexual education at the puberty stages leading to substantial increment on sexually transmitted infections. For instance, the research post six fundamental factors: different policies in the societies to address puberty and sex education, lack of evidence-based strategies for sexual education, lack of factual sexual knowledge particularly in Chinese cultures, absence of database information relating to sexual education t puberty, absence of multi-disciplinary actions about sex education and lacking comparative studies on factors influencing adolescents sexuality (Hildie et al. 19). The incapability to provide proper management of sexual education means recording more cases of early pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections, and other risk-related unhealthy sexual behavior among the adolescent’s s and young adults. Based (Roudsari et al. 107), opinion, presentation of an evidence-based and integrated approach to offer sexual education, there is a possible solution towards a healthy and positive sexual relationship among learners in schools. The sources support significant learners understand their bodies at the puberty stages and acknowledge that the changes to avoid unhealthy sexual relationships are schools.
Source 6: Breuner CC, Mattson G, AAP COMMITTEE ON ADOLESCENCE, AAP COMMITTEE ON PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF CHILD AND FAMILY HEALTH. Sexuality Education for Children and Adolescents. Pediatrics. 2016; 138(2):e20161348
Sexual education accommodates fundamental aspects of human sexuality, intimate relations, sexual anatomy, reproduction, sexuality transmitted infections, sexual activities, gender orientation and identities, abstinence, contraception’s and sexual reductive and responsibilities (Bruener & Mattson,1). Sexual education encompasses significant elements showing positive articulation in reducing and mitigating early, pregnancies, unhealthy sexual and intimate relations, and the spread of sexually transmitted infections. The learners posit informed decision-making skills relating to sexual and close relationships for healthy psychological and lifestyles shaping adulthood lives. Furthermore, sex education provides a detailed articulation of a healthy lifestyle and mental well- being promoting healthy relationships and activities on sexuality for students and later years of their adult lives. Sexual awareness occurs progressively among learners through a myriad of platforms; thus, effective presentation of healthy and mental sexual education in schools post positive lifestyles and future lives styles in adulthood lives. For instance, an illogical decision on early sexual activities without care and informed decision-making may lead to later impacts such as infertility resulting in sexually transmitted infection interfering with adults' lives and mental well-being measures. Accordingly, the source offers a fundamental need for sex education in schools to provide safety measures for the learners to avoid damaging and psychological harm for unhealthy sexual engagement that may affect their adult life ad sexual relationships.
