Originally posted by: BriGy86
i think thats why this is such a tough subject
Originally posted by: dornick
Originally posted by: BriGy86
i think thats why this is such a tough subject
i agree. the real problem is that the reason kids are going to have sex is not their education, but our society, where you see sex everywhere
Originally posted by: dornick
I voted teach both but I think there's a problem inherent in that. Because if you say "don't have sex, but if you do, use a condom" you're really saying "it's okay to have sex as long as you use the condom"
Originally posted by: jhu
i think denial is the best way to go. if you don't hear about it, then it's not happening.
Originally posted by: Forsythe
Originally posted by: dornick
I voted teach both but I think there's a problem inherent in that. Because if you say "don't have sex, but if you do, use a condom" you're really saying "it's okay to have sex as long as you use the condom"
And it's not okay to have sex?
Originally posted by: dornick
I voted teach both but I think there's a problem inherent in that. Because if you say "don't have sex, but if you do, use a condom" you're really saying "it's okay to have sex as long as you use the condom"
Originally posted by: beer
I hate to break it to you guys, but 'kids' were having sex long before any concept of a society existed, and continued having sex as societies progressed, long before the concept of mass media that 'portrayed sex everywhere.' Just an FYI.
Originally posted by: Forsythe
And it's not okay to have sex?
Originally posted by: dornick
Originally posted by: Forsythe
And it's not okay to have sex?
No, I don't think it's okay for kids younger than 18 to be screwing each other. It tends to do a lot more harm than good (See above).
Originally posted by: Byers
Originally posted by: dornick
I voted teach both but I think there's a problem inherent in that. Because if you say "don't have sex, but if you do, use a condom" you're really saying "it's okay to have sex as long as you use the condom"
I don't see how the statement "Don't have sex, but if you do, use a condom" is contradictory.
Originally posted by: biostud
Originally posted by: dornick
Originally posted by: Forsythe
And it's not okay to have sex?
No, I don't think it's okay for kids younger than 18 to be screwing each other. It tends to do a lot more harm than good (See above).
As is why they should be teached to trust their own feelings and that's ok to say no if you don't feel like doing it, instead of categorial NO.
Originally posted by: aidanjm
Does the school have the moral right to push abstinence on students, tho?
Originally posted by: dornick
Originally posted by: Byers
Originally posted by: dornick
I voted teach both but I think there's a problem inherent in that. Because if you say "don't have sex, but if you do, use a condom" you're really saying "it's okay to have sex as long as you use the condom"
I don't see how the statement "Don't have sex, but if you do, use a condom" is contradictory.
I never said it was contradictory; just that it implicitly condones teen sex. There's no easy way out of the dilemma: if you teach safe sex, you condone it, and if you don't, things are just as bad. IF we wanted to curtail teen sex, I think the only way we could do it would be to change the culture entirely.
Originally posted by: aidanjm
Does the school have the moral right to push abstinence on students, tho?
Or should it limit itself to strictly the facts?
Originally posted by: aidanjm
Does the school have the moral right to push abstinence on students, tho?
Or should it limit itself to strictly the facts?