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No, sex education should not be taught in schools
This position holds that sex education should not be taught in schools. It argues the decision belongs to parents, that it can clash with religious beliefs and let teachers push an agenda, that it may encourage promiscuity, and that it wastes valuable class time.
Supporting arguments · 7
- Sex education unnecessarily teaches an innate behaviorHumans have managed perfectly well for millennia without formal sexual instruction. Why teach something that is innate?
- Sex education should not be taught in schools because every child is differentChildren and teenagers develop at different rates. You cannot apply a one-size-fits-all approach to sex education.
- Sex education makes teenagers more promiscuousA comprehensive sex education program will make teenagers more promiscuous.
- Sex education leaves teens vulnerable to sexual assaultThe way sex education is taught in a school setting leaves young adults vulnerable to sexual exploitation.
- Sex education allows teachers to promote an agendaMany educators have their own personal views on matters like contraceptives, abortion and LGBTQ+ matters. Sex education in schools allows them to push this agenda on children and teens.
- Sex education is a waste of valuable class timeClassroom time would be better spent on subjects that parents can't teach effectively.
- Sex education is an assault on religious beliefsA comprehensive sex education program in schools violates some religious principles.