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Re: Sex Ed
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:07 pm
by Vespetta
Ivellious wrote:I was wondering, what are your views on sex education in high school? Different states in the US handle this issue completely differently, with the south typically taking an "abstinence only" approach where sex is not discussed or explained, but rather students are told not to have sex, period. Northern, more liberal states tend to give students a sexual education including information on birth control, STDs, and (sometimes) abortion.
I personally find the comprehensive sex ed far more valuable than abstinence only.
So, what do you think? Does Christianity have any impact on how sex ed should be handled in schools?
I live in the heart of the bible belt, and here we got the full ride. Birth control, STDs, abstinence, etc. If it were anything thing, I'd say it'd be the poverty that accounts for the many teen pregnacies. This place got hit hard when the textile industry went overseas.
Re: Sex Ed
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:19 pm
by jlay
I work with inner city youth in the Bible Belt. Teen pregnancy is epidemic. Providing BC is pointless. Many if not most of these pregnancies are intentional. Out of wed lock teen pregnancy has virtually no stigma and is even a badge of honor in some circles.
Re: Sex Ed
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:22 pm
by CallMeDave
Vespetta wrote:Ivellious wrote:I was wondering, what are your views on sex education in high school? Different states in the US handle this issue completely differently, with the south typically taking an "abstinence only" approach where sex is not discussed or explained, but rather students are told not to have sex, period. Northern, more liberal states tend to give students a sexual education including information on birth control, STDs, and (sometimes) abortion.
I personally find the comprehensive sex ed far more valuable than abstinence only.
So, what do you think? Does Christianity have any impact on how sex ed should be handled in schools?
I live in the heart of the bible belt, and here we got the full ride. Birth control, STDs, abstinence, etc. If it were anything thing, I'd say it'd be the poverty that accounts for the many teen pregnacies. This place got hit hard when the textile industry went overseas.
Poverty (financial hardship) isnt the catalyst for desired sexual immorality ; sexual immorality leading to teen pregnancies stem from the fragmentation of families / poor Parenting / the brutal crusade of our Mass Media relentlessly brainwashing our children with sexually illicit messages / and Parents with their children having no desire for God and his protective moral mandates to live by.