I had a wonderful daughter of an elderly patient assist with doing a minicath. I missed the first try, making some comment about getting the correct hole, and the confusion at times. The 60 something daughter said "2 holes?". I said something like, you know the pee and the baby hole?
The lady was shocked she had no idea there were two holes down there. I good naturedly covered up my utter surprise at her ignorance regarding this matter.
How about handing out condoms to students? To me, that just encourages sexual activity and tells a student that he or she is just a bundle of hormones that should be kept riled up at all times. This is definitely different than teaching that sex belongs only in marriage. Certainly folks can see where this might not be considered by some parents and members of the community as being proper Sex Ed or Health or Reality Show or whatever.
Regarding the bolded part, you would be mistaken. The data on the topic is clear, students are no less likely to engage in sexual behavior because they had no access to condoms, they simply engage in the activity without benefit of those condoms. Sex Education has been proven to reduce unwanted pregnancies by educating about sex. That's the point. We're not talking about reality tv shows, we're talking about bonafide standardized education.
It is not up to a Sex Ed class to teach that sex belongs only in marriage, that is a morals issue that should be addressed at home. The classroom is the place to appropriately teach human reproduction, and the discussion of sexuality that goes along with it. There is no debate whatsoever that since the advent of standardized sexual education in public schools teen pregnancy has been reduced. By contrast, teaching that sex belongs only in marriage, aka Abstinence Only, pregnancy rates not only don't drop, they increase.
When young adults are given facts, they can make choices, and the morals their parents have taught them will dictate what they do with those facts and what choices they will make. When given no facts, they don't make choices, they are essentially treated as children who are not capable of making good choices, and they become victims. Which would you rather your children be, capable young adults who have a clear understanding of their bodies and consequences of choices they make with those bodies, or sheltered immature youths who do not understand enough about their own bodies to make those choices wisely?
Historically, the system of telling a teenager Don't Do That without an explanation as to why and what happens if they DO do that doesn't really work.
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You & I must have had the same textbook.
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Nickels lol! One of my kids pointed and said "That's where I keep my eggs". Would have been ok, perhaps, except that it was my SON who said it, pointing to his scrotum. I kept working on it at that point lol.
Yes, it's pretty sad. Also, vulvas are mythical/mystical/magical in a somewhat evil kind of way, I've learned. Even many people in healthcare don't want to know anything. I was invited to do a poster presentation at the local EBP symposium, and when I submitted the .PDF of the poster (which had a the graphic on it) I was asked by the symposium coordinators (who were healthcare people) to please remove the vulva from my poster.
How dare you present anything educational, or draw something anatomically correct! Bad nurse! :)
Before I ever started going to school I volunteered in a low income women's health facility. I feel like there it is more shocking if you actually knew your anatomy.
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Regarding the bolded part, you would be mistaken. The data on the topic is clear, students are no less likely to engage in sexual behavior because they had no access to condoms, they simply engage in the activity without benefit of those condoms. Sex Education has been proven to reduce unwanted pregnancies by educating about sex. That's the point. We're not talking about reality tv shows, we're talking about bonafide standardized education.
It is not up to a Sex Ed class to teach that sex belongs only in marriage, that is a morals issue that should be addressed at home. The classroom is the place to appropriately teach human reproduction, and the discussion of sexuality that goes along with it. There is no debate whatsoever that since the advent of standardized sexual education in public schools teen pregnancy has been reduced. By contrast, teaching that sex belongs only in marriage, aka Abstinence Only, pregnancy rates not only don't drop, they increase.
When young adults are given facts, they can make choices, and the morals their parents have taught them will dictate what they do with those facts and what choices they will make. When given no facts, they don't make choices, they are essentially treated as children who are not capable of making good choices, and they become victims. Which would you rather your children be, capable young adults who have a clear understanding of their bodies and consequences of choices they make with those bodies, or sheltered immature youths who do not understand enough about their own bodies to make those choices wisely?
Historically, the system of telling a teenager Don't Do That without an explanation as to why and what happens if they DO do that doesn't really work.