The importance of Sex-ed

Sex Education When Taught correctly is necessary for kids to have. Unfortunately, it's also received a lot of flack from parents. My parents saw no reason to inform us about sex, and they thought just telling us not to would keep us from having sex. I can tell you now it certainly didn't work with me.

The few sex education classes I did receive in school were pointless and usually left you with more questions than answers. Now that I'm old enough to understand these issues better, I want to shed a little light on this subject. My most significant problem with Sex-Ed, and society, in general, is that I never felt like both female and male anatomy were equally prioritized.

My reason for feeling that way is because the entire time I was in that class, we never learned about the female anatomy. Because our teacher didn't think it was fair subjecting our male classmates to lessons about periods or the female reproductive system. So we were only taught the male anatomy. We learned about male hormones and erections. Our male classmates had discussions on masturbation and feeling comfortable about their bodies with the teacher. However, some of the girls in our class (including myself) asked our teacher the same question afterward. He advised us to be abstinent and told us females don't masturbate.

He explained that our hormones and personalities were polar opposite to men's. Frequent sex and masturbation are common for men because of their high sex drive. He also stated that we ridicule some women for having multiple partners or having a lot of sex because we know they aren't supposed to behave that way. After class ended, I felt expected to be nothing more than some product designed for enjoyment and pleasure for men. It wasn't that I was putting too much thought into the message, and there was a noticeable difference in how we treated each other afterward.

Some of the male students acted callously towards other girls and their needs. While some girls thought they should always look desirable but never act too available for fear of being labeled slutty. This screw-up with Sex-Ed is still apparent in some men today. Clueless about the female body and show no sympathy for the regularly enduring issues. Suppose they taught us about the female body instead of just the males. Then boys would be more understanding, and girls wouldn't feel ashamed of their bodies or urges.

Few states have made teaching sex ed mandatory in public schools. Typically, the sex-ed taught is strictly heterosexual, which means students outside of that have to figure things out themselves. Poor sex education in schools is only a part of the issue since plenty of schools don't teach it anyways. Some parents prefer to only talk about abstinence instead. While talking about sex like it's a horrible and disgusting act meant only for adults. It's also why most public schools opt for teaching abstinence rather than sex education.

However, when you tell a bunch of rebellious teens not to do something terrible. Chances are they're going to do it anyway. We think of sex as a natural and innate part of our lives personally. Yet when we talk to teens about it, we talk like it's unnatural and wrong. We tend to push this on girls more, but all teens have heard it before.

Many teenage girls and boys end up acting on their sexual urges. Being sexually active doesn't automatically make a girl slutty. Society tends to judge sexually active girls more harshly. When in fact, it doesn't make them anything. Because sex between two consenting people, whether teens or adults, is natural. Instead of making teens think sex is some horrible offense. So they feel conflicted and ashamed about it. We should be teaching them the things they need to know. To better practice safe sex, but more importantly, they are comfortable with their bodies. Instead of thinking, they're some dirty, disgusting miscreant.