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    The document discusses the issue of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases in the Philippines. It argues that sexual education should be taught in high school to address the alarming rate of teenage pregnancies, make students more responsible, and increase awareness of STDs. Teenagers today often lack proper knowledge about sex and pregnancy is sometimes glamorized on TV, contributing to the growth in teenage pregnancies. Sex education can help students understand their bodies, face adulthood prepared, and learn how to prevent STDs.

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    The document discusses the issue of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases in the Philippines. It argues that sexual education should be taught in high school to address the alarming rate of teenage pregnancies, make students more responsible, and increase awareness of STDs. Teenagers today often lack proper knowledge about sex and pregnancy is sometimes glamorized on TV, contributing to the growth in teenage pregnancies. Sex education can help students understand their bodies, face adulthood prepared, and learn how to prevent STDs.

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    The document discusses the issue of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases in the Philippines. It argues that sexual education should be taught in high school to address the alarming rate of teenage pregnancies, make students more responsible, and increase awareness of STDs. Teenagers today often lack proper knowledge about sex and pregnancy is sometimes glamorized on TV, contributing to the growth in teenage pregnancies. Sex education can help students understand their bodies, face adulthood prepared, and learn how to prevent STDs.

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    Samantha Bugayong

    190835

    16YP2

    INTRODUCTION:

    Should Jane remain being a virgin when she enters high school? In this modern age, teenagers tend
    to forget that having sexual intercourse with your significant other is a sacred act. You are not
    encouraged to do it with someone you are not married to, nor for experience. That being said,
    teenagers must be exposed to the consequences of pre-marital sex. Thus, sexual education should
    be taught during high school in the Philippines because there is an alarming growth in teenage
    pregnancies, they become more responsible, and to raise their awareness of sexually transmitted
    diseases.

    BODY:

    The issue of teenage pregnancy is very global. Today, we face painful reality that at a very
    young age, most young people have children of their own. As a result, there is an increasing
    number of teenage pregnancy in the Philippines. In fact, according to the Philippine Statistics
    Authority, one out of ten teenaged Filipina ages 15 to 19 years old has begun childbearing.
    Teenagers nowadays do not have proper knowledge about sex in many cultures. Sex education
    often happen between peers and involves much misconception about it. As teenagers become more
    interested about sex, proper advice are even more important now than ever. Another reason why
    there is an increase population of teenage pregnancy is because of glamorization. TV shows
    regarding early pregnancy like “Teen Mom” and “16 and pregnant” from MTV are said to be one
    of the reasons why teenage pregnancy is being glamorized. Wright claims that the program was
    developed to show young women how difficult it is to be a teen mom. The shows were intended
    to be a public service announcements discouraging teenage pregnancy. But, critics said that the
    programs sent mixed messages because on one hand, the programs show many of the difficulties
    teen mothers face. But, on the other hand, they sometimes seem to send the message that getting
    pregnant was all for the best.
    When someone receives proper sexual education, the student will not only learn to be
    responsible, but will also become aware of the consequences that they might encounter during
    their teenage years. That being said, it will succor teenagers understand themselves in a biologic
    way and prepare them to face the real world in the future.

    Lastly, another asset that one can gain when studying sexual education is that it can raise
    their awareness about STD. According to WebMD, STD used to be called venereal diseases or
    VD. They are among the most common contagious diseases. More than 65 million Americans have
    an incurable STD. Each year, 20 million new cases are reported; half of these infections are among
    people ages 15 to 24 and they can have long-term consequences. One can get STD if there is a
    direct contact with a contaminated body substance such as blood, vaginal fluid, semen, and direct
    contact in infected skin or mucous membranes, such as sores in the mouth. If you are experiencing
    painful or burning urination, unusual or odd-smelling vaginal discharge, unusual vaginal bleeding,
    fever, and rash over the trunk, hands, and feet, then you might want to schedule an appointment
    with a doctor because written above are some of the symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases.
    To prevent STD, you should wash before and after sexual intercourse, get vaccination for hepatitis
    B, get tested for HIV, and avoid sharing towels and underclothing.

    CONCLUSION:

    Indeed, sex education should be taught during high school because it will not only lessen
    the growth of teenage pregnancy that has been caused by glamorization, train students to become
    responsible by knowing more about themselves and their body, but lastly, it will also raise their
    awareness about sexually transmitted diseases.
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    Bridges, Emily, and Debra Hauser. “Sexuality Education.” Advocates for Youth, May 2014,

    https://advocatesforyouth.org/resources/fact-sheets/sexuality-education-2/.

    “Does TV Glamorize Teenage Pregnancy?” LiveScience, Purch, 22 May 2012,

    https://www.livescience.com/20505-tv-glamorize-teenage-pregnancy.html.

    “Inadequacy of Sex Knowledge of Adolescents: Implications for Counselling and Sex

    Education.” Adolescence, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 1983,

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6650273.

    Johnson, Traci C. “STD Facts, Causes, Types, Transmission, and More.” WebMD, WebMD, 30 Jan.

    2019, https://www.webmd.com/sex-relationships/understanding-stds-basics.

    Johnson, Traci C. “Preventing Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs).” WebMD, WebMD, 30 Jan.

    2019, https://www.webmd.com/sex-relationships/understanding-stds-prevention.

    Paunan, Jerome Carlo R. “The Risks of Teenage Pregnancy.” PIA News, Philippine Information

    Agency, 5 Sept. 2019, https://pia.gov.ph/features/articles/1026925.


    “Sex Ed: Barriers and Benefits.” Global Citizen, 30 Mar. 2014,

    https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/sex-ed-barriers-and-benefits/.

    “Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs).” Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education

    and Research, 29 Oct. 2019, https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/sexually-

    transmitted-diseases-stds/symptoms-causes/syc-20351240.

    “Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs): General Information.” Center for Young Women's Health,

    6 Sept. 2019, https://youngwomenshealth.org/2013/01/16/sti-information/.

    “Teenage Pregnancy.” Philippine Statistics Authority, 28 Aug. 2014,

    https://psa.gov.ph/tags/teenage-pregnancy.

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