Apparently our kids aren’t sexualized enough by just turning on the TV for an hour or two every day; at least not in California. We know this because 9th grade textbooks in that state will soon feature information on bondage, sex toys, and various fantasies. 9th grade!
Teaching the biology of human procreation in a public school setting is one thing. Endorsing and promoting sexual experimentation among schoolchildren is completely irresponsible – and frankly – immoral.
Instead of pushing promiscuity why not adopt a responsible approach, and teach kids about its consequences? Here’s some useful information that should be in those textbooks ~
FEBRUARY 2013: CDC (Center for Disease Control) STI stats ~
CDC’s new estimates show that there are about 20 million new sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States each year, costing the American healthcare system nearly $16 billion in direct medical costs alone.
And 50% of new infections are among those ages 15 to 24 ~
CDC estimates that there are more than 19.7 million new STIs in the United States each year. While most of these STIs will
not cause harm 😯 (They must mean physical harm. How could they possibly measure the emotional and psychological damage?), some have the potential to cause serious health problems, especially if not diagnosed and treated early.
Young people (ages 15-24) are particularly affected, accounting for half (50 percent) of all new STIs, although they represent
just 25 percent of the sexually experienced population.
Approximately 110,000 Americans currently have an STI. That’s roughly one third of our entire population! These numbers would plummet if public schools would actually start promoting monogamy (gasp!) and abstinence (double gasp!).
As a new study from Britain shows, the kids themselves know something’s amiss with the pornification of western culture ~
A poll of 18-year-old UK teens conducted by the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) found that a large majority of both boys and girls believe that easy access to online porn puts pressure on them to look and act in imitation of what porn portrays […]
Eighty percent of the 18 year olds said that it was “too easy for young people to accidentally see pornography online.”
Seven out of 10 said that “accessing pornography was seen as typical” while they were at school, while almost half (46 percent) said “sending sexual or naked photos or videos is part of everyday life for teenagers.”
Sixty percent said the pervasiveness of porn had complicated the process of growing up.
Seventy-two percent said internet porn “leads to unrealistic attitudes to sex,” while 67 percent agreed that porn “can become addictive,” and 70 percent said pornography encourages society to view women as sex objects.
Many of these teen are obviously wiser about human sexuality, and its important tie to emotional maturity, than their “educators” seem to be ~
They also complained that sex education often presents promiscuity as normal, putting additional pressure on them to become sexually active before they might otherwise […]
One 18-year-old girl responded to the poll question about her sex-ed experience: “I always felt pressured by teachers, like, ‘sex is normal, just be safe OK’ when actually I wasn’t interested in having sex at the time and was happy to wait for the right person.
Hear that California public schools? Let’s get the porn out of the classroom and start educating again.
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Related:
Stolen childhood
Can we defund Planned Parenthood yet? ~ includes the video “Hooking Kids on Sex” which explains how Planned Parenthood recruits future clients
Planned Parenthood Endorses S&M for Teens
