a) Does preparing adolescents for sex increase the likelihood they'll engage in it? Yes. The trouble with sex ed and other 'prep' programs is they fail to give a real reason why adolescents should not engage in sexual activity. Its a do as I say, not as I do, copout. And, its destined to fail. With sex being so proliferate in media: tv, internet, advertisements. How does one go about convincing adolescents to not engage in sex when "everyone else is doing it"? Completely pointless. Futile. Puny. lol b) Do STD infection rates make you strongly inclined to discourage your (possibly hypothetical) kids from engaging in casual sex even if protected? (Do they make you strongly disinclined to engage in casual sex?) Honestly, I don't know. Repression isn't necessarily the answer to everything despite what the current era American mindset may say. c) Should the public interest and public health concerns trump parental rights to shielding kids from sex ed content? Shielding kids from sex ed content is a bit pointless considering 4-7 year olds have been documented looking at pornography on the internet in high volume. I would also point out the difficulty in shielding kids from sex ed when 13 year olds are sending nude pics of themselves to their classmates. Shielding is a ridiculous concept. Yappa yap.
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Yes. The trouble with sex ed and other 'prep' programs is they fail to give a real reason why adolescents should not engage in sexual activity. Its a do as I say, not as I do, copout. And, its destined to fail. With sex being so proliferate in media: tv, internet, advertisements. How does one go about convincing adolescents to not engage in sex when "everyone else is doing it"? Completely pointless. Futile. Puny. lol
b) Do STD infection rates make you strongly inclined to discourage your (possibly hypothetical) kids from engaging in casual sex even if protected? (Do they make you strongly disinclined to engage in casual sex?)
Honestly, I don't know. Repression isn't necessarily the answer to everything despite what the current era American mindset may say.
c) Should the public interest and public health concerns trump parental rights to shielding kids from sex ed content?
Shielding kids from sex ed content is a bit pointless considering 4-7 year olds have been documented looking at pornography on the internet in high volume. I would also point out the difficulty in shielding kids from sex ed when 13 year olds are sending nude pics of themselves to their classmates. Shielding is a ridiculous concept. Yappa yap.