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Vatman Offline
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Sex Education

Besides being a beautiful title to a porno and probably a class that has wasted a year of your life; it appears at times that sex ed is an important and moral way of dealing with an increasing rise in teenage pregnancy.

Today I had the privilege of reading this article: http://www.empowher.com/news/herarticle/...l?page=0,1

If you don't want to read it; basically it tells us of the enchanting Robeson High School in Chicago where a unique situation has occurred. Out of the 800 girls currently enrolled, 115 are pregnant. That's right. One out of every eight girls in that school is pregnant. They will actually have enough children between them to fill up a passenger airplane by senior prom.

Now it would be easy to point fingers... Pop culture, poor upbringing, good pick up lines.... The fact of the matter is: teenage pregnancy is a real issue and it is crucial to instill a value I learned being a lifelong New York Red Bulls fan....don't score and suck.

Jokes aside: how do you think we should educate and in turn prevent teenagers from becoming pregnant?

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10-23-2009 08:24 AM
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Re: Sex Education

Vatman Wrote:Jokes aside: how do you think we should educate and in turn prevent teenagers from becoming pregnant?

Personally I think people should be smart enough not to get pregnant, but since that obviously isn't the case, some sort os sex ed is needed.

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10-23-2009 08:47 AM
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Vatman Wrote:Jokes aside: how do you think we should educate and in turn prevent teenagers from becoming pregnant?

Free sample Condoms.

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10-23-2009 10:22 AM
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I'm with Swift.

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Make schools condom/contraceptive pill booths.

Also, teach them how to prevent pregnancy and still have sex. Because let's face it, they're going to have sex. You might as well teach them to not get knocked up.

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10-23-2009 02:43 PM
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I don't know- stuff like that happens here in the UK (free condoms etc) and yet chavs STILL manage to get pregnant.
10-23-2009 09:58 PM
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I think it's just down to the individual. Yes, tel them about sex and contraception - then leave it to them. If they know where to get it and choose not to, thats their problem.

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10-24-2009 05:59 AM
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Make Sex Ed. an optional part of the curriculum. Kids learn everything and more about sex and how to protect themselves without a class.

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10-24-2009 06:05 AM
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XplodingNoggin Wrote:I don't know- stuff like that happens here in the UK (free condoms etc) and yet chavs STILL manage to get pregnant.
Because they're idiots. Let them ruin their lives.

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10-24-2009 06:07 AM
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XplodingNoggin Wrote:I don't know- stuff like that happens here in the UK (free condoms etc) and yet chavs STILL manage to get pregnant.
Because they're idiots. Let them ruin their lives.

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Their lives aren't the problem, they are free to ruin them if they want. The problem is them ruining their children's lives.
10-24-2009 06:01 PM
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What about the kids they bring into the world?
10-24-2009 08:25 PM
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I have had this thought; its not original so your mind wont be blown don't worry.

Pretending that humans don't have this pesky thing called, "freedom"....wouldn't it make sense to force women ages 12-16 to take birth control. I mean, have it standardized.

Perhaps what I am really saying...(and I hope you don't think I am saying, lets grab all the tweens and shove vaginal rings between their legs.)...is that; should 12-16 year old girls be allowed to give birth? What good does it do for society? What good does it do for them? Does the right to pursue happiness mean the same to the child as it does to the 14 year old mother?

I feel like, if there were a way to standardize a national birth control for girls ages 12-16, in a non-invasive way... i.e. a birthcontrol shot/pill that has relatively mild side effects and more importantly....no hazardous long term side effects: save a happy life.... Then it could be beneficial to consider this option.

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10-27-2009 02:39 AM
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What's wrong with teen pregnancy? Teen pregnancy has always been common, it's not a problem of "these days".
10-27-2009 02:43 AM
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I disagree with forcing teenage girls to take contraceptive pills / injections. Thats just wrong, to me. Plus, there is no way of forcing us to take contraception - we have the right to our own body, and to disagree to take it.

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I don't give a damn what you do with the fetus, abort it for all I care. But if you can't take care of that child on your own wages, abort the damn fucking thing or don't have it in the first place.

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Pieman Wrote:Make Sex Ed. an optional part of the curriculum. Kids learn everything and more about sex and how to protect themselves without a class.
Exactly. We don't need to go out of our way to teach kids these things, especially not with the Internet as prolific as it is. "The talk" is just stupid, a remnant of a bygone era. Give a kid with an erection five minutes on Wikipedia. That's all the sex ed he'll need for life, trust me. Teenagers know what condoms are and how to use them. Hell, they already have a list of fetishes and proclivities by age nine nowadays.

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