This House would make sex education

mandatory in schools

1st speaker PRO

Honorable mr and madam speaker. Our motion today is This House would make sex education
mandatory in schools. Before I explain the background of this motion and some reasons why we
have to support this motion, I would like to define the meaning of the motion. What we mean by
making sex education mandatory in schools is the education ministry of Indonesia have to
involve sex education in curriculum for senior high school. In another words, every senior high
school have to provide subject that teach the students the basics of reproduction, physiological
development, sexual health, practice, and safety. Developed country such as Germany has made sex
education as mandatory.

Mr. and mrs speaker. In this modern era, we believe that Sex should not become taboo thing
anymore even for teenager in Indonesa. Nowadays, it’s very easy to access porn in internet,
media shows us how people doing kissing, even making love in movie, free sex is everywhere,
news show us that sexual abuse cases among teenager is happen every day, and the number of
people who suffer sexual transmitted deaseas is quite big. This kind of fact have shown to us that
it’s time for us to educate our teenager to be more aware about sex by providing sex education in
school, so they will know about how to deal with their puberty, what are the danger of free sex,
How STD transmitted, etc. Therefore, The goal of this proposal which is to educate the senior
high school students as our future generation to be aware about the danger of free sex, unhealthy
sex life style, STD such as gonorrhea, HIV, etc can be achieved. We also don’t want our
teenager getting pregnant out of marriage while they aren’t ready whether mentally or physically
to have baby. We also believe that sex is part of human life. So, it’s better for the students to get
more useful information about sex for their future life earlier from legitimate institution such as
school rather than let them to look information by themselves without any filters. Moreover, we
can’t make sure that family will have enough time and knowledge to deliver this kind of topic to
their children.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have three reasons why we have to stand with this motion.

1. Sex education provides “Immunization” against sexually transmitted diseases and

prevents unwanted pregnancy

The second and thirth argument will be delivered by my second speaker.

 Ladies and gentlemen

It was said at the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic that the only vaccination against the virus
was knowledge. Knowledge about what is out there is essential to guarding the self. There are a
several of ways in which this knowledge is essential; finding out about the risks of sex is just
one, having accurate information about the pleasures as well as the risks is another.[1] Knowledge
also prevents misinformation.

Young people must be informed about sex, how it works and what the risks associated with it
are, and how to access the risks and the pleasures. When sex is not talked about and kept behind
closed doors, young people are forced often to grope around in the dark, so to speak. This can
result in unwanted pregnancies, and even STDs, some of which can be permanent, a threat to
fertility or even life threatening. Young people live now in a society which is very sexualized.
That’s why, in this case, government as the actor who has the biggest authority in nation have an
obligation to protect the future generation from those harm. The government have to make sure
that the society especially teenager are safe from the danger of free sex.

Based on this reason, We beg you to propose this motion.

Speaker 1st Cont

Ladies and gentlemen. Let’s look at the argument from proposition team. Here are some
weaknesses that exist in their argument. They are simply saying that sex education will protect
the teenager from doing bad things related to sex. Let’s see at the nature of teenager especially
senior high school students. They are still labil. In addition, they have big curiousty and they like
to try what they know. They haven’t been ready yet to understand those kind of thing.When they
are being too exposed with many stuff related to sex, they will be curious and try to do all the
things that they learn. We believe that no need to expose the students about sex. The teacher
have teach the students about sex in the reproduction chapter in biology subject and that’s
enough. It’s better for students to know deeper about sex when they have been adult/.

There are some arguments why we can’t stand with this motion..One of them is

Sex education damages the education system by confusing the children and by alienating
some parents. When children receive mixed signals from home and at school they can suffer
real confusion. When parents tell their children that the teacher is wrong about sex, it causes the
student to raise his mental defences toward the school thereafter and become less engaged in the
process of education.[1] Children will be told by their parents, and will thus come to believe, that
the school is promoting a liberal view that is fundamentally contrary to their own. For example, a
Muslim girl will find schooling a horrific and alienating experience if she is forced to attend a
sex education class that conflicts with her faith as this will be clashing with what she has been
taught at home. This will alienate the parents of these children who hold the view that discussion
of sex in such a framework is morally repugnant.
Sex education damages the education system by confusing the children and by alienating some
parents. When children receive mixed signals from home and at school they can suffer real
confusion. When parents tell their children that the teacher is wrong about sex, it causes the
student to raise his mental defences toward the school thereafter and become less engaged in the
process of education.[1] Children will be told by their parents, and will thus come to believe, that
the school is promoting a liberal view that is fundamentally contrary to their own. For example, a
Muslim girl will find schooling a horrific and alienating experience if she is forced to attend a
sex education class that conflicts with her faith as this will be clashing with what she has been
taught at home. This will endanger the development of teenager’s mental health.

Based on those reason, I beg you to oppose.

Speaker 2 Pro
Before I come to my argument, I would like to give rebuttal to the opposition team that say sex
education damages the education system by confusing the children and by alienating some
parents. A disagreement over sex education will not alienate someone, whether child or parent,
from the entire education system. Students can differentiate between contentious aspects of
education like sex education and the general education over which parents, teachers, and state do
not disagree. Both parents and teachers will be able to explain the reasons for the difference in
teaching in cases where the student is taught different things at home and in school. Saying that
just because one issue is contentious all of education is ruined is merely alarmist.

The next argument why we have to propose this motion is Parents cannot be guaranteed to
provide a suitable amount of sex education. Parents have a great deal of responsibility in
raising children, but they are unsuited to teaching about sexuality as the resulting education will
not be consistent, be biased and in some cases may not be carried out at all. Parents tend to view
their children as less sexualized; they want them to be innocent. Thus it is often the case that
parents seek to shield their children from the realities of sex, and themselves from the young
person’s developing sexuality maintaining their innocence through enforced ignorance. This
tends to be particularly harmful to young women, as culturally boys are often expected to be
more sexually active than girls, and such activity is usually considered appropriate for boys,
while not so for girls. A double standard undoubtedly continues to exist.[1] It is in the interest of
the state, however, to produce well-rounded individuals who can interact with society effectively
on all levels, including the sexual level. When parents do not provide adequate sex education, it
is the state that is forced to pick up the tab to pay for STD treatment and teen mothers. People
dropping out of school due to pregnancy, and individuals who are unable to work due to
debilitating venereal disease impose a steep cost on society. It is thus the state’s duty to provide
what parents often cannot for the sake of society as a whole.[2]

Leaving sex education in the hands of parents has the further negative impact of normalizing
incorrect or bigoted views regarding sexuality. Homophobic families, for example, will not be
able to provide the necessary information to homosexual children, who will suffer not only from
lack of education, but also from a lack of sexual self-worth.[3] Mandatory sex education can right
the wrongs of such misinformation and bias.

So, based on all of the reasons, I’m proud to propose this motion.

Speaker 2 cont
Let’s analize the second speaker’s argument about Parents’ disability to provide a suitable amount of
sex education. In fact,parents know their children better than anyone. They know what s/he is like, and
in what environment s/he will grow up and often live. The state is not infallible and its decisions are not
purely objective. When children are not adequately mature for sex education, parents must have the
ability to make the decision on their behalf to withhold information that could be potentially damaging
to their future development. As to homophobic or bigoted families, such views are considered to be
socially acceptable insofar as people have the right to express such views. This does not, however, give
parents license to abuse their children if they have alternative sexual preferences. Sex education is not
necessary to ensure against abuse, that is the purview of law enforcement.

now, let’s come yto the second argument of our team which is Sexual development is a process of
gradual discovery and cannot be effectively taught in a classroom

Having a one size fits all sex education system cannot effectively deal differences within classes. Sexual
experience is a gradual process and cannot be meaningfully taught in the structured environment of the
classroom. People must discover much about their own sexuality, through experimentation and self-
exploration. By trying to impose a strict curriculum that explains sexual processes and practices along
set guidelines, much of the opportunity for self-discovery is lost. Furthermore, when people are forced
to conform to the set sex education program, they cannot move at their own pace. This is particularly
harmful to people who are physically or emotionally less mature than their fellow students and who
would be better served if they were allowed to pursue sexual knowledge at their own pace. When other
students are involved in the classroom, there is necessarily a degree of peer pressure, which places a
further strain on the later bloomers of the class to conform and experiment sexually before they are
ready.[1] Another example is the case of gay and gender dimorphic students who will be left isolated
within the class, even singled out as different, in a way that may not be conducive toward the promotion
of understanding and acceptance. Teachers cannot cater their lessons to every single student, and thus
students with less conventional sexual preferences and identities are left without meaningful
engagement in the classroom.

Mr and madame speaker. Based on all of the reason, I beg you to oppose this motion.
Speaker 3 pro
Rebuttal +conclusion what happen in the debate

Speaker 3 cont
Rebuttal + conclusion what happen in the debate

Reply speaker cont

Glorify contra team’s argument

Reply speaker pro

Glorify pro team’s argument