Comments on: Can abstinence-only sex education succeed? http://equalwrites.org/2010/02/04/can-abstinence-only-sex-education-succeed/ Feminism and Gender Issues at Princeton University Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: carbonware http://equalwrites.org/2010/02/04/can-abstinence-only-sex-education-succeed/#comment-1603 carbonware Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:07:12 +0000 http://equalwrites.org/?p=2308#comment-1603 So what I would like to know is after the 3 minutes it takes to demo a condom and maybe 10 minutes for the entire class to pass them around and slip them on the manikin trainer what doe the entire rest of the semester used for for these Sex Ed classes? When some organizations talk about Comprehensive Sex Ed they go far far further than self control or science based sex ed all of which can be covered in a day or two. The rest of the semester or year at some districts it's all about personal pleasure, sexual exploration, experimentation etc. Discussing sex ed in a meaningful way does not take very long, all the rest of the time keep sex at the top of the thoughts of pre-teens and teens when they need to have their thoughts focused elsewhere. All over the news we have seen reports from the off-shoot of Planned Parenthood that Abstinence training did not work, at least in 2006, at least in some places, at least in some status groups. They fail to report and the media fails to look into the fact that comprehensive sex ed as taught by these groups also has shown significant increases in sexual activity. But since they are in the business of sex and the more sex kids have the more money they make it's no wonder. It's just a shame there is no honesty in the reporting. So what I would like to know is after the 3 minutes it takes to demo a condom and maybe 10 minutes for the entire class to pass them around and slip them on the manikin trainer what doe the entire rest of the semester used for for these Sex Ed classes? When some organizations talk about Comprehensive Sex Ed they go far far further than self control or science based sex ed all of which can be covered in a day or two. The rest of the semester or year at some districts it’s all about personal pleasure, sexual exploration, experimentation etc. Discussing sex ed in a meaningful way does not take very long, all the rest of the time keep sex at the top of the thoughts of pre-teens and teens when they need to have their thoughts focused elsewhere.

All over the news we have seen reports from the off-shoot of Planned Parenthood that Abstinence training did not work, at least in 2006, at least in some places, at least in some status groups. They fail to report and the media fails to look into the fact that comprehensive sex ed as taught by these groups also has shown significant increases in sexual activity. But since they are in the business of sex and the more sex kids have the more money they make it’s no wonder. It’s just a shame there is no honesty in the reporting.

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