abstinece-only sex education

That's absolutely not true. All sex ed clases will have education about cultural and personal conduct along with the purely biological processes.So what exactly do you object to?

Yes it is. I was taught as such fifteen years ago when I was in school. I please note that I said "personal and cultural issues" and NOT "morals", which bring religious implications.Of course it was a western paradigm.Relationships, marriage, divorce, sexuality, peer pressure. The thrust of the content was to engender self-respect and the respect of others with regard to the above.Certainly it wasn't the be-all-and-end-all, but the intent was there!Edited by RickJB, : Tags.

**Sigh**Holmes, I just made the observation that attempts to meld the both the scientific and the cultural HAVE been made.I have no further interest in dissecting this with you.Edited by RickJB, : No reason given.

I'm not going to argue with you because I agree with much of what you say!!I was simply making the point that sex ed is not always a science-only proposition, for better or for worse. Save your energy for another poster.

More brevity and less nitpicking would really improve the clarity of your arguments, Holmes.