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I flip ahead in the textbook. There's an interesting chapter about acid rain. Nothing about sex. We aren't scheduled to learn about that until eleventh grade.

-LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON

What is Sex Ed?
Sexual education relating to human sexuality, anatomy, and activity.

What is Reproductive Health?
Reproductive health is the mental, physical and emotional well being when it comes to intimacy, not only a focuses on disease.

Eliminating Stigmas
Women around the world are silenced for what goes on inside their own bodies. A period or a menstrual cycle is a natural and healthy way for the body to get rid of toxins and levels sex hormones. A women is meant to be ashamed and judged when they simply need to go change their choice of treatment. Women at a young age are taught to hide their tampon or pad from the rest of their classmates because it’s “embarrassing”. In schools when we start to learn about reproductive health girls get the talk about periods and boys are getting talks about their erections. There is no video or curriculum about sex at a young age. Yes, parents and teachers want to keep children “innocent” but what good does that come when all students want to experiment. That experimenting can turn into teen pregnancies.
Abstinence is an ineffective and naive way to teach children about sex.

Significance
Teenage pregnancy
Education helps lower early pregnancy. One of the biggest contributing factors of dropout rates for girls. Contraceptives are directed towards women (despite side effects).
Maternal mortality rates
Proper care isn’t available for specific demographics,research is limited. Knowledge of Sex Ed and Reproductive health can Decrease the amount of people who get STD/STI.

Number of live births to mothers aged 15-19 in U.S is approx 158,043

A MATTER OF FACTS

  • 70% Of high schoolers have had sex
  • Teens account for more than 1/2 of STD cases per year
  • 90% Of teens that don’t use contraceptives have the chance of becoming pregnant
  • 7/10 people engage in sexual intercourse before 19 years

MORE FACTS

  • Plan B is effective for 72 hours after intercourse - 89% effective
  • “The pill” has many other uses than preventing pregnancy
  • Condoms are prone to failure during use → leading to STDs or pregnancy

FICTION

  • Plan B is an “anytime” emergency backup plan to prevent pregnancy
  • “The pill” and Plan B are the same thing
  • Condoms will always be a safe contraceptive

Goal of this website:

  • Propose changes to the way sexual education is taught
  • Bring awareness to the outdated curriculum and practices

Plan:

  • Any registered person will receive a prewritten letter to send to the (Educational Equity Compliance Office)

Some Majors and Careers that are realted to this topic:

Majors

  • Biology
  • Biological Sciences
  • Radiology
  • Nursing
  • Education

Careers

  • Obstetrics and Gynecology Physician($45.51/h)
  • Mammography Technician ($41.15/h)
  • Maternity Nurses($57.09/h)
  • Urologist ($159.17/h)

YOUR BODY, YOUR CHOICES