1. Despite a general agreement among researchers that sex education is important for young people, the American public educational system reflects no uniformity with regard to any formal requirements along these lines. In fact, most politicians back off from the issue of sex education and take the point of view that "local school systems should be able to decide how this issue will be handled."Should the United States have a national policy on sex education? If any agreement on the existence of such a policy could be reached, what should the policy specify? What are the social implications for our nation of proceeding into the future without such a national policy?