Sex Education, Yes or No?

Sex education is an education about human sexual anatomy, sexual reproduction, sexual intercourse, and other aspects of human sexual behavior. People think that sex education is not important because it is not important and often be misinterpreted. But, I think sex education is necessary and essential because it can prevent teen pregnancy, can prevent teen from diseases through having sex, and also can answer their question about puberty.

Below are the reasons why sex education is necessary and essential. First, because it can prevent teen pregnancy and also prevent them from disease through having sex. An article in the "American Journal of Nursing" reported that sex education can decrease teen’s interest to get pregnant or impregnate their partner by 60 percent. Teaching sex education to children can help them to understand the impact of sex by showing diseases through having sex like syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, etc. Second, because it can answer their questions about puberty by showing the students the puberty progress such as their changing body and their rising hormone. It can keep their desire to explore things for themselves in check. An article published in "Time" magazine, 86 percent of girls and 88 percent of boys who did not receive sex education had sex for the first time before the age of 20. It is better to teach them about sex education than letting them use other resources such as pornographic and internet which might be misleading them.

However, there are some people who disagree about sex education. First, it because they think that sex education is not really important. It is not important because they think that children will learn about sex naturally. In addition, if sex education is not taught properly, it will change the children’s mind into ignorant adult. It because of children’s mind which is impressionable at an early age. Second, it because of sex education often be misinterpreted. It can make the children solve their curious by practicing what they learn in sex education by their selves. They will make it as a reason to do it as practice to support them in understanding about this lesson.

Sex education is necessary and important because it can prevent teen pregnancy, can prevent teen from diseases through having sex, and also can answer their question about puberty. However, we should be careful in teaching children about sex education. It is because if sex education is not taught properly, it will be misinterpreted by them.

                                                                                                                By: Muhammad Ruby Ernawa

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