LiberalFINGER
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Re: Change of description. [Warning, possibly offensive subjects]
This is one of the most frustrating things for me.
There are people out there that think that we will somehow be able to make the whole problem go away by teaching abstinance. This is simply not true.
We need to have open, honest discussions with our young about sex and the consequences (by they possitive or negative).
These days, we have children running around thinking that oral sex doesn't break abstinance and that it's less harmful. Something is terribly wrong with this mindset.
And education about contraceptives and profolactics isn't just about what's out there, it's also about the caveats of sex and different choices. It helps with informed decisions.
For those that would say that safe sex education should be handled in the home, I would agree except that the AIDS problem is pandemic and is contagious through other means aside from sexual activity, therefore we need to mitigate as many avenues of transmission as possible. It has been shown that education is the strongest tool we have against AIDS. By enforcing a policy against open sex education, we effectively remove this tool from our tool box.
This is one of the most frustrating things for me.
There are people out there that think that we will somehow be able to make the whole problem go away by teaching abstinance. This is simply not true.
We need to have open, honest discussions with our young about sex and the consequences (by they possitive or negative).
These days, we have children running around thinking that oral sex doesn't break abstinance and that it's less harmful. Something is terribly wrong with this mindset.
And education about contraceptives and profolactics isn't just about what's out there, it's also about the caveats of sex and different choices. It helps with informed decisions.
For those that would say that safe sex education should be handled in the home, I would agree except that the AIDS problem is pandemic and is contagious through other means aside from sexual activity, therefore we need to mitigate as many avenues of transmission as possible. It has been shown that education is the strongest tool we have against AIDS. By enforcing a policy against open sex education, we effectively remove this tool from our tool box.
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