Sex Education

This thread is intended to be a continuation of the Sex Ed. talk going on in the Katrina Thread.http://EvC Forum: Help Lizard Breath Save Bush from Hurricane Katrina -->EvC Forum: Help Lizard Breath Save Bush from Hurricane KatrinaThis message has been edited by Yaro, 09-08-2005 01:16 PM

I agree 100%

How is teaching kids about safe sex promoting sexual activity? The idea is to educatre children about the proper attitudes toward sex. Abstinance can be included among these, but it should not be stressed as the only option.Personaly, I see no problem with "pre-marital" sex as long as the person is responsible, respectfull, and practices safe sex. It's a question of attitude and education.

Did you see what you just did, you interchanged two things that aren't necisseraly equal. Not all pre-marital sex is "Premiscuous" sex. No one is advocating Premiscuous, irresponsible, sex.So, as long as Sex Ed. promotes safe sex, discurages Premiscuous sex, and teaches kids proper attitudes of respect and mutual concent, is there an issue?This message has been edited by Yaro, 09-08-2005 01:45 PM

Let's set the record straight. No one here is promoting the teaching of Promiscuous sex. We are talking about sex education that teaches proper attitudes tword sex, and does not promote abstinance as the ONLY option. Although, abstinance as AN option, should of cource, be taught.Agreed?This message has been edited by Yaro, 09-08-2005 01:52 PM

You missed it. Read back to message 9 on this thread. I posted a note of clarification.

I think Rhavin may have misread you as saying it was imoral. Being moraly wrong.Not, amoral meaning moraly neutral.

Holms, I agree with most of your post, but I don't understand why you would think Promiscuous sex is a healthy thing. As I posted before: The definition itself embodies a certain level of irresponsibility. Is there a better word we could be using?

how you figure?

LOLOLLOLI dunno why, but your post really made me laugh

When I think of the word 'promiscuous', it makes me think orgys, anonymous sex, etc. It makes me think unsafe sex. I don't want that promoted.Maybe it's really a conflict of terms. To me, 'promiscuous' sounds negative. I think if Sex Ed. Is gonna prommote any kind of sex at all, it should encurage kids to be respectfull of the act, their bodies, and their partners. I hate the idea of someone teaching kids that sex is somehow scary/wrong/imoral but I also wouldn't want someone teaching that you should go out and screw everything that moves.Not that I think anyone is, but that's what the word 'promiscuous' sounds like to me).This message has been edited by Yaro, 09-09-2005 08:57 AM

Well, as I said before, perhapse it's a conflict of definitions. After all, the definition of promiscuous includes an aire of irresponsebility. No I don't. I said it generaly, I don't think teachers should be promoting any particular sex lifestyle. I have no problem with people who have multiple partners, and as long as the sex is consensual and respectfull between parties, I see no problem.I think teachers, if anything, should promote respect. Not using/abusing people. And I am not implying anything by this statement other than some people are assholes and don't know how to handle a relationship, even a non-serious relationship. That's incorrect. I said nothing of the sort. I said 'promiscuous' has negative connotations and perhapse a better word is in order. Perhapse the connotation is purely cultural in nature, none the less, it still portrays a negative image. That's not what I am advocating. It's up to the kids to figure out how to express their sexuality, the teachers should instill in them a sense of respect and responsability. Perhapse you are correct. Though I have seen many people who just don't know how to treat their partners. Perhapse you are correct. I am not advocating "right" sex (if there even is such a thing), I am advocating the teaching of respect when it comes to sex.

I agree. But as I told holms, I don't think Sex Ed. should advocate any particular "lifestyle". But I do think it should encurage proper attitudes about sex. i.e. Respect

Schools shouldn't be advocating them, or any other, sexual lifestyle. However I feel they should foster a healthy attitude tword the act (however one chooses to express it).As far as 'promiscuity', I think the word has a negative connotation. Weather it deserves the connotation or not, I don't know, but it has it. As such, perhapse a better word is in order.This message has been edited by Yaro, 09-09-2005 09:46 AM

You naild it. That's what I'm talking about.