Do they not teach Sex Ed in school anymore? Topics such as this were discussed when talking of ways to get pregnant and ways to prevent a pregnancy.

Why would they teach sex ed in schools. Abstinence is all we need according to the GOP.

Questions like this are exactly why we need abstinence education. While they have every right, some people just don’t need to reproduce.

Abstinance is preached by both sides, and if followed, abstinance works very well. Can’t get pregnant if you abstain….works wonderfully. But lets get real, some people are just flat out stupid and therefore need all the education they can get, and just like “I’m Right, your’re wrong” said, although some people have the right to reproduce, the really don’t need to.

And one last thought, a driver’s license is required for driving, there should be a requirement for getting a license to reproduce.

You mentioned about heat having an affect on sperm. I thought that I would like to make a comment regarding those married couples who are having trouble conceiving. I was diagnosed with a low and slow sperm count. We were advised to wait longer between having intercourse which would allow for more sperm to develop. This however was more of a problem later finding out that I have a high body heat which were slowing and killing the sperm. More frequency was the answer not less. If you have been told to wait longer and this hasn’t worked, try more frequency especially more in a single evening. This will insure a fresher supply.

You need a drivers license to drive on public roads, if you can’t see the distinction then you don’t need to be reproducing.

What ever happened to educating kids at home. As a parent I believe we hold the ultimate responsibility to educating our kids, not the schools.

Interesting I always wondered if this was True or False. I just remember our Sex ED teaching saying “Sperm are very good swimmers and they can survive along time”.

To Broken,

Obviously you didn’t get the point. You must be one of those people that should be required to get a license to reproduce.

I think questions like this are exactly why we need sex education and NOT abstinence education.

As parents, we should be taking the responsibility to make sure our kids our prepared when they do make the decision to have sex. Whether they are having sex before or after marriage, this would still be something many people would not know, and could be taught in a proper education class.

To Marc and K-NE
Very well stated and I agree whole heartedly!!! Parents should be a key player in child’s education, not just sex education, but all education.

Broken,

Look how many members of the GOP are on the welfare rolls with numerous children. Oh wait, that’s the democrats. Obviously abstinence education works with GOPs. Or maybe its the fact the sexually active or not, GOPers work and provide for their families and do not expect the government to pay the bill.

I’m constantly amazed at the people who can’t remember what they actually did and didn’t do when they were young. Like saying that they never drank, always listened to their parents and never had sex until they were married (that is how some people like to make it sound). It has never been that way and never will be. Additionally, most people are usually way off on what they are and aren’t teaching their kids. And, for what it’s worth, how you vote doesn’t have a tremendous amount to do with the above. Bottom line, parents aren’t very good at teaching their kids what not to do in this area AND neither are the schools (they are an extension of the parents). Parents have gotten too conservative on some issues like this while schools have gotten way to liberal – there really needs to be some kind of meeting somewhere in the middle. Extremes are almost never a good thing but yet American’s seem to be steered that way more and more as a “counter balance” to the other side (look at our politians – the US public is neither as liberal or as conservative as the parties). As parents our role is to try and raise our kids better than we were raised. However, teaching them extremes isn’t the answer as most people rebel against extremes at some point. This is like driving a vehicle with only one hand – sooner or later you are going to go in a ditch.

Able to Remember,

I am able to remember too what I did as a teenager! I started drinking at an early age (12-14) plus I not only smoked weed but inhaled! Back in the late 70s in New Orleans, even the honor roll students toked. More importantly, I actually tell my kids WHY I QUIT! I also tell them about teen romances and sex and what did not work and what did – what I wished I would have done instead of what I did. Honesty has made my 15 & 17 y.o. daughters drug-free, STD-free, and Pregnancy-free. My kids go to a school that teaches abstinence and they have the highest rate of teen pregnancy and STDs in the county. Another school about 8 miles away teaches sex-ed. Despite being the dumping ground for the problem kids from all over the county, it has the lowest rates of pregnancy or STDs. Even the problem kids are eager to pay attenion and learn in sex-ed class. Seems to work the same in other schools all over the country.

Why does this have to turn into a political issue?!?!?!?!?! Shouldn’t we be more concerned about the people who need to know these things, versus which party they’re affiliated with.

Besides which, who knows what age this person is that asked the question. He could very well be a happily married man, having sex only with his wife after they were married. But, he doesn’t know the answer to this question, which could have possibly been answered through a proper sex education class, and not an abstinence class.

Like saying that they never drank, always listened to their parents and never had sex until they were married (that is how some people like to make it sound).

Per drinking, sex, – yep that was me. Did I always listen to my parents? Not 100% of the time, but a good majority of it.

Just saying – not everyone is a party animal, sex crazy, rebel – in fact, more people are not then are. Less kids take part in the sex/party/rebel than you realize. Not saying everyone doesn’t do that – but that the majority is not what the media makes it out to be.

We’re way off topic here. But, I think there’s two points to note here. First, I think that we need to teach both sex education and abstinence education (key word “BOTH”). Sex education should focus on sex, but on reproductive biology. We’re losing the focus in America that teachers are supposed to teach. Period. Making them teach the morality (of abstinance or sexual promiscuity) is wrong.. that lies with the parents. Stick to the science and facts of it. That could answer the issue of the original. Secondly, we need parents to be parents. Too bad we can’t socially determine who is “elible” and “ineligible” for procreation, but that’s a different subject. I have seen too many 13, 14, 15 year old kids with children themselves. NOT the schools fault whether they teach sex ed or not. I know mistakes happen, but when parents neglect to be parents and ask the hard questions of their kids, or fail to monitor their children, that’s a problem itself.

Thanks to the good doctor for answering the question. Interesting how the comments then turned to a political topic. My 2 cents: Schools in genral should teach how to think, while staying away from teaching what to think. So Health Ed (not Sex Ed which should be a subset) is indeed a proper topic for public schools. In the Sex Ed part of this class kids should learn what the facts are, unclouded with the political correct garbage that liberal NEA corrupted schools dish out. So yes, as long as the parents do not pull their kids from the class birth control may be taught. But only the facts how birth control works, and sometimes fails. Never tell the kids for example that having sex before marriage or having kids at any time is right or wrong! Moral issues are for the parents and if they want their church to teach, never the schools.

By the way those who claim “the GOP” only teaches abstinence are wrong. Can’t you get over your emotion-driven and totally illogical and ignorant attacks long enough to realize that just because someone disagrees with your politics does not make them 100% bad, stupid, out of touch, etc?

Most of the arguments on here for or against sex ed have to do with outcome. So they are saying the end justifies the means. For some reason, most people just blindly accept that proposition.

My take is this: We must uphold high standards regardless of whether or not everyone will meet them. The Creator says to abstain until marriage. And what He says is more important than what anyone else thinks.

Sure, not everyone will abstain. Those who don’t will most likely have some consequences. There’s a concept lost on us today. Our actions have consequences! If we make wrong choices, we deserve what we get but not necessarily get what we deserve. However, we generally are more concerned with comfort and convenience. We want to do what we want without suffering any negative consequences. That is why we are a society of spoiled brats who have morals closer to hell than heaven.

And one last thing re: Pondering’s comment! Amoral education is a pipe dream. The very fact that this discussion turned political proves that. Even if the material is without moral judgment, the presenter/teacher by word or action will attach morals. That is because we are moral beings by design, so we cannot escape moral judgment whether good or bad.