Pardon my language, but I am so fucking sick of all the abstinance propaganda being shoved down our throats. It was bad enough when brochures and ads were saying that premarital sex is sinful and wrong, but now they're pretending like they want us to make our own decisions. It's okay to say no comes to mind. True as this is, I wish someone would mention that it's okay to say YES! PLEASE, PULL DOWN MY PANTS AND TAKE ME! as well. I'm not bashing people who think abstinance is the way to go (more power to you) and DEFINATELY not safe sex. But biased sex ed doesn't even qualify as education. For example, a pamphlet from a school's life skills class started out with THE DECISION IS YOURS. From there, it said how it's okay to remain abstinant, offered several ways to tell your boyfriend/girlfriend your decision, and the benefits of abstinance. The downfalls of sex were listed, such as people thinking that you were slutty and having a higher chance of getting STDs. It went on to say that waiting for marriage (specifically) decreased the risk of STDs and would be better than premarital sex. Nowhere did it mention the benefits of hot crazy sex, and it gave no information on birth control methods. It presented the idea that all premarital sex is promiscuous sex, and instead of using the term monogamous couples, it stressed married ones. If you only have sex with one person who doesn't have any STDs and you're not married, the risk of contracting an STD (none) is the same as a couple who is married (even less so, if the married couple isn't monogamous). The decision to have sex is not supported or even mentioned at all and instead we're given biased, exaggerated information. But hey, at least it's still our decision.
This kind of sex ed, though sponsored by the government, isn't the kind we need. Educators and parents need to be aware that "protecting" their children won't work forever, and it will only hurt them if, when they finally go out into the sexually infused world, and decide to have sex, they don't know how to put a condom on right. Teenagers, though given their own special name, are still human, and therefore subject to natural human emotions, such as lust. We're going to have sex anyway, and there's nothing you can do about it! And that being said, it would be to the benefit of everyone to stop pushing your outdated techniques, get with the mother fucking times, and give us the tools and information we need to be safe.
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