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Abstienance

What is the best way to get a teenager to do what you want him or her to do? Tell them what not to do. Children and teenagers are remarkable at defying authority and doing their own thing. When a teacher or parent begins to tout the praises of being a doctor the kid says he wants to be a police officer. A parent speaks on the value of going to college, the kid responses with his goal of starting his own band. The debates and arguments continue as they have for centuries. Moreover, when students are taught that the only way to live a good life is to maintain virginity until marriage, the kids often seek ways of disobeying that, too. Abstinence only programs often cause more defiance and are potentially more harmful than a well-rounded teen sex program. It is better for students to know the impending harm of premarital sex and how to prevent pregnancies and the transmission of diseases then to give a one-sided opinion on teens and sex.
Abstinence only programs are awesome for parents. Many parents equate abstinence education with purity. Parents want the school to tell the students what should happen, thus removing that parental responsibility. The whole idea is that there is to be no sexual contact until marriage. This does sound great however; it is just a fantasy that this would actually happen in the 21st century. In order for young people to even entertain the idea of waiting, there needs to be a serious change in the culture they are being raised in.

For example, the music, advertising, movies, television shows and all will need to be revamped. There is even a shampoo commercial that features a woman who is seemingly sexually aroused by the smell of her own shampoo. Then there are the male enhancing commercials. What is the message to the young people? No matter what the age, sex is extremely important. All of the people in these venues are beautiful, successful, and sexy. Adults are capable of separating fact from fiction, but the...