Jessa Butiu's Argumentative Essay

Having Sex Education.....Good or Bad?

Informing everyone specially the younger generation about sex is what we called sex education. Sex education is not just about sex itself. It includes the issues about sexual health and sexual reproduction. Through sex education we will be taught everything about sex.

Applying sex education in our country has been a big issue. It’s very awkward in the Philippines to talk about sex. If someone says the word “sex” you will be labeled as “rude” or a very “vulgar” person, but we cannot blame someone because it is in our tradition of being conservative.

We cannot deny that there are many people who are against sex education. But, I think its time for our government to have an action in order for our next generation to have a better knowledge about sex.

Some people believe that having sex education is very necessary. According to Gruenberg” 

Sex education is necessary to prepare the young for the task ahead”. I believe that it is true, having sex education in our curricula will enables the young generation to be more responsible in their actions and also to be prepared for everything that might happen in their future.

But for Calderone, he believes that stating that the answer to adolescents’ sexual woes and pregnancy cannot lie primary in schools. We needed a prevention education that the parents should be involved. Calderone implies that sex education is not really necessary. Many people believe that if we implement sex education in our country, it can go against our moral or religious beliefs.

But if we think better, Sex education can give us many positive outcomes. If sex education become a subject , it can taught the teenagers or the youth the proper and safe sex, where if we take it positively it can decrease the case of teenage pregnancies and STD cases. 

Also, we will have more knowledge about how important having sex safety.

If the government will continue to implement sex education, I believe it will prevent the rapid population growth. “It’s the education, not the sex” (Conrado de Quiros) true indeed that we’re for education and not for sex. If we just open our eyes widely, we will see that because of not having knowledge about sex there are many problems. Let us not be blind in these issues. We should think of our future. Let us think of the future of our future kids.