Should+schools+teach+abstinence+only?+Or+have+a+more+well-rounded+curriculum?

Collins, C., Alagiri, Priya., Summers, Todd. (2002). //"// __  //Abstinence Only vs. Comprehensive Sex Education: What are the arguments? What is the evidence?//  __  //"// Progressive Health Partners. http://ari.ucsf.edu/science/reports/abstinence.pdf

This is a report conducted by Progressive Health Partners and AIDS Research Institutions regarding the positives and negatives along with demographics regarding sex education abstinence and comprehensive based. This report goes into discussion about the increases in federal funding to provide abstinence based curriculum. There is discussion relative to abstinence only and how there are consequences to denying young people information for them to protect themselves and become aware. This report looks into detail about Abstinence-Plus and Abstinence-Only education. One of which allows them to explore the context and meanings involved in sex in comparison to discussion of values, character building, and refusal skills. This will be a good article to use because it talks about every detail related to sex education programs and what the government along with other teachers/individuals have been doing to improve our society along with providing negative feedback regarding steps already taken and what has been proved to be unsuccessful.

Parker, T. (2001, December). ERIC Publications. //School-Based Sex Education: A New Millennium Update. ERIC Digest.//, //1//. Retrieved April 26, 2011, from the ERIC (Education Resources Information) database.

 ====   This digest discusses the need for school based sex education revealing that recent curriculum has made a positive impact and difference on U.S. youth. This article breaks down statistics regarding the number of sexually transmitted diseases acquired by adolescents over the past years. This digest is pro-abstinence and wants to promote federally funded state abstinence programs. This digest helps you understand the fact that most youth will be sexually active along with awareness and dangers. This is a good article because it helps us understand the risks of childhood sexual activity and helps bring up valid points as to why school systems should have a strictly abstinence based curriculum. ====

  Hess, A. (2010). Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning. //Hold the Sex, Please: The Discursive Politics between National and Local// //Abstinence Education Providers//, //10//(3), 251-266. Retrieved April 26, 2011, from the ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) database.

This journal examines the differences between abstinence-only until marriage (AOUM) sex education with the views of abstinence education providers. Provides feedback from 21 abstinence grantees throughout the state of New York. After two national, government-sponsored conferences, the comparative focus shows the difference between the national agenda and the understandings local abstinence brings to abstinence education. This article will be useful when analyzing those who are taught abstinence only and what those local abstinence opinions are that better reflect their needs of their communities.

Lewin, T. (2010, February 2). Quick Responses to Study of Abstinence Education. //The New York Times//. Retrieved April 26, 2011, from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/education/03abstinence.html?_r=2

This New York Times article is pro-abstinence and compares a study conducted at the University of Pennsylvania on middle school students talking about how abstinence only programs helped delay their sexual initiation in hopes to prevent teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Dr. John B. Jemmott III conducts research by following 662 African-American students at an urban school and were paid to attend class taught about safer sex, HIV, abstinence and ways to resist the pressures of sex. This is an informative article that will help understand the current effects that abstinence only programs have had on our youth and the success rates that come from them.   Stangler, M. (2007, April 20). Editorial: Abstinence failing as sex education tool. //The Student Voice of KU | Kansan.com//. Retrieved April 26, 2011, from http://kansan.com.

This editorial by McKay Stangler discusses the study conducted by Congress that abstinence-only sex education is failing. This showed that students who participated in abstinence-only programs were just as likely to have sex and have had the same number of sexual partners. This editorial discusses the criticism over the past years about abstinence vs comprehensive sex education. This is a very informative article that helps to understand the view of abstinence only sex education as not recommended and what people are saying regarding failure.

