Abstinence Only Education

Democratized education lead by trained professionals and experts has resulted in unprecidented growth in progress and improvements in quality of life. Sex is something humans do to maintain the species population. Put those two things together and you get sex education. Some, however, have argued for the idealistic view that all humans be monogamous and abstinent until marriage. We investigate the research and work through the philosophy to see how abstinence-only education works (it doesn't).

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Links and References: 

1. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5913747/
2. https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/abstinence-only-education-failure
3. https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/sex-education/abstinence-only-programs
4. https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/sex-education
5. https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/sex-education-programs-definitions-funding-and-impact-on-teen-sexual-health/
6. https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(05)00276-4/fulltext
7. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jad.12365
8. https://www.aclu.org/documents/what-research-shows-government-funded-abstinence-only-programs-dont-make-grade#:~:text=Some%20abstinence%2Donly%2Duntil%2D,preventing%20STDs%20and%20unintended%20pregnancy.
9. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/08/23/545289168/abstinence-education-is-ineffective-and-unethical-report-argues#:~:text=The%20analysis%20confirms%20previous%20public,domestic%20violence%2C%20the%20report%20notes. 
10. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3194801/ 
11. https://sexedconference.com/the-history-of-sex-education/ 
12. https://www.acog.org/advocacy/policy-priorities/adolescent-health/comprehensive-sexuality-education#:~:text=Comprehensive%20sexuality%20education%20(CSE)%20teaches,to%20name%20just%20a%20few. 
13. https://siecus.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/If-Then-Sexual-Assault-Final.pdf 

 

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