Persuasive Essay About Sex Education

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What is Sex Education? According to advocatesforyouth.org, sex education is the provision of information about bodily development, sex, sexuality, and relationships, along with skills-building to help young people communicate about and make informed decisions regarding sex and their sexual health. Sex education should occur throughout a student’s grade levels, with information appropriate to students development and cultural background. It was teach during our high school before but it was not taught comprehensively. The issue of pregnancy and sex is getting higher, so it is very important for students like us to be educated about sex. They said sex is needed in our life because it was pleasure, but is it right to have sex at a very young age? It will never be right …show more content…

It gives knowledge to students so it helps lessen the number of students being pregnant at a very young age. Sex should be only between marriage couples and it is not a game that two couples should play because the consequences will always be serious and difficult to face. Sex education can help enlighten the minds of teenagers. According to the Final Results from the 2013 National Demographic and Health Survey, one in Ten Young Filipino Women Age 15 to 19 Is Already A Mother or Pregnant With First Child. Among young adult women age 20 to 24, 43 percent are already mothers and 4 percent are pregnant with their first child. Early pregnancy and motherhood varies by education, wealth quintile, and region. It is more common among young adult women age 15 to 24 with less education than among those with higher education. Teenage pregnancy may lead to Abortion because they are not prepared in facing the consequences that will come along the way. Most likely the father of the unborn is not ready to face the such consequences. It will also lead to school drop out because people might judge the pregnant teen and may also lead to suicidal attempt. Sex education seeks