Should Abstinence Be Taught In Schools (At all)?

ProggyMan · 01-27-2010, 06:47 PM

Seems to me that abstinence is something parents should that school has no business drilling into teens/pre teens heads. I believe as it is now there are hardly any school districts in America that don't teach abstinence as a part of their sexual education/social living programs. Thoughts?

duga · 01-27-2010, 06:53 PM

abstinence is probably the WORST thing to teach in a school. yes...worse than not teaching nothing and worse than having a "favorite positions" class. especially using a word like "abstinence" it adds some kind of mystique to the whole topic of sex. then you want to have it.

i'm sure anyone who has seen russell brand's stand up has heard his rant on the jonas brothers and their stupid "abstinence" rings. all it does is draw attention to the idea of sex.

my view: schools should give out condoms to those who ask for them. they should teach safe sex techniques. they should teach of all the potential sti's you can get. they should give a girl who happens to get pregnant a list of ALL her options. they should also not teach that sex is evil. that is so ****ing middle ages. christianity views sex as evil therefore by extension our schools view sex as evil. i'm kind of sick of that...sex is awesome and not evil at all.

maybe i went on a rant there. i don't know.

ProggyMan · 01-27-2010, 06:57 PM

Totally agree with you, we live in a such a highly eroticized society and it's mainly caused by our culture's view of sex as something mystical and holy.

~~CAPTAIN CAVEMAN~~ · 01-27-2010, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ProggyMan

Totally agree with you, we live in a such a highly eroticized society and it's mainly caused by our culture's view of sex as something mystical and holy.

i don't think mystical and holy are the right words at all

to put that lightly

boo boo · 01-27-2010, 09:08 PM

Hell no, sex is everywhere and you can't avoid it, and every parent with a brain cell should know that they should be the ones to teach their kids about it because if they don't someone else will.

Seriously, why is giving your kids the straight facts and pros and cons of sex such a difficult concept to understand?

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Originally Posted by CAPTAIN CAVEMAN

i don't think mystical and holy are the right words at all

to put that lightly

People have always tried to enforce the belief on me that sex should be a purely reproductive thing and that the only reason god made it pleasurable is because that's the only way he could get people to do it.

~~CAPTAIN CAVEMAN~~ · 01-28-2010, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

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Originally Posted by CAPTAIN CAVEMAN

i don't think mystical and holy are the right words at all

to put that lightly

People have always tried to enforce the belief on me that sex should be a purely reproductive thing and that the only reason god made it pleasurable is because that's the only way he could get people to do it.

...why?

jayfin3 · 02-09-2010, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by duga

ALL her options. they should also not teach that sex is evil. that is so ****ing middle ages. christianity views sex as evil therefore by extension our schools view sex as evil. i'm kind of sick of that...sex is awesome and not evil at all.

lol...actually people in the middle ages did not view sex as evil...quite the opposite

~~CAPTAIN CAVEMAN~~ · 01-27-2010, 06:55 PM

no - its ****ing stupid. aren't americans the only people in the western world scratching their heads about this?

correct me if anyone knows otherwise

storymilo · 01-27-2010, 06:57 PM

"Teaching" abstinence is pretty stupid. Kids are going to have sex and maybe the odd brainwashed Catholic will be convinced but it's not going to make much of a difference. Like duga said, there are much more important and worthwhile things to teach in the vein of sex education.

Rickenbacker · 01-27-2010, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by storymilo

"Teaching" abstinence is pretty stupid. Kids are going to have sex and maybe the odd brainwashed Catholic will be convinced but it's not going to make much of a difference. Like duga said, there are much more important and worthwhile things to teach in the vein of sex education.

Man, why do Catholics get all the ****? The Catholics don't care! It's the fundamentalists who are the crazies, you know.

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01-27-2010, 06:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,964	Should Abstinence Be Taught In Schools (At all)? Seems to me that abstinence is something parents should that school has no business drilling into teens/pre teens heads. I believe as it is now there are hardly any school districts in America that don't teach abstinence as a part of their sexual education/social living programs. Thoughts?

01-27-2010, 06:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	abstinence is probably the WORST thing to teach in a school. yes...worse than not teaching nothing and worse than having a "favorite positions" class. especially using a word like "abstinence" it adds some kind of mystique to the whole topic of sex. then you want to have it. i'm sure anyone who has seen russell brand's stand up has heard his rant on the jonas brothers and their stupid "abstinence" rings. all it does is draw attention to the idea of sex. my view: schools should give out condoms to those who ask for them. they should teach safe sex techniques. they should teach of all the potential sti's you can get. they should give a girl who happens to get pregnant a list of ALL her options. they should also not teach that sex is evil. that is so ****ing middle ages. christianity views sex as evil therefore by extension our schools view sex as evil. i'm kind of sick of that...sex is awesome and not evil at all. maybe i went on a rant there. i don't know. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...

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ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,964	Totally agree with you, we live in a such a highly eroticized society and it's mainly caused by our culture's view of sex as something mystical and holy.

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~~CAPTAIN CAVEMAN~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: VAN Posts: 2,530	no - its ****ing stupid. aren't americans the only people in the western world scratching their heads about this? correct me if anyone knows otherwise

01-27-2010, 06:57 PM	#9 (permalink)
storymilo Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,845	"Teaching" abstinence is pretty stupid. Kids are going to have sex and maybe the odd brainwashed Catholic will be convinced but it's not going to make much of a difference. Like duga said, there are much more important and worthwhile things to teach in the vein of sex education.