Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11941297)

Not if I tell her that all blokes have super-AIDS, she won't :nod:

Originally Posted by Dorothy (Post 11941301)

Ok, so maybe she'll be into chicks then.

Originally Posted by dc koop (Post 11940913)

Why would anyone expect schools to teach about sex? What are parents for ?

Originally Posted by Anian (Post 11941309)

... sex with a virgin cures AIDS ...

Originally Posted by Anian (Post 11941309)

You have an amazing confidence in the knowledge and abilities of the public. the absurd number of myths (you can't get pregnant your first time, you can't get pregnant standing up, sex with a virgin cures AIDS, condoms cause STDs, etc) shows that your confidence is misplaced.

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11941312)

OK, who was the desperate little neckbeard who came up with that one in a last-ditch attempt to get laid?

Originally Posted by kodokan (Post 11941316)

Even parents who don't peddle nonsense like this are likely to still only talk about contraception in terms of 'condoms' and 'the Pill' from their early adulthood, when there are far more effective options available nowadays.

Originally Posted by Nutek (Post 11941318)

You build up an immunity. :nod:

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11941322)

Johnnies are pretty foolproof though, in fairness. Slap one on and go to town, provided it doesn't burst or fall off, you're in business.

Originally Posted by dc koop (Post 11940983)

Teaching sex in schools raises too much controversy. Some parents would approve but there are other parents who would think it wrong. Therefore since it's impossible to please everyone the subject is better off being handled or not handled by the parents. Same goes for religion but religion is not taught in American public schools anyway.

In short sex and religion belong at home while academic subjects belong in school

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11941312)

OK, who was the desperate little neckbeard who came up with that one in a last-ditch attempt to get laid?

Originally Posted by Nutek (Post 11941318)

You build up an immunity. :nod:

Originally Posted by kodokan (Post 11941191)

Just on the off-chance you're not spoofing us...

- it's not the job of schools to avoid controversy and please everyone. Lots of people think any level of math above 6th grade arithmetic is pointless (with an insidious number of them being the parents of girls). Many people proudly declare how they haven't picked up a book since they left school 20 years ago. A sizeable number of Americans view the slightest hint of intellectualism or signs of being 'bookish' or academic as something to disparage. I propose not asking the masses what they want from a school system, because we'll otherwise be back to the days of just reading, 'riting, and 'rithmatic, and finishing school before your teens.

- religion is taught in public schools. My kids' middle schools in OH and even in the heartland of Mormon AZ have included a unit on comparative world religions. My son recounts how it was total news to a couple of kids in his class that there even WERE any religions other than Christianity and 'Muslim' (equated with 'Terrorist') let alone knowing anything about their beliefs, customs, etc.

- out of all the possible subjects to drop and leave to the whims of parental instruction, let's NOT make it sex ed. After all, nobody else is going to be especially damaged by your kids not knowing the Periodic Table or the finer details of the Monroe Doctrine; does it really matter to anyone other than them if they've read To Kill A Mockingbird? But if their ignorance leads to unplanned pregnancy and the spreading of disease - we're all on the hook for THAT problem.

Originally Posted by dc koop (Post 11941350)

As for sexual education I'll say again that it's more the responsibility of parents to educate their kids on this subject. It's bad enough already that too many parents think that schools should be responsible for teaching kids good manners and behavior,

Originally Posted by kodokan (Post 11941329)

Not really - they're only 98% effective in an ideal world, which isn't the one teens live in. Typical usage is 82% effective:
Contraception: Success and Failure Rates of Contraceptives | Center for Young Women's Health

My vote is for implantables - can't forget to take it, or throw it up by accident, or accidentally counter it with antibiotics. And then condoms for anti-disease.