Teaching Teens About Sex: The Decades-Old Debate over Abstinence-Only | Retro Report on PBS
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2024
- A decades-old battle is re-emerging over how sex is presented in the classroom, as the Trump administration gives support to “sexual risk avoidance” programs that promote abstinence. This story is an excerpt from our new broadcast show with PBS. Stream full episodes at www.pbs.org/retroreport. #RetroReportPBS
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“If I had to do it again, I wouldn’t change a thing, I’d do it exactly the same”
What a badass, this lady fought for sex Ed in America and got fired for it.
Gota love the Clinton's and their long history of supporting the religious right, or as they say it, American minorities
PyotrOnline yeah, not like trump at all.
One badass Dr!
Real heroes don't wear capes
The only way you can guarantee to never get in a car accident is to never drive in a car. While that statement is true, refusing to ever travel in a motor vehicle is lunacy.
Give young people complete, well-founded information and allow them make their own educated decisions.
Also, this leads to less unintended pregnancies, lower rates of STD spreading, and less abortions
You can still get an car accident even if u aren't driving. My neighbor across the street when a car hit and killed him.
3:34 when I tell y'all I died laughing, I genuinely cackled
Absolutely! So funny..
0 to 100 real quick
What does "until marriage" mean? It's like they assume that everyone will marry
And that if you marry someone, there is no way that they have an std
@@_unon_2018 well how could they if they've never had sex!?
And this doesn't even consider that this concept of saving sex strictly for marriage can draw people into unhealthy relationships and marry someone before they are ready with the reward of sexual intimacy.
@@jupiterkansas You know AIDS can be transmitted by blood, right?
@@noelstar1456 *HIV
"The vows of abstinence break far more easily than latex condoms" Epic, just epic!!
I feel like I need to point out the irony of both Clinton and Trump advocating for abstinence-only education. Given both their histories of having affairs while married, I think there is an exactly 0% chance they "waited until marriage" themselves.
So true. I was gonna say what a hypocrite Bill was. But let's been honest, we all know why. He was one of the most conservative Democratic presidents in recent history, and as most conservatives were, so was he, a hypocrite on quite a few things 🤣
Ah yes inserting fear into teens. Teach your children about safe sex. I was lucky to have parents who cared about that. However, I see like so so so many teens/ adults today who were never taught important information about safe sex.
Exactly, my parents never talked to me about safe sex and looking back my health class in high school only taught us about sexually transmitted diseases. Nothing about the various forms of contraception or even abstinence, which is funny but at the same time sad. They ignored the actual topic of sex itself and just talked about the different ways you could be harmed or harm a partner but had no actual discussion about how to prevent the transmission of such illnesses and the prevention of pregnancy.
Smart of republicans to assume that every "teen" is going to get married the second they reach adulthood, or ever for that matter. I'd love to know what magic takes place in marriage that makes sex any less of a pregnancy/std risk thereafter.
To be fair, in marriage you are only having sex with one person so risk of getting an std would be significantly reduced or even be at zero. Now for pregnancy risk its just the same with or without marriage.
They assume the only reason you're getting married is to have children. Pregnancy is expected then.
@@jupiterkansas yeah and planned pregnancy is complete nonsense then. Because everyone can afford financially and psychologically to have infinite amount of kids when married. If people don't educate themselves then they should be prepared to have a potential kid pretty much any time they have sex.
To assume that they'll get married, and that somehow they won't need to know about sex or birth control after that. They don't give a shit about facts.
Beacause you'll be having sex with less people(only with those you're married to) so ris of std is reduced.
While I am personally a believer in abstinence, even I am aware that it would be ignorant to expect all highschoolers/teenagers to abstain.
I'm going to say something what may be hard for some people to hear but I think people need to hear as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints I firmly believe that contraception needs to be taught in schools. The reason why I say that is because before I left my ex-husband I found out after the divorce that he had been having sex with men and because of that I ended up getting human papillomavirus. I was lucky enough to have a strain that did not cause cancer but it was still a very painful process. I truly want anyone who thinks that just because they stay true to their Church they're going to be protected that they need to truly know to protect themselves in case your partner decides to cheat on you or you're choosing to be sexually active with that person for the first time. I'm sorry if this offends anyone I just want to help people be safe.
Before the vaccine, most people had HPV. The fact that your husband was having sex with men, has no relevance. He could have caught if from another woman for all you know.
@@deathbycheese850 true but we had a roommate who knew that my ex-husband was having sexual intercourse with men because the year he came out of the closet, he said that he had been dealing with being gay for the last 20 years.
You learned the hard way. The narrow minded teaching your husband grew up with told him being gay was ungodly so he hid it. Shame is only effective when applied to some wrong done, with the goal to apologize and do better. A life of chronic shame is unhealthy. I'm sorry you were wronged.
THREE 10 YEAR OLDS PREGNANT??? Someone investigate the fathers and uncles!!!
the problem I most find stupid about "don't teach safe sex, just wait until marriage" is that plenty of folks still don't want to get pregnant ever after marriage. They still need that info.
I worked with a young girl who had just become sexually active, and she wasn't using contraception. Her parents wouldn't let her go on the pill because they thought it would make her promiscuous. I had to take her to the doctor myself.
Good. Was it a state that demanded parent approval?
I was drinking water while watching this when she said prepare to die i started choking
I grew up in central Georgia, and our county closed the free health center the same year the same county had the highest teen pregnancy rate among girls aged 11-19. I honestly don't know how I managed to leave the state without kids or a criminal record.
One gal got pregnant in 7th grade, and if she had stayed in school, she would have dropped her kid off at elementary school on her way to high school.
Georgia has 159 counties. I think the numbers speak volumes. And many folks I went to school with have kids old enough to graduate from high school or uni.
Look at The Netherlands. Comprehensive sex education and low levels of HIV/Aids and low teen pregnancy.
But... here me out... what if they get married to someone with an STD?
Or have an unfaithful spouse?
Or are raped?
Or are trying to family plan?
Or any of the many of the other situations where a kid can practice abstinence and still need a basic knowledge of reproduction? What do are people supposed to do then?
Thank god for the UK approach. After the end of section 28, we had LGBT safe sex as well in my school. My parents aren't actively religious, and with my new medication, it's necessary as it causes horrible birth defects and is dangerous for the mother.
I certainly know from family raised in more conservative and religious contexts than myself (that's saying something) that people need an understanding of contraception both before and AFTER marriage. Why does abstinence-only ignore the need for family planning within marriage? Evangelical stands of Christianity aren't against birth control. Just because your married doesn't mean you're in the position to make babies!
This is a serious issue...but that SNL clip at 4:42 has me *ROLLING* 😂😂😂
Couldn't even finish this, too infuriating. So glad to be Canadian.
Religious nonsense vs. demonstrable information
"Pet your dog, not your date!"
Too funny 😂
But I don't have a dog...
Other pithy(and real)slogans:
“Do the right thing, wait for the ring!”
“Don’t be a louse, wait for your spouse!”
There should be sex education and the lessons of the importants of safe sex. Abstinence can be done but it doesn't always mean that everyone can resist the urge to have sex. Plus the lessons of unwanted pregnancies to help rape victims.
If my religious university explains that comprehensive sex education is what’s most effective (they’re also advocates for abstinence) and encourage families to teach it to their kids, it’s probably time to have better sex education. Abstinence is great, but it should not be the only way taught. My husband and I decided to wait until we were married, but I’m so glad we were educated on contraception (by our families, schools were abstinence only) and safe sex. Kids need facts and honesty, not crap just to scare them. My mom pulled me out of sex ed because she didn’t like the shaming and telling kids they were bad for having sex, and then made sure I knew about condoms and all that jazz.
Just introduce the teens to anime
Job done lol
These *teens* already know. If they want to teach sex teach it to 8 year olds who don’t know 😂
Wow.
The United States is 10 pounds of anomaly stuffed into a 1-pound bag.
We need to stop telling kids see is ok
It's Biology when you teach Sexual Reproduction in Plants and Animals. How babies are formed etc.....
I taught it as a Science Teacher.
Contraceptives were also taught as well.
Yeah go ahead tell me not to have sex and all but don't tell me what sex what what STI's are or how you get them and I'm sure I'll avoid it.
I wanna have sex before marriage
Christian woman: *Nani* ????!!!! *Omae wa mo shindeiru*
Such an underrated comment.
Enn school dosen't have to teach me this just learning about aids just scared me and i dont want children
I don’t think schools should teach either of these curricula.
So you want kids kept ignorant. Great plan, genius.
Schools should teach the science and parents should teach the morals.
@@viviannichols3582 Except many parents have shitty morals and see ignorance as a virtue. All I would have learned from my parents is how to drink beer and beat women.
Vivian Nichols sex education is literally science ...
cause parents can't talk to their stupid kids. Not that they can because their parents didn't talk to them about it and where taught by this stupid system.
Listen folks! The best way to teach about sex is to go to the one who created it, and that's GOD! Humans don't have a law or commandment in this fight. It boils down to sin vs holiness. According to God's Word in scripture, it tells us to FLEE FORNICATION (1 Corinthians 6:18)." Fornication is engaging in illicit sexual conduct outside of the union of husband and wife. This may include adultery, homosexuality, sodomy, beastiality, orgies, etc. I encourage all to read the HOLY BIBLE. By me reading 1 Corinthians 6:9-20 explains why we are not to engage in whoredom. Our bodies are considered temples for the Holy Spirit to dwell in. If you defile your holy temple and don't get forgiveness and correct this with Jesus before you die, then you will not inherit eternal life in heaven. The choice is your folks. BTW....my husband and I was able to maintain our virginity until marriage. He was 33, and I was 32 years old when we said, "I do." All things are possible with Christ. Amen.
Reality avoidance lol
So when the other lady does the SAMe FUCKING THING joslin did she said right smfhh that black queen was ahead of her time
100th comment
I really dont believe what was said about teens these days having less sex than our peers did 20+ years ago. "When in doubt, pull out" still rings true to this day.
Do you have studies to the contrary?
Just pull out
;)
Precum
I'm_Thirsty that doesn’t work
been abstinent for a year and i’m much happier now
Send Nukes didn’t say it did fuck boi
been having sex for a year and no complaints
Like with most American issues, do what the Europeans are doing.
Bam, problem solved.
@@maxwagner3649 Immigration is neither good or bad. The right amount is actually great for society.
Knife crime is better than gun crime.
Taxes are great if they're done properly. Who doesn't want good roads, schools, cops, firemen, hospitals (and healthcare), etc?
Idk if we did we'd have another world war
Alex Martinez it’s not a matter of it but when and who will pull out the first strike