Debating Sex Education
What is the most effective form of sex education? Abstinence-only education programs have become the norm in much of America. Its proponents argue that abstinence is the only sure-fire way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Supporters of comprehensive sex education counter that introducing youth to safe sex practices is a more effective method of encouraging sexual responsibility among teenagers. This hotly contested issue emphasizes debates over sex and morality that divide society.
 
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2.27.08
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S of S should check the stats
yeskey - You can try to teach your kids whatever you want. Lots of parents do, but the reality is that your child's environment has much more influence over him than your conservative-mania nights & weekends. And just to preempt your conservative elitism, most people can't afford private / home school. And in the *unlikely* event that your child doesn't treat his adolescence like a decade in the monastery (hard to believe, i know) you may want him to understand safe sex, STDs and other practical info.... if it's not taught in that environment, it will be a hard lesson - and i'd love to be there for that family dinner. Just don't forget to say grace.
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| 05:36 PM - |
Abstain
sultanofswing - Just because premarital sex is "bound to happen" in the liberal coasts doesn't mean that others, who believe that one's chastity should be preserved for their one true love, should be having their kids taught: "Here's how people have babies and orgasmic pleasure. And, by the way, use a condom (wink)." If I'm trying to teach my children premarital purity, then I should be allowed to. Let the family teach these kids what they should and shouldn't do. But don't make my kid more likely to compromise the core principles that I am trying to instill in them just because someone else didn't have the sense to teach their children some values and some common sense.
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| 03:43 PM - |
Scope Creep
jb - When you're sent in to do a very particular task A - and the powers above keep adding to the task list until there's a x, y and z = you're now wholly unprepared to handle the new task at hand. It happens all the time. In the military, consulting, and it happens in our schools. It's called Scope Creep. And that's exactly what's going on here.
Why should schools be teaching morality and sexual education? Why is this even a question? This kind of stuff you should be learning at home. And society should be helping parents do it - not doing it for them. There's absolutely no reason why the Government should be teaching me how and if to have sex. They should stick to Shakespeare and Algebra - that's the mission they are prepared to accomplish. |
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Sure fire.... Uh huh
Anonymous - Abstinence-only education guarantees STDs and unwanted pregnancy. I mean, we do HAVE those problems... unless I'm missing something. The reality is that young people are going to have sex, and that's that. So come down to earth and be reasonable
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