I Think That Condoms Should Be Available In High Schools

Um Yeah

By: SpiritOfTheRabbit

Written on March 11th, 2010

In case anyone was wondering, teens are having sex more now than ever, and teen pregnancy is on the rise. I think we should all remove our heads from our A_S_S_E_S and start providing condoms, don't you? Seems the abstinence speeches aren't exactly working. Let's try a different approach.

By: SpiritOfTheRabbit

Age: 31-35 , Female

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Shoreboy

Actually that is factually inaccurate at least in the USA. Today's teenagers are less 'promiscuous' and less likely to have unprotected sex than my generation (born in 1969). I agree completely though that abstinence is simply not a workable plan for reducing veneral disease and teenage pregnancy. I fail to understand how a school can offer sugary soda in a vending machine, but won't offer a condom in a vending machine in the bathroom (both female and male bathrooms).

Sep 28, 2012
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- SpiritOfTheRabbit
  May I have links to your statistic source, please?
  
  Sep 28, 2012
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rahulroy007

i also want to do

Sep 20, 2012
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unlimited

Don't you think that the media have a part to play? There is, I think a lot of sexual content available through film, tv programmes, music, magazines and the internet. This must be having an effect on teenage promiscuity.

Mar 27, 2010
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- Shoreboy
  Not really no. Look at our media versus European media. They have a much more frequent incidence of nudity and sexual innuendo/situations in their media. They also have a lower incidence of teenage pregnancy and veneral disease amongst teenagers. If anything we need more 'sexual content', but sexual content with a more accurate message of ramifications and consequences of undertaking sexual activity. Let these shows discuss more frankly sex and what it means to your life as a teenager. Just showing provocative slices of flesh and lascivious behavior isn't helping.
  
  Sep 28, 2012
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- unlimited
  Good points. I'm in UK so not aware of sexual content in USA media. But repression is not a good plan, which raises question of whether the religious right in USA are causing repression which in turn is leading to lack of awareness concerning sex.
  
  Sep 28, 2012
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SpiritOfTheRabbit

I believe schools should teach both abstinence AND safe sex. Cover all the bases, man.

Mar 11, 2010
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- Shoreboy
  Pointless to teach 'abstinence' honestly. Sex and its ramifications to your life and then how to be safe having it. The kids are going to decide for themselves anyway, thus just make sure it is an 'educated' decision. You don't need to teach them 'if you don't none of this stuff will happen' that is self-evident to them as they aren't stupid.
  
  Sep 28, 2012
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Kris99

In my school they rolled a condom down a banana and talked about it but I am not aware of them giving them out. I agree with that approach.

First of all, condoms are readily available at well all over. Even in about half of all gas station bathrooms.

More importantly it doesn't cloud the message.

A good lesson on sex should talk about responsibility, risk, self esteem, and making good choices. Kids should know that sex without protection is likely to result in a baby. If they missed that lesson...no amount of free condoms at taxpayer expense will cure it. Seriously.

A bigger issue, even with condoms pregnancies occur. Bad condoms, failure to put it on right, etc all lead to about a 3+% failure rate.

The best prevention is abstinence. The school is FAILING if they don't teach that too.

Mar 11, 2010
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- Shoreboy
  How the h3ll do you fail to put a condom on right? It either rolls on the p3nis or it doesn't. If that is happening a little diagram on the back should solve that one. As for failures if the condom has a spermicide in it even if it breaks during sex it should reduce the risk of pregnancy to at least the same level as an oral contraceptive does. Now when I was using condoms I regularly broke them during sex, but never got a girl pregnant 'wearing' one. Also I don't see any reason why if a girl wants to have sex she should not be 'doubling down' on protection by taking an oral contraceptive.
  
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SpiritOfTheRabbit

^ :)

Mar 11, 2010
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DieselWolfcub

Good idea. See, abstinence simply isn't seen as cool, and of course, whatever isn't cool isn't popular. I think you're on to something here :)

Diesel

Mar 11, 2010
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