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Sex education in the US
Or should I give this thread the title "non-sex education in Texas".
The approved programme for the sex-ed in schools in my district is called "Worth the Wait". The kids get to sign a "virginity" pledge - ie they sign to say that they understand that for all kinds of social and medical reasons they should not have pre-marital sex. At age 13 my daughter has still not been taugh about contraception in her Texas school, friends tell me that the subject of condom use is broached at the delicate age of 15. They put the girls and boys in separate classes to educate them so god knows what the boys get told. My daughter has already been told that her future husband may not respect her quite so much if she's "been around" and has a "reputation". This in a state that has had recent abortion laws rejected by the Supreme Court for undermining women's rights. Good job the french system had told her about just about everything from menstruation to HIV prevention before she left primary. I pulled her out of the classes for the last 2 years but this year she didn't tell me about them because she wanted a laugh. |
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Originally Posted by petitefrancaise
(Post 11940356)
They put the girls and boys in separate classes to educate them so god knows what the boys get told.
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Originally Posted by moneypenny20
(Post 11940370)
They do that in the UK and Australia as well. At least for some of the classes anyway.
and yet France has one of the lowest teen pregnancy rates in the world. Which ones have the highest and is on the rise last time I looked? I have a few complaints about the french ed system but the absolute straight forward, non-judgemental way they present the facts to both girls and boys on this subject is great. Why would you want to separate out the sexes? The whole idea of keeping them together is to encourage discussion between the sexes. |
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I don't think it's taught in much of a different way down my way either. I'll have to ask one of the mum's with an older kid.
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They sometimes have to get permission to use the word vagina...
Teacher Says She Was Fired For Saying The Word 'Vagina' | ThinkProgress |
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Originally Posted by petitefrancaise
(Post 11940394)
Why would you want to separate out the sexes?
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The sex ed where we lived in AZ was an 'abstinence only' curriculum; it was a highly religious Mormon area, and they'd packed out the school board. Contraception was explicitly not mentioned; if it came up in conversation, the message was 'that's something to discuss with your parents, not here' (along with masturbation and homosexuality).
I supplemented this at home for my kids, in a loud and explicit manner. My son is just coming to the end of his high school health semester in OH (a graduation requirement) and it appears to be much better. It's still giving a message of 'waiting is better, this is a serious adult matter' and talking a lot about diseases, but he has been taught about contraception and the efficacy of the various methods. Girls and boys are taught together, and I think he now knows more about menstruation, fertility and female reproductive anatomy than I did at that age! I'm pleased with the balance of teaching not only focusing on how to prevent babies, but acknowledging that at some point these teens may deliberately want to make one, and should know how. Too often sex ed class seems to be designed around a couple of years, rather than the rest of one's life. |
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Originally Posted by sir_eccles
(Post 11940449)
They sometimes have to get permission to use the word vagina...
Teacher Says She Was Fired For Saying The Word 'Vagina' | ThinkProgress |
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Will there be a section on "bathrooms"?
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Originally Posted by Nutek
(Post 11940473)
Will there be a section on "bathrooms"?
Why are Americans so bloody repressed, though? Puritanical weirdos. I mean, I don't want my daughter having sex anymore than anyone else does, but what's the sure fire way to push teens into having it earlier? Making it sound bad, forbidden and therefore exciting. Do a realistic lesson on the reality of sex, in all its messy, hair pulling, missing the right hole, 'where's the tissues and where the hell did my underwear go anyway?', glory. Kids will be happy to wait then :nod: Also, make them all have to watch an actual baby for a few hours a week. They'll realise what little shits children are and will cut off their knobs and buy chastity knickers before you can say 'I'm off for a wank instead'. |
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Teaching the kids that sexually active girls are sluts? Nice. And I'm sure absolutely nothing was said about boys who have sex before marriage.
Originally Posted by kodokan
(Post 11940461)
Son said the very first lesson, the teacher opened by standing at the front and saying repeatedly 'Vagina, vagina, vagina, penis, penis, penis... they're words, we're going to be saying them a LOT, get the sniggering over and done with now so we can all move on.'
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
(Post 11940495)
In before Boiler makes a toilet reference?
'I'm off for a wank instead'. |
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
(Post 11940521)
That was a great bit. "That's it, I can't live anymore, I'm going to jump off a bridge or something. On the other hand, I might have a wee wank before I go ..." (paraphrased). Good old Billy :lol:
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Originally Posted by Nutek
(Post 11940532)
Just counting my willies...
****ing hell, I forgot how much I love his stuff. |
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