Craig Mueller - Source 3

Is safe-sex education the best choice, or can/should it be supplemented, amended, or removed?

Friedman, Jane. Teen Sex. N.p.: n.p., n.d. CQ Researcher Online. Web. 6 Oct. 
     2015. <http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/ 
     document.php?id=cqresrre2005091600&type=hitlist&num=2>. Talks about the 
     problems of teen sex, and how current education in public schools, although 
     helpful, is not complete or perfect.    

In this article, the issues of teen sex that are currently faced by the United States are brought to light. Although the safe-sex education usually gets a good reputation for lowering the amount of teen pregnancies, there are still many present issues to be addressed. Compared to other Western countries, America is behind on this front. About a third of American girls get pregnant before the age of twenty, 80% of which are unmarried. On top of this, 4 million U.S. teens contract a sexually transmitted disease a year. These statistics point to a glaring deficit in education, one that needs to be amended and or added to.

This make me wonder if the part of the problem unaccounted for is responsible in any part to pornography consumption. I wonder if the is any direct correlation between pornography intake and sexual interaction. If so, a serious gap can be filled in the education system by teaching against pornography, and providing this education in tandem with other forms currently in place.

This too works well with the other sources, pointing to a sexual problem with our youth. Between the interaction itself, as well as pornography consumption and pregnancies that are astonishingly high for a country of our level. These all together point to the need for more. To me, it seems that to achieve new results, we need a new agent of problem solving. I think that my research will be taking me to investigating more on the negatives of pornography, and how we can implement that in education.

I want to ask this: "What are the mechanics and benefits to anti-pornography education in schools?" I do know that pornography is harmful, is effecting student-aged people, and those same people have a problem with STDs and pregnancies. These lend to a need for more education and a more well-rounded development of students. Those ideas, like I said earlier, mesh well to make the problem seem to be one of youth and uneducated and directed sexual desires.