Re: scared teen again

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Tthe problem is when people are given an abstinence only education. Then they miss out on the mechanics of sex, how it works and what the realities of it are. Then you have questions like we just got on this board.

When you teach someone the full story, and then you can encourage them to be abstinent, that's a whole different kettle of fish than an abstinence only education, which consists of "don't do it".

I'm a UUA, and our sex ed program (Our Whole Lives) encompasses everything there- the biology, the emotions, and the consequences of it all. To me, if you give a kid enough information, you can cancel out the urban legends and misinformation, and then the kid will truly know how big of a deal sex is, because believe me, the mystery is way gone by the time they get done with our classes.

That was my point. I get yours, but it's not particularly counter to mine. Abstinence is 100%. Absolutely. It's just how you arrive at that decision tht matters to me. I fel it should come frokma wealth of education and information, not "just because".

t Thu, 18 Jul 2002, CD wrote: >
>Not to be flippant, but abstinence works every time it's tried.
>
>At Thu, 18 Jul 2002, anon wrote:
>>
>>At Thu, 18 Jul 2002, me wrote:
>>>
>>>did they completely outlaw sex ed in school?
>>>
>>Well, if the abstinence only education folks have their way, pretty soon
>>they'll be a whole generation of people too uptight to talk about sex
>>either at school or at home, and a whole generation of young kids who
>>haven't the slightest clue how it all works. But they sur ewill have
>>heard "just don't do it" enough, without much clarification on what "it"
>>is.
>>
>>I say education is the key, and education is power. Inform a young
>>person about sex education- give them all the information they crave and
>>need, and you'll see a better appreciation for the risks and realities.
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