How To Promote Abstinence In Catholic Schools
After looking over the community’s characteristics and functions, there are challenges pregnant teens attending Catholic schools face. However, one that sticks out is only being taught from a program that believes abstaining from sex until marriage is the only way to live your life. Many Catholic schools only focus on promoting abstinence in their curriculum. Looking at these programs from a functionalist perspective, the function is to teach students that they should not participate in any time of sexual intercourse until marriage. Students are not learning about safe sex and ways to protect themselves. Instead, they are being taught to wait until you are married to participate in any sexual activities. Even though studies have shown that