FireTiger
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Topic: Sex Education as school curriculum.
Hot buttons:
Should the school have to do this at all?
What should be covered?
My experience:
I already knew about sex in general - (It's how to make babies and little people are not big enough to make babies) when the 5th graders in public elementary school were separated by sex into two groups to have 'the puberty talk' it was just that- changes you may be noticing in your body...
8th grade at a religious private school, sex ed again- a letter was sent home twice in the regular mail, once at the beginning of the year and once at end of first quarter. The 'course' was all about human sexuality and included graphic pictures of normal vs diseased anatomy... (eyes, mouth, vulva, penis) we were not separated by sex, also all 'preventing pregnancy myths' were covers as well as 'disease prevention myths'...
Abstinence was listed as 100% effective at both (prevention of pregnancy and disease), but (male) condom use was taught... female condom use was mentioned but only that they exist and are not as good at protecting against disease.
Also bullying and sexual predation was covered and hotline numbers were given out.
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My thoughts- there was only one noticed teen pregnancy during my time at school... also some of the students had not heard of all the different types of sex, the 'proper' names for the types ...
worse yet some didn't know about sex at all nor what could happen... (8th graders are 12-14 years old)
some believed sex myths and pregnancy myths- 'not on the first time' etc.
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I was astonished- then the parents, who saw the same letter I did started to complain, the most vocal were the ones who had the most sheltered kids... (mostly female as I recall)
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Hot buttons:
Should the school have to do this at all?
What should be covered?
My experience:
I already knew about sex in general - (It's how to make babies and little people are not big enough to make babies) when the 5th graders in public elementary school were separated by sex into two groups to have 'the puberty talk' it was just that- changes you may be noticing in your body...
8th grade at a religious private school, sex ed again- a letter was sent home twice in the regular mail, once at the beginning of the year and once at end of first quarter. The 'course' was all about human sexuality and included graphic pictures of normal vs diseased anatomy... (eyes, mouth, vulva, penis) we were not separated by sex, also all 'preventing pregnancy myths' were covers as well as 'disease prevention myths'...
Abstinence was listed as 100% effective at both (prevention of pregnancy and disease), but (male) condom use was taught... female condom use was mentioned but only that they exist and are not as good at protecting against disease.
Also bullying and sexual predation was covered and hotline numbers were given out.
-----
My thoughts- there was only one noticed teen pregnancy during my time at school... also some of the students had not heard of all the different types of sex, the 'proper' names for the types ...
worse yet some didn't know about sex at all nor what could happen... (8th graders are 12-14 years old)
some believed sex myths and pregnancy myths- 'not on the first time' etc.
-----
I was astonished- then the parents, who saw the same letter I did started to complain, the most vocal were the ones who had the most sheltered kids... (mostly female as I recall)
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