Delta4Embassy
Gold Member
Something that came to mind the other day was sex-ed in public schools. We love talking about that as a society yet before we expend too much energy and time into such subjects I think it's worth investigating what adults with children entering such programs know.
It shocks me reading counselling websites when women in particular write in complaining about how they've never had an orgasm despite being over 40, with kids, been married decades, etc. So before we worry about teaching our kids about sex, how about we teach our adults first?
Porn isn't sex education (although in my case it did show me where the clittoris is which all my female lovers probably appreciated.)
But in lieu of proper education it's better than nothing. As a culture, we in the US are amazingly uncomfortable with our own bodies and bodily functions, whether sexual or being naked, using the toilet, etc. So it makes the prospect of teaching sexual education a daunting one to say the least. Since religion is inexorably tied to such subject matter, ask yourselves this: If you believe humans are a divine creation, what's wrong with looking at, and admiring what God created? Religious people should be the least uncomfortable with the naked natural human form, not the most.
I think though that porn, and social condemnations of it over the years has had an unintended and negative impact on sexual education. Pretty much everyone in authority is going to have seen pornography at least enough to know what it is and why they're objecting to it. So when the subject of sexual education comes up, porn is what they think of and why they then advocate abstinence-only education, which is no education at all. But by telling pupils not to have sex, they logically are then thinking about sex so you're just shooting yourself in the foot. Can't not do or think of something until you think of it. Just one of those things.
I strongly encourage anyone facing the sex-ed of their kids to learn about sex themselves. There's no shortage of online resources with frank explicit discussions about sexuality. I'd like to see sex-ed removed from public schools completely and handled once more by parents, but if parents can't teach it then someone has to.
It shocks me reading counselling websites when women in particular write in complaining about how they've never had an orgasm despite being over 40, with kids, been married decades, etc. So before we worry about teaching our kids about sex, how about we teach our adults first?
Porn isn't sex education (although in my case it did show me where the clittoris is which all my female lovers probably appreciated.)
But in lieu of proper education it's better than nothing. As a culture, we in the US are amazingly uncomfortable with our own bodies and bodily functions, whether sexual or being naked, using the toilet, etc. So it makes the prospect of teaching sexual education a daunting one to say the least. Since religion is inexorably tied to such subject matter, ask yourselves this: If you believe humans are a divine creation, what's wrong with looking at, and admiring what God created? Religious people should be the least uncomfortable with the naked natural human form, not the most. I think though that porn, and social condemnations of it over the years has had an unintended and negative impact on sexual education. Pretty much everyone in authority is going to have seen pornography at least enough to know what it is and why they're objecting to it. So when the subject of sexual education comes up, porn is what they think of and why they then advocate abstinence-only education, which is no education at all. But by telling pupils not to have sex, they logically are then thinking about sex so you're just shooting yourself in the foot. Can't not do or think of something until you think of it. Just one of those things.
I strongly encourage anyone facing the sex-ed of their kids to learn about sex themselves. There's no shortage of online resources with frank explicit discussions about sexuality. I'd like to see sex-ed removed from public schools completely and handled once more by parents, but if parents can't teach it then someone has to.
