In Rush Limbaugh's essay, "Condoms: The New Diploma," he voices his opinion on the absurdity of distributing condoms to high school students. ... The author's purpose is to convince the reader that condom distribution in schools can lead to an increased number of sexually active teenagers and encourage promiscuity. ... He says that the logic to giving students condoms is because "kids are going to do it anyway, you can't stop them" (749). ... First of all, the amount of students shooting teachers is not comparable to the amount of students having sex. Secondl...

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Public schools should be required to have sex education classes for their students that preach abstinence, but also have them educate the students on sex and what is safe and unsafe. ... Many believe that by providing students condoms, it encourages the idea of premarital sex, something that has been looked down upon for years. ... Rebuttal The idea that having condoms available to students in schools encourages them to have premarital sex is false. Several studies have shown that having condoms available to students in schools does not encourage students were not sexually active before to ...

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Opponents of these programmes claim that providing access to condoms and even discussing the benefits of birth control and disease prevention methods other than abstinence encourages teenagers to engage in sexual activity that might otherwise refrain from. They also assert that such education encourages students who are already having sex to do so more often or with more partners. ... Contrary to the assertions of the abstinence-only supporters, balanced and responsible sexuality education does not encourage teens to start having sex or to increase their frequency of sex. ... Sexuality educat...

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Students will also be educated on the symptoms of HIV and the importance of testing for HIV. Teachers must make it their goal to make the environment free and comfortable for students to ask questions. ... Students do not want to feel like they are children therefore the significance of allowing students to obtain condoms is teaching them that they are in charge of their health, and provides them with the tools to protect themselves. ... Through a student's sex education course, the student will not only learn how to prevent pregnancy, but to protect themselves from HIV and other sexually...

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These sexual assaults can be related to alcohol because students in turn become heavily drunk and their perception is impaired. ... In the case of sexual assault, a man may feel his aggressiveness is justified if he believes his partner encouraged his sexual interest and that once led on a man has a right to sex. ... Changing how students relate, will increase healthier dating habits as well as morality-to-action ratios. Programs that help students learn to talk about sex with potential sex partners are needed. ... There would be fewer occurrences of student alcohol abuse and sexual assaults....

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The schools are not allowed to teach students about safe sex and cannot mention contraception unless it is to point out its' failure rates. ... In July 2007 a "meta-study" published in the British Medical Journal reviewed examining the results of 13 abstinence-only tests which included almost 16,000 students ("Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs", n.d.). ... Compared with teens in Canada and Western Europe, rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia among U.S. teens are extremely high ("Facts on American Teens' Sources of Information About Sex." 2012). 33 states, inc...

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Schools receiving these funds must teach students that they should "just say no" to sex and are not allowed to teach about safe sex. They encourage students to develop a strong sense of self and to avoid the negative consequences that might result from sexual activity completely. ... Comprehensive sex education provides student with a full outlook on sexuality. ... These statistics prove that without providing students with some sort of knowledge of sex education, the lives of children and teens partaking in sexual activity are being endangered every day. ...

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For example, a 2006 study of Texas middle school students participating in a sex education program designed by medical school professionals found that these students expressed an intention to delay sexual activity until after high school (Sulak et al.) ... After consultation with parents and school officials, the focus of the program was on consequences of teen sexual activity, the importance of delaying sexual intimacy, character development, and encouraging the ability to refuse sexual advances (Sulak et al.) ... The study found that only the risk reduction program reduced the number of stud...

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For example, Limbaugh says that to distribute condoms or make them available to students in a school setting would condone and even promote sexual activity. ... What if condoms were made available to students through the school nurse, while abstinence was taught in the classroom? ... He says that the logic to giving students condoms is because "kids are going to do it anyway, you can't stop them". ... First of all, the amount of students shooting teachers is not comparable to the amount of students having sex. Secondly, the point of giving condoms is to encourage safe sex from the pos...

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For example, Limbaugh says that to distribute condoms or make them available to students in a school setting would condone and even promote sexual activity. ... What if condoms were made available to students through the school nurse, while abstinence was taught in the classroom? ... He says that the logic to giving students condoms is because "kids are going to do it anyway, you can't stop them". ... First of all, the amount of students shooting teachers is not comparable to the amount of students having sex. Secondly, the point of giving condoms is to encourage safe sex from the pos...

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Sex is inevitable in life and educating students rather than only preaching abstinence, can allow them to make smarter, safer decisions. ... They also encourage back up methods such as using a condom even if you are, for example, on the pill. ... Promoting and encouraging awareness on the importance of healthy and functioning relationships is another way sex education is beneficial to the youth. ... It is believed that sex education promotes sex and encourages the young to go out and do the deed. ... They even go as far as to state that this method of teaching about sex misinforms the students...

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PART I: THE CAUSES One of the most important factors that encourage teenagers to start exploring sex is the society. ... Teachers are told to give the technical aspects of sex education without telling the students about moral values, how to make the right decisions, and abstinence. ... This has now led to some schools having to start dispensing free condoms and contraceptives to students who go to the school's health clinics. ... The main characters, who are supposed to be high school students, are placing bets on each other to see which one of them will have sex with some girl who is a...

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Comprehensive sex education's effectiveness derives from ensuring that abstinence is the only 100% safe choice, but also encourages other options to those already engaged to protect both their partner and themselves with condoms, birth control, and other means of contraception. ... Instructors aggressively apply religious ideology which denounces sex, safe or not, to students partaking in the course. ...

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Mass media formats such as television present social realities and encourage audiences to engage. ... When a television show makes a point to comment on a social issue, it either takes a positive stance, encouraging the behavior or a negative stance, discouraging the behavior. ... There is no doubt that America's teens today are struggling with illegal alcohol consumption, with 12.3 years being the average age of a teen when they have their first drink; consequently, over half of all high school students are classified as regular drinkers (Champlin, 80). ...

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