Condom Dispensers In College Case Study

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Placing condom dispensers on campus ruinous like a great decision at first. But how does it make the college look? Yes, protecting the students from diseases is important. Or is it too personable for the college to get involved into their students personal life. I disagree, with the college’s decision to set dispenser in the bathrooms on campus. Intercourse is a sensitive and confrontational decision; most people don’t like to discuss that part of their life. With a decision like this, it can cause many problems between the college and its students. The decision to do this action can cause a financial burden, how the college will be viewed, and taking away responsibility from the students.
The financial point of view in this situation is as
A parent may think the college is placing the dispensers to increase sexual active. The student can’t have intercourse on campus; so what is the point of having the dispensers. “United States Representative Tom Coburn attacked that conclusion, claiming that the distribution of school condoms conflicts with “common sense” and increases condom use but does not necessarily lead to lower rates of either pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases. The implementation of abstinence education in schools, he maintained, was followed by lower rates of teen pregnancies out of wedlock.” Having condoms can escalate students to explore and cause the students to get in dilemma. By having the students sneaky find places on campus to have sex. If the student has the condom they just purchased in the bathrooms, what makes the college think they won’t use it right then and there? Or what if the student lives in a house hold where intercourse is a serious matter and wouldn’t like to expose their young adult to that type of environment. Most college students are either 18 or older. But what if their religious beliefs become a factor in this situation. If the student is sexual active, I believe they can purchase their own condoms. Not every student is on the same maturity level. So placing condoms in the bathrooms and protrude a bad image for the college.
Although, having condom dispenser in the restrooms at Camden County

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