Topic - Should America teach sex education the way they do in France?
Movie - Where to Invade Next Director - Michael Moore Published - Feb 2016 In the movie Where to Invade Next, Michael Moore travels to several different countries in order to ‘ steal’ their ways of success, to take back to America. In the movie, he travels to Italy, France, Iceland, Finland, Slovenia, Germany, Portugal, Norway, and Tunisia. From each country, he took a learned about how they succeeded in different areas of interest such as education, health, and law. Moore shows the audience how America can benefit if we decided to change. He jokes about how the U.S has no problem invading countries for oil but not stealing ideas on how we can make our country more successful. He shows the highlights of other countries rather than their bad parts. This is relevant to my topic because when Moore goes to France, one thing that is discussed is how the sex education in France is much different in the United States. They talk about how France doesn’t discourage sex because that’s unrealistic, but promote safe sex. The tell students that sex is a wonderful thing instead of shanming students into thinking that a perfectly natural action is bad. BOOKS When sex goes to school : warring views onsex--and sex education--since the sixties By Kristin Luker 2006 In the book When Sex Goes to School, Kristin talks about the birth of Sex Education, as well as how it is used in politics and the sex revolution. She explains how sex is taught throughout schools and how the education for it has changed. She also reveals how sex education in America is different for men and women. Kristin brings light to how so many factors actually play a part in sex education in America, how the government would use fear tactics to try to steer teens into abstinence. She is very focused on how sex in viewed in a political matter, as well as a educational matter. Her argument is more about if talking openly about sex, will change the country or a person politically. This book can be used for my research paper because it has a lot of evidence that supports my argument. It also allows me to explain how the American government wants to instill fear into adolescents instead of actually teaching students. Too hot to handle : a global history of sex education By Jonathan Zimmerman 2015 In the book Too Hot to Handle, Zimmerman explains how sex education is different in Europe rather than America, but he gives a deep history of sex education from WW1 to now. Zimmerman uses history to compare and contrast different views on sex education and how it’s taught. He explains how AIDS was used in the 1980’s to fear adolescents away from sex and how STD’s play a huge part in teaching sex ed. This book can be used for my research paper because it can add history as well as examples for fear being used in sex ed. It can give my paper a deeper background to explain my argument. WEBSITES European approaches to adolescent sexual behaviors and responsibility Linda Berne ED.D and Barbara Huberman M.ED 1999 The article by Berne and Huberman gives facts, statistics and an overview of the problems with sex ed in America. They explain how many factors such as religion, family, and a person’s community can affect what they learn about sex. They also explain sex education in the netherlands, Germany, and France. The article points on the favor that the American sex education system has been bad all throughout history. They explain that it’s time to change it so that our adolescents understand sex rather than believe it’s a bad thing. This resource can help my argument because it gives statistic on things such as teen pregnancy and STD rates, which always make a point stronger. Also, they provide information about the highlights of sex education in other countries for me to include. Adolescent health in Europe and the United States Sue Alford, MLS and Deb Hauser March 2011 This Article mostly states statistics of not just US teen pregnancy rates and STD rates and abortion rates, but also compares them to the rates in other European countries such as France. They also explain how a better sex education can actually save our country money. They teach facts and secrets about how to lower statistic in the US to match those in other countries. The article makes in very clear the the US has to change in order for our country to lower in teen pregnancies, STD’s, and teen abortions. This resource is useful for my argument because it shows stats of both counties as well as bullet point facts about how countries in Europe lower their states.I can use their recent statistics to support my argument further.
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