Conservatives never want to talk about sex honestly. A lot of them are religious zealots who avoid the subject all together. They implore teenagers to practice abstinence, as if they never got that funny sensation between their legs at the age of 12. Sure abstinence is all about self control, but it is a hard sell when teenagers are misinformed about sex to begin with. Meanwhile, while conservatives pat their backs about how pure thinking and upstanding they are, some 13 year old virgin is getting piped down in the back of a minivan somewhere in Minnesota—yes, it’s not just hood children who have a problem with keeping their dicks in their pants.
We don’t want to talk about AIDS. We don’t want to talk about teen pregnancy, but we tend to bump our gums in judgment when teens become pregnant or contract AIDS. We should come out of the womb knowing exactly how our bodies function and what is and is not good for them?
Please, we’re not hardly that evolved.
I was amused by Ruben Navarrette Jr. commentary about some of the items listed in Obama’s (and the democrits) bailout plan. He is highly critical of the millions of dollars being given for child care, STD prevention and birth control. He doesn’t buy into this being a good way to stimulate the economy. I don’t completely buy the resolve either, especially for a quick fix. I do think it is absurd to argue the disassociation between population and economy, because I am sure if some families had less mouths to feed they could pay for that heat that was just sliced five minutes ago. To me, the math is easy. That is not to say we don’t appreciate our little bundles of joy, but some of us love them because they’re here, not because we planned it that way. No one plans eight children on a $29,000 a year income—no one.
I got all red and bothered inside when he said “You know the nation's cupboard is bare when politicians propose limiting the number of births as a way of improving the economy. That's a conversation we shouldn't be having.” Don’t get me wrong Rube, I think that is a lot of money towards a long term solution, especially since we need a more “right now” solution. But, when are we suppose to have this conversation? If the world were left up to conservatives we’d NEVER have the conversation. People who want to have sex are not bad people, nor are they disobeying God, and although having or not having sex is about self control, it is a natural body function and craving. People are going to have sex, there, I said it. Preaching about how precious your daughter’s virginity is, is sweet, even little house on the prairie like, but believe me, she is no Laura Ingalls. Sure, ideally we would like our children’s first sexual experience to be with someone they’ll be with forever, reproduce with and have beautiful children. Many people, MANY people don’t experience this story, and no matter how much you illustrate it as being the best way, it rarely becomes a reality.
Now that we are back to planet earth, it’s fair to say that conservatives need to loosen their belts a bit. You’re kid will probably have sex before they go to college, and I’m not talking the night before you pack the car either. Educating people in general, will indeed help our economy. Information helps people make better decisions. I believe that hands down. When we send our wild youth into the wilderness with their genitalia, we NEED to make sure they have the information they need to hopefully NOT have sex—but they will, so we can either accept it or continue to let them die or grow up in “non-traditional” homes with little to no support. The decision is ours.
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This is a great post. I was talking to my Granny the other day. One of my cousins came up, who happens to have two children. She ended up getting her tubes tied after she had her 2nd child. My grandmother made some pretty snide remarks... Then stated that my cousin should have just taken a hot bath right after sex. I ended up arguing with my grandmother that hot baths do NOT kill sperm. I told her that I had learned that in high school in one of my classes. Because my Grandmother stood behind her claim so hard I took that it had something to do with her age and I know for sure that they weren't having sex ed back in her day. This is a pure example of educating people. This is probably also a reason why women had as many children as they did back in my grandmother's time because they weren't educated. They obviously were taught the myth that taking baths would wash away semen..
Sex ed isn't the answer either. We had it since sixth grade in my former school district and we at one time had the highest teen pregnancy rate in the country. They taught us about condoms, the fallacy that pulling out is and about diseases especially AIDs.
Home is where this stuff needs to be stressed.
@Glennishamorgan I seriously doubt they had a lot of kids because they didnt uneducated. They likely did because that is what folks did then. Women had kids, stayed homes and took care of the house. The decline in the number of kids is related to the rise of employed women.
The kind of education I am speaking of is removing the taboo from sex in the first place. Kids a lot of times are educated about sex OUTSIDE of the home. Sex education is not about handing out condoms and showing birthing videos either.
Leaving topics of sex up to parents in the home is ideal, but what if the parents display unhealthy sexual habits? A lot of parents don't want to talk about sex anyway. Sex education has to expand beyond schools anyway. How come churches don't talk about sex--honestly?
Information is indeed helpful.
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