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Hand out the condoms! Hands off!
Debate Score:30
Arguments:18
Total Votes:33
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Sex Education or Abstinence Only Education?

School or Home?

Hand out the condoms!

Side Score: 22
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Hands off!

Side Score: 8
4 points

Statistics show that abstinence only education leads to risky behavior, while sex education informs and does not promote high risk activity. When abstinence only educated teens start having sex, they don't know how to use a condom, or even what the risks of unprotected sex are. Teens are going to have sex, they always have. We need to give them the right information so they can be informed when they make their decisions, rather than just guess about what works off of rumors and television.

Supporting Evidence: fact sheet on sex ed (www.advocatesforyouth.org)
Side: Hand out the condoms!
2 points

This seems obvious. The fact that it isn't makes me sad for humanity.

Side: Hand out the condoms!
Machucha(1) Disputed
2 points

That is not true becaues Abstinence! Most teens don’t feel comfortable talking about but at one point it is a topic we all must touch. This is important to everyone especially teenagers because it prevents you from having STDs (Sexually Transmitted Disease) and STIs (Sexually Transmitted Infections), also from less abortion rates, how abstinence is better than using protection, how abstinence also lowers the depression rates and tips on how to stay abstinence while dealing with peer pressure. Remember to not have sex until you are married and “you don't have to be a virgin to practice abstinence. Sometimes people who have been having sex decide not to continue having sex. Even if a person has been having sex, he or she can still choose abstinence” Larissa Hirsch, MD once said.

Abstinence protects you against STDs, STIs, AIDS, HIV, or hepatitis when not being transmitted by nonsexual activities such as contaminated needles, doing drugs, tattooing, or doing steroids. I am pretty sure that you don’t want to live with STDs, STIs, AIDS, HIV, etc. Knowing that every single day you have to take medicine or knowing there is no cure for your disease, or having to walk out in public with everyone staring at your marks, holes, pimples, etc. and having people point and stare, but this will never happen if you choose to be abstinence. You never have to worry about having these problems if you choose to be abstinence.

Did you know that most teens have abortions? This mostly happens to teens that have early pregnancy. Most people say that they have no other choice! NOT TRUE! For the woman out there that had abortions. I have one question. How can you live with yourself knowing that you KILLED your own child! “The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.” Mother Teresa once said. Next time just don’t open your legs if you know you can’t take care of a baby. There are other options. For example, adoption centers, doing abstinence, and taking care of your child! “Practicing abstinence ensures that a girl will not become pregnant because there is no opportunity for sperm to fertilize an egg. A couple can still have a relationship without having sex. If you've made a decision not to have sex, it's an important personal choice and the people who care about you should respect that.” George A. Macones, MD said. Did you know that “the earlier a teenage girl begins sexual activity the more likely she is to suffer from increased rates of infection with sexually transmitted diseases, increased rates of out-of-wedlock pregnancy and birth, increased rates of single parenthood, decreased marital stability, increased maternal and child poverty, increased abortion, increased depression, and decreased adult happiness” said Robert E. Rector, Kirk A. Johnson, Lauren Noyes, and Shannan Martin

Most teens say that they use protection and they won’t get pregnant or get a disease. NOT TRUE! Want to the straight up truth? CONDOMS FAIL! Condoms are not perfect or 100% effective like abstinence. Teens say that they won’t be the ones where the condoms either breaks or has a hole, but you will always have a fifty, fifty chance that you can get pregnant. Plus condoms don’t prevent STDs or other diseases. Abstinence guarantees you 100% that you won’t get pregnant or have any diseases.

Abstinence also lowers the depression rates. Robert E. Rector, Kirk A. Johnson, and Lauren R. Noyes said that “Sexually active teens are less likely to be happy, more likely to be depressed, and more likely to attempt suicide. Teenage girls who are sexually active are three times more likely to be depressed and three times more likely to attempt suicide than girls who are not active. Teenage boys who are sexually active are more than twice as likely to be depressed and are almost ten times more likely to attempt suicide than boys who are not active.” I don’t think you want to have a possible chance of killing yourself.

You might say, “Do you know how hard it is to stay abstinence!” Yes, I know how hard it is especially with peer pressure. So here are some tips from Larissa Hirsch, MD and George A Macones, MD “Not having sex may seem easy because it's not doing anything. But peer pressure and things you see on TV and in the movies can make the decision to practice abstinence more difficult. If it seems like everybody else is having sex, some people may feel they have to do it, too, just to be accepted. Don't let kidding or pressure from friends, a girlfriend, a boyfriend, or even the media push you into something that's not right for you.” These are some tips from me. If your friends bother you about how you might still be a virgin, or how you suddenly chose to be abstinence. Then they are not your real friends. Get along with other people who also choose to be abstinence, because the teens that are still sexually active will push you into doing things you don’t want to do and may lead to suicide or depression.

Do abstinence because it prevents you from having STDs and STIs, less abortion rates, how abstinence is better than using protection, lowers the depression rates and tips on how to stay abstinence while dealing with peer pressure. So before you decide to have sex before you are married because some one dared you or peer pressure. Remember how many things can happen to you by one single sex night and how much you can lose.

Side: Hands off!

Geeze, this is a tough one. I'm not one for handing out condoms nor am I a hands off person. What I see as the best way to go about this kind of education is that it starts at home and picks up in school, at the appropriate grade level. You cannot have too much education on sex and what it's ramifications are nor can one continuously preach abstinence without explanations.

In my era kids didn't experiment with sex until the 15-16 age came along and we had NO sex education at home or otherwise! You just had to figure it out for yourself...this is not a good way to go. Times have changed and the kids are experimenting much earlier. Home, school, scouts, etc. are great places to learn all about it and pray your child gets the message.

Side: Repetitive education and reminders
2 points

Although I generally agree, I have to dispute your comment, "In my era kids didn't experiment with sex until the 15-16 age..."

History denies this claim. Teens of all ages, in all cultures and times have snuck off to get busy. You may not have known any personally and those in your community who were caught might have been protected or sent of to a special "school", but the fact remains that hormones override parental influence.

Additionally, AIDS wasn't rampant when you were growing up either. I'm far more concerned about preventing the spread of HIV than the other consequences.

Side: Hand out the condoms!

HIV and AIDS are the most important factors and we must never lose sight of that. In my day it is possible that others may have been sexually active at a younger age but didn't talk about it. Even the 15-16 year old didn't. But I do believe they begin a bit younger in todays world with birth control and condoms available. What do you think about it?

Side: Repetitive education and reminders
1 point

we need to know these things, do you think catholics enjoy sex, no of course not, do you know why? no sex ed

Side: Hand out the condoms!

The real world has to be faced and there are plenty of teens who are lying to their parents about abstinence.

Side: Hand out the condoms!
2 points

well, we shouldn't just be handing out condoms and telling teens "go ahead, fuck". it should be more like they did at my middle school. they told you that abstinence is the best way to avoid stds and pregnancy, but they also told us about different contraceptives. it was about education and not ideology on the left or right.

but, i also think that it should be gradual, and if parents want their kids to learn about it at a younger age, they should do it themselves. i mean, i wouldn't want my first grader learning from some random teacher about sex (watch South Park, you'll understand).

Side: Hands off!
RevFred(351) Disputed
1 point

Agreed, we shouldn't be handing out condoms and telling teens "go ahead, fuck". Point being, nobody is asking that. Your experience at middle school sounds about the same as mine, and that's call Sex Education. Abstinence only education is badly labeled. Pro-Ignorance is what I call it. Cause we all know the best way to make sure kids aren't doing something is to just tell them not to instead of teaching them about how everything works and letting them decide for themselves.

Side: A proper education
ThePyg(6738) Disputed
1 point

hands off doesn't mean that though... just means the parents have more say on their child's sex education than the government does. and from what i see, parental consent forms are still required.

i much prefer that than schools having seminars where they hand out condoms. plus, there are plenty of other places to get free condoms...

Side: Hands off!