Could we get some no child left behind on this? In a survey of teens aged 15 to 19, those who had sex education in school were more likely to delay losing their virginity, at least till age 15. And among boys, those who had sex ed were more likely to say they'd use birth control, and strangely, were less likely to have sex at all. Back in my day teenage boys were pretty much determined to have sex no matter what, so I'm not sure what's up with the kids now, except those must be some sex ed classes.
But did abstinence-only sex ed make a difference? This study doesn't show that, it just focused on any type of sex ed. You know, if we really want to delay teens from getting down, we ought to have the parents sit down and offer graphic and informative descriptions of what sex entails. Because who wants to do something you first heard described by your mom? Then again, you can look to the source on this one, cuz I fail to get upset by the idea of teens having sex.
