Sociology / Unit 7 Soc 1108 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Sex Education Debate
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The idea
U.S. sex education divides into abstinence-focused and comprehensive programs; this course reports the dispute and what the evidence reviewed in the anchor shows.
In practice
Abstinence advocates favor delay as surest prevention; comprehensive advocates favor covering contraception, and studies reviewed in the anchor find it more effective at reducing unintended pregnancy.
Where people slip
Do not read prevalence as effectiveness — commonality and effectiveness are separate questions.
Your place on the trail
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