Wis. prosecutor: Teachers risk arrest over new sex-ed classes

[Kaneman]

Safe sex is part of having sex and should be taught right along with the anatomy of it. Along with the truth about STDs, and so on and so forth. This is not controversial stuff people. The absolute vast majority of humans will have sex at some point in their life. Totally not a big deal.

101, you seem to underestimate how much teenagers already want to try it out. In fact, I would argue that you could not possibly make kids want to have sex anymore than they already do.

Teenagers are dumb, sure....but they know that sex fucking rocks....so you better make sure they know what to do with that reservoir tip.

If you're an idiot and don't want your kid to learn about safe sex, then you should be able to opt out. But ONLY if you also have the right to let your kid opt out of Math, Science or Social Studies. Sex ed should be no different than anything else in school.

BTW, I feel the same about religion too.... I strongly believe it should be taught in school.

Like Avatard said, why can't we just present the facts? What a fucking joke.

[unknownroad]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

Actually if you teach about it, kids will be more interested in trying it out. But moreso, it is function of peer pressure at the teenage years.

Seriously, as someone who was once a teenage boy, i can say that health class had absolutely no impact on my interest in having sex. In fact, i think the only thing that WOULD have made me more interested in having sex was learning that having sex would magically get me a cooler car.

And if you wanna talk about "what schools should be teaching", here's a different perspective:

Public schools exist to serve the public good. There is a public benefit to having children grow up fit and healthy, so we get gym class. There is a public benefit to having children know how to read, so they're taught how to read. There's a public benefit in not having 13-year-old girls getting pregnant, so they should be taught what will and will not prevent that from happening. Just as they need to know that 2 + 2 does not equal 5, they need to know that Saran Wrap is not the same as a condom.

[wildchild]

Originally Posted by unknownroad

they need to know that Saran Wrap is not the same as a condom.

I hope that isn't experience talking.

[unknownroad]

Originally Posted by wildchild

I hope that isn't experience talking.

Somewhere along the line i read a list that a teacher had put together of misconceptions about sex that her students had picked up, written as an example of why abstinence-only sex ed wasn't good enough. Saran wrap was on there, along with the idea that you couldn't get pregnant if:
You did it standing up
It was the girl's first time
If the guy didn't have an orgasm
If the girl didn't have an orgasm
If you did it in a swimming pool
If the girl peed immediately afterwards

and so on...

[Avatard]

Well, it's pretty obvious that if you demonstrate how to get pregnant, you should demonstrate how NOT to get pregnant - and if you wanna keep it really unbiased, you simply list the methods; abstinence, withdrawl, and contraception, and list their levels of efficacy.

I think if you wanna get technical, the increased efficacy of abstinence should make it the obvious choice for anyone looking to truly avoid pregnancy, as it's the only one that offers 100% efficacy against pregnancy (unless, of course, you're a biblical figure).

Why can't we just present the facts like that?

Why must we regress to the dark ages? MOST of us aren't as fearful and exclusionary of the rest of the world as Smittie, and actually want our kids properly educated.

[sherri_chickie]

I plan on teaching my students about different forms of birth control, what diseases are out there and how to avoid it, including and emphasizing abstenance ( Christian school). I want them to put serious thought into getting sexually involved in their teens. I dont expect them all to wait based on what I have said, but if they wait a little longer, put more thought into it and realize that there is more to sex than simply the physical act ( ie: emotions, risks) I will be happy. For a lot of teens this day sex is seen just as a game.

[HokieDNA01]

My parents had their first sex talk with me....well they never did other then to threaten death if I ever did. Thank God for sex ed and for getting my first job at a pharmacy at age 13. I started to see how many birth control pills and percripts for valtrex went out the door and learned fast.

[sherri_chickie]

BTW.. it's not possible.

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by sherri_chickie

BTW.. it's not possible.

Women should not be allowed to teach male anatomy.