Sex Education (June 03, 2011)

Another provision written inside the RH Bill is to add another curriculum to grade 5 to high school students, which is sex education. They want for trained sex education teacher to teach these young people everything about sex. Though it should be taught in an age-appropriate manner that will be easily understood by these young students.

People who are pro RH Bill believe that by starting early to teach young people about the pros and cons of having sexual intercourse can open their eyes to the reality of it all. From their research, there is a growing number of young teenagers having unwanted pregnancies. The root cause of it all is that they are not fully informed of what having sexual intercourse may lead to. They are also uninformed that there are actually contraceptives out there that can prevent them from having unwanted pregnancies despite having sexual intercourse. The older women here in the Philippines are already having a hard time controlling their pregnancies and adding to the country’s overpopulation problem. Then here comes teenage girls adding more to that problem instead of being part of the solution that would help solve the problem of overpopulation in the Philippines.

On a more personal note, I personally know a lot of teenage girls my age who got pregnant this young. I never actually got a chance to talk to them but I believe that the reason they are in a position they are right now is because no one actually really taught them properly the results that may come about when they have sexual intercourse without the use of contraceptives. If they were taught starting at a young age then they would probably not get pregnant this young. I am not saying them having a baby is not a blessing, it is, it is just that having a baby while still in school is hard. Harder because they are still young. If the RH Bill is passed, then a lot of young teenagers all over the country will be properly informed of the pros and cons of having sexual intercourse with and without protection and that could probably prevent them from having unwanted pregnancies.

With what I just said, I am not implying that their parents have not taught them enough. But there are times and situations when whatever our parents taught us can fully help us. There are times when we need more than our parents’ teachings and guidance to help us get through whatever endeavor we are going through. I am guessing that for the parents, having sex education in their children’s schools can also greatly help them in teaching their child or children about sex. It would a child understand and learn more about something if their parents are not the only ones teaching them. Words of wisdom from another adult can help them have more views on something that will eventually help them in the future. With the passing of the RH Bill, the presence of sex education in schools will benefit the students in more ways than they ever anticipated.