Friday, December 03, 2004
Religion + Sex Ed = Disaster
RED FLAG!
Wow. The Religous Right in this country are at it again.
First, a disclaimer, there are two kinds of conservatives: 1) Religous Conservatives (bad) 2) Fiscal Conservatives (good). Strictly fiscal conservatives are exempt from my rath on this one.
I read an article on cnn.com about sex ed in public schools and abstinence programs. I was appauled at some of the reports.
Abstinence advocates will refute these claims by submitting that abstinence is the absolute best way to prevent disease and pregnancy, which of course it is. But abstinence isn't a realistic practice to teach in schools. Kids are having sex and messing around at younger and younger ages now. Some of these programs teach that condoms are not effective in preventing disease. Why don't you just tell the kids to go have unprotected sex, or why not teach the "pull out" method of preventing pregnancy? The article also says that these programs often "blur science and religion." These things piss me off so much. School are not here to teach morals and values. That is the job of the parents. Schools are there to inform. Give the kids the facts. Kids are smarter than churches or government give them credit for. If they give them the straight honest truth about sex, contraceptives, diseases, and contraction prevention, the kids will be able to make smarter decisions than if the schools say, "Don't have sex, condoms don't work anyway." Does anyone else see the absurdity in this? To me it seems like our country has two polar opposites when it comes to sex: the over-sexed and the under-sexed (I'm talking about individuals; I'm talking about schools of thought, ideologies). There are not many folks in the middle ground. The media promotes sex, the government condemns it, except Billy Clinton of course. When did sex become a bad thing? Schools just need to give the kids the facts. People who get pissed about schools teaching about safe sex need to re-direct their focus to families if they want to make a difference. They are barking up the wrong tree going through schools. Where do you think most kids really learn about sex? In school, from their friends and classmates. What do people think kids do during the peel off after the group hang? Go to a petting zoo or do some heavy petting? No matter how hard they try, these people cannot deny sex; sex is going to happen. They need to provide kids with the knowledge to go about it safely and responsibly.
Until The Next Time.
Wow. The Religous Right in this country are at it again.
First, a disclaimer, there are two kinds of conservatives: 1) Religous Conservatives (bad) 2) Fiscal Conservatives (good). Strictly fiscal conservatives are exempt from my rath on this one.
I read an article on cnn.com about sex ed in public schools and abstinence programs. I was appauled at some of the reports.
Abstinence advocates will refute these claims by submitting that abstinence is the absolute best way to prevent disease and pregnancy, which of course it is. But abstinence isn't a realistic practice to teach in schools. Kids are having sex and messing around at younger and younger ages now. Some of these programs teach that condoms are not effective in preventing disease. Why don't you just tell the kids to go have unprotected sex, or why not teach the "pull out" method of preventing pregnancy? The article also says that these programs often "blur science and religion." These things piss me off so much. School are not here to teach morals and values. That is the job of the parents. Schools are there to inform. Give the kids the facts. Kids are smarter than churches or government give them credit for. If they give them the straight honest truth about sex, contraceptives, diseases, and contraction prevention, the kids will be able to make smarter decisions than if the schools say, "Don't have sex, condoms don't work anyway." Does anyone else see the absurdity in this? To me it seems like our country has two polar opposites when it comes to sex: the over-sexed and the under-sexed (I'm talking about individuals; I'm talking about schools of thought, ideologies). There are not many folks in the middle ground. The media promotes sex, the government condemns it, except Billy Clinton of course. When did sex become a bad thing? Schools just need to give the kids the facts. People who get pissed about schools teaching about safe sex need to re-direct their focus to families if they want to make a difference. They are barking up the wrong tree going through schools. Where do you think most kids really learn about sex? In school, from their friends and classmates. What do people think kids do during the peel off after the group hang? Go to a petting zoo or do some heavy petting? No matter how hard they try, these people cannot deny sex; sex is going to happen. They need to provide kids with the knowledge to go about it safely and responsibly.
Until The Next Time.
