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PART I: THE CAUSES.
One of the most important factors that encourage teenagers to start exploring sex is the society. In the society we live in today, sex is the number one favored topic. From home to school, in the malls, in the theaters, and almost everywhere else that teenagers mostly frequent, it will be seen that sex is always been advertised as the cool thing. Take for instance the school, the coolest or the most "hype" boys and girls any given school are those who openly express their sexuality, for example the cheerleaders who are always clad in very skimpy outfits. .
In relation to effects of society, a question that should also be asked is that do we really need sex education in the schools? The answer is no. Sex education is now given in most American schools, public and private, from grades 2 to 12. Teachers are told to give the technical aspects of sex education without telling the students about moral values, how to make the right decisions, and abstinence. "Even as late as 1993, a proposal in the New Jersey Legislature that required school sex-ed programs to stress abstinence provoked fierce opposition from establishment groups, ranging from the New Jersey Education Association to the League of Women Voters. "This bill not only pushes New Jersey back to the Victorian era, it hurls the state all the way back into the Middle Ages, when chastity belts were considered the effective method of preventing pregnancies," (Maggie Gallagher). After describing the male and female anatomy, and reproduction, the main emphasis is on the prevention of venereal diseases and teenage pregnancy. This has now led to some schools having to start dispensing free condoms and contraceptives to students who go to the school's health clinics. Sex education as promoted by some educators is devoid of morality in many ways unacceptable to our value system, and still has not helped decrease the teenage incidence of sexually transmitted diseases or teenage pregnancy.