Lets talk about sex

In the Chandler Unified School District, students who take the comprehensive health class partake in an abstinence-stressed version of sexual education. Currently, there is legislation in the state that requires schools to stress abstinence only sexual education in the comprehensive health classes. High schools around the state do not teach the sexual education themselves, but instead bring in an ...

Time to face the facts: teenagers have sex. Not just at Perry High School, or even just within the Chandler Unified School District; but throughout Arizona and even the country. Many states including Arizona have implemented an “abstinence until marriage” program, promoting the fear aspect of sex to deter students from partaking in the action. Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), unhappy teen ...

Sophomores have been told “keep your pants on for safety,” in Comprehensive Health for years. This single phrase implies that once your pants are removed, you’ll be in some sort of life-threatening danger -- and scare tactics like these contribute to why teen pregnancy and rape cases are higher in America than anywhere else. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, A...