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May I ask why you feel the sex ed in WI has gone to far?
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Oh well, the cliff is just ahead, no turning back now, might just as well put the pedal to the floor and see how long the flight can be maintained.
Originally posted by getreadyalready
reply to post by iamsupermanv2
May I ask why you feel the sex ed in WI has gone to far?
Yes you may.
It isn't just WI, it is sex education in general. I agree with the old health classes we used to get that pointed out the functions of our reproductive organs, how they operate, where they are, etc.
I don't agree with teaching how to use condoms, or contraceptives, or the pamphlet contained in another thread detailing how to explore and provide pleasure, and encouraging exploration with your partner.
I have a couple of problems with it.
1. It gives the impression that sexual exploration and experimentation up to and including intercourse is perfectly acceptable at young ages, while most of our laws say the opposite. Do I think it is wrong for teenagers to have sex. . . no. But, I personally know some teenagers that were arrested shortly after turning 18 because they were still having sex with the same person they were having sex with for the past 6 months, and all of a sudden it became illegal? So, there is a problem with the mixed messages.
2. It takes away some of the innocence and experience of a young person. I remember fumbling around and not knowing how everything operated and fit together, and it was a life lesson, a growing experience, and I got to experience it with a partner, not an adult at the front of a classroom?
3. If I were the parent of a daughter, I had spent 13 or 15 or 16 years raising that daughter and teaching her a certain set of morals and respect for herself, I would not want a perceived authority figure at the front of a classroom telling her, "we all know you are doing this anyway, everyone is doing it, so we are going to show you how to do it correctly." It might give her the impression that she was doing something odd by not participating in that behavior.