Astinence-Only Education?

[lucy]

Is it a good idea to advocate no sex before marriage?

No, because it doesn't work. Those who won't fuck before they get married will do so because of their family values, not because some vid tells them. Those who do have sex before marriage will do so too, but when they haven't learned a thing about sex they most likely won't use rubbers and generally have no idea about sex which will lead to unwanted pregnancies, STDs and also raises the risk of abuse. Knowledge is power.

Well I am assuming that since it is illegal to have sex prior to the age of consent ....that we are talking about a class for underaged people that promotes abstience in any situation outside of wed-lock to get them ready for life later on?

It may be illegal in the States. It isn't in many other countries. For example in Switzerland it isn't illegal for 11 year olds to have sex, as long as the age gap between the two is less than 3 years

Whats wrong with promoting abstience imho...not a dam thing?

It doesn't work? Is that reason enough?

In my opinion this whole sex education program in schools is a waste of time. I just don't see where it is all leading to, because if the statistics are right and I don't like statistics because of their obvious failure to be accurate.
Since introduced many years ago, it has done damn all for the lowering of the boom in the UK of single mothers and some as young as 15.

Yeah, hearsay and gut feeling are always better than statistics that prove a correlation. Maybe it does not hold true in the UK, but in Switzerland the number of teenage pregnancies has fallen constantly over the last 20 years with the increase of sex ed. Besides, sex ed isn't just about knowing to put on a rubber, it's also about empowerment.

After nine pm switch on the TV in the UK and you can get all the sex education you need.

No you don't. Sex ed is probably not exactly what you think it is. I'd like to point out a real good website, but it's only in German, so I don't think it will help a lot. Ah, well, maybe it will: www.lilli.ch (hey, it's even called lilli!!!)

I think with the attitude of most young people if you tell them that it is wrong to do something, they go and do it to see what the big deal is.

I don't think you have actually talked to teenagers for a while, or have you? Because those I know are mostly more or less responsible young guys and gals and the fucktards that make it to the media because of their being - no surprise there - fucktards are a small, but overrepresented minority.

Children today can learn inadvertently more about sex in the playground than they could ever be taught in the classroom.

Yeah, they learn a lot from their peers. But most of that is crap.

I think it is down to the moral standards my late wife and I educated them with at home.{lillirose}

Yup, completely agree with that.