A lot of people tend to lack confidence when it comes to the few sex education classes out there. Does it really work? Will kids learn from the classroom perspective on sex education? Well, a study recently showed that teenagers with some sort of sex education are more likely to delay having sex until after 15-years-old.

I know what you’re thinking – “15-years-old, that’s it?! These stupid studies don’t prove anything!”

But if you think about it, nowadays kids are having sex right around puberty. So, what’s that? 12, maybe 13?

Well, the study was conducted by researchers from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention where they analyzed responses from over 2,000 teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19.

What they found:

- Boys in this age bracket who received some sort of sex education were 71 percent less likely to have sex before 15.
- Girls in this age bracket who received some sort of sex education were 59 percent less likely to have sex before 15.
- Males attending school with sex education were almost three times more likely to use some sort of birth control the first time they had sex.

"Formal sex education was particularly beneficial for youth who are traditionally considered to be at high risk for adverse sexual health outcomes, such as sexually transmitted diseases or unplanned pregnancies," says lead study author Trisha Mueller, an epidemiologist at the CDC's Division of Reproductive Health.

"Sex education should be continued to be supported in formal settings, such as schools, and to be the most effective, should occur before youth engage in sexual intercourse for the first time."

The interesting part of this survey is the fact that there were a higher percentage of males that were less likely to have sex than females. Why is that? Do girls have more pressure to have sex than guys?

Well, I don’t know the answer because I was never a girl. (At least, I can’t remember from previous lives.) But I think it may have to do with the influence with their surroundings. This could include anything from friends, family, television, music or simply what they see with kids in their school.

What do you think?

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