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Sex education refers to a formal program taught in schools to educate adolescents about issues relating to human sexuality and increase their awareness. In the Philippines, a very religious Catholic country, sex education programs are controversial and opposed by some churches and parents. Supporters argue that sex education aims not to encourage sex but to provide proper knowledge on the topic and reduce unwanted pregnancies, abortions, and STIs when taught comprehensively throughout a student's school years. However, others see it as promoting premarital sex in conflict with religious values. Implementing sex education could help address issues facing Filipino teens like unwanted pregnancies and STIs, but it also faces religious and cultural opposition in the predominantly Catholic nation.

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Sex education refers to a formal program taught in schools to educate adolescents about issues relating to human sexuality and increase their awareness. In the Philippines, a very religious Catholic country, sex education programs are controversial and opposed by some churches and parents. Supporters argue that sex education aims not to encourage sex but to provide proper knowledge on the topic and reduce unwanted pregnancies, abortions, and STIs when taught comprehensively throughout a student's school years. However, others see it as promoting premarital sex in conflict with religious values. Implementing sex education could help address issues facing Filipino teens like unwanted pregnancies and STIs, but it also faces religious and cultural opposition in the predominantly Catholic nation.

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Sex Education refers to a formal program in which advocates, parents,

and chosen person from the school to instruct and explain wide range
of issues relating to human sexuality. By this program it will increase
the awareness of an adolescent regarding on the said issues.

Philippines is an extremely religious country that most of it’s people


are catholic. It’s not a surprise that many will oppose on this program,
churches and even parents. According to Agbulos, G. (2017) in his
article “Sex Education: Do we need it?” he stated that the point of the
sex education is not to teach teenagers to have sex. It is there to give
them proper comprehensive knowledge on the topic. He added that
sex education is like scaring adolescent into chastity, abstinence and
using the “If you have sex before you get married you will die.” In
addition, Gabe L. (2017) stated that sex education should be
mandatory, comprehensive, medically accurate, and taught
throughout student’s school years. He added that it’s a fundamental
duty as a society to educate the next generation. According to Fr.
Magsino, C. (2014) stated that education about human sexuality is
“ambivalent”: It can be the bearer of two values good or bad. The root
of ambivalence is the nature of human sexuality itself ; it is at the
same time a physical and natural event, and also a personal and
spiritual event. If these two components were separated then the so
called “Sex Education” does not really become education but simply
“information.” And as everyone knows, information can be mishandle
and can end up with sad and catastrophic consequence.
As this issue continuously argued the real problem is being set-
aside. Instead of focusing on the real problem which is why teens are
engaging in this kind of activity? Do parents have a lacking of
guidance? Our country need this program, though we have the law
which is Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of
2012, but this is still optional with the schools, Churches and parents
should understand, because this may reduce the unwanted
pregnancies, abortion, and STI’s (Sexually transmitted Infection’s).
Parents should understand and know that they should be the first one
who will educate their Children about the said issue.
Sex education should be implemented. This might help our country to
decrease the number of teenage pregnancies and the transitions of
STI’s. Sex Education is not literally teaching teens to have and how to
make love, always bear in mind the sex education is not teaching your
children “how babies are conceive and born” Rubin & Kindendall, Sex
Education will teach the youngster on how to be responsible and to
avoid having sex at their early age. Educating adolescent about these
issues will help them to have a knowledge on what are the outcomes
of having pre-marital sex. Philippines is a Christian country, it’s not a
surprise that many will opposed this kind of program/advocacy. But
this is what our country need to decrease the incidence of teenage
pregnancies and abortion, we should do it. Church should understand
that this program is what our future generation needs.

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