This article just floors me. "Oral sex lessons to cut rates of teenage pregnancy", says Exeter University in the UK.
Encouraging schoolchildren to experiment with oral sex could prove the most effective way of curbing teenage pregnancy rates, a government study has found.?!?!!!?Pupils under 16 who were taught to consider other forms of 'intimacy' such as oral sex were significantly less likely to engage in full intercourse, it was revealed.
Now an unpublished government-backed report reveals that a trial of the course has been a success. Schoolchildren, particularly girls, who received such training developed a 'more mature' response to sex.Does having oral sex not even count as being "sexually active" anymore? I've never bought into the idea that "oral sex is sex" just because it uses the word "sex" in the title, but c'mon, it's obviously sexual at the very least.The study by the National Foundation for Educational Research found youngsters were 'less likely to be sexually active' than peers who received traditional forms of sex education, dispelling the fears of family campaigners who believe such methods actually arouse the sexual interest of teenagers.
The whole idea here is totally bizarre. It's like suggesting that should kids start smoking to curb the obesity epidemic, or become alcoholics so they're too drunk to shoot heroin.
Isn't it possible that the best solution is for parents to control their children and carefully supervise their activities? The whole idea that "they'll just do it anyway" is crap, because they won't if you keep an eye on them, know their friends, spend time with them as a family, and provide a loving home.
I've worked with kids of all ages at my church; it's sad to see that some of the best ones come from some of the worst families, and to know that they're probably doomed to a life of misery because their parents are screw-ups. I really don't think it's hard to be a good parent, all it takes it time. I've read that most fathers spend less than 5 minutes a day with their kids, on average, and that's pathetic. With so many moms working, I doubt they get much more time in. It's no wonder kids are looking for "intimacy" through sex, when they can't get real intimacy at home from their family.
Sexual activities aren't "intimacy". They're a part of a certain kind of intimacy, but all alone they're just an illusion. We need to teach our kids what true love is, and what true intimacy means, not how to get each other off to slake their momentary lusts.
I see no parents conducting these surveys. I suspect you think that parents have given in to the schools but I don't think that's the case. I think that parents, as has been true for generations, are still largely uncomfortable talking about sex. This generation, more sexually active in their youth, also feel hypocritical encouraging abstinance that they did not practice. Schools have usurped the opportunity.
I just read that article this morning. It absolutely blew me away. When friends ask my wife and I why we homeschool our kids, there is no shortage of reasons to add to the list. This just makes another great reason.
On the one hand, revelations like this make me want to puke. On the other hand, God's Word comforts me, and makes it pretty clear. The world does not know Him, and they do not seek His council. As a result, their eyes are blinded, and crap like this "makes sense" to their blinded eyes.
Justene: I know, it doesn't mention parents at all. That's just my first impression when I read about stuff like this.
I exert a fair amount of influence over my children, for a variety of reasons that are tangential right now. I'm amazed at how difficult it is to counteract the schools. I can counteract still TV, friends, magazines. It is very hard to counteract the schools.
Call me paranoid, but its a very small leap from promoting oral sex to promoting anal sex as "safer" alternatives to sex sex...
Does it bother anyone that the words "under 16", "schoolchildren", and "youngsters" are used!?!?!?!
When I was in HIGH SCHOOL, we had a very brief (one or two classes) dip into sex ed. Prior to this (8th grade), we had been taught how people reproduce but not gone into any detail as to the hows or whys. And none of my female friends or I were in any rush to have sex. (And by the way, we all thought the very idea of oral sex was totally disgusting and something we would never do!) When I graduated (which was not in the dark ages but a mere ten years ago), to my knowledge only one of my close group of approx. 10-15 friends had had sex. What is wrong with people today? The parents AND the kids?
Petra: I think there's much more sex on TV, and many more people and groups pushing the "sex is great for everyone!" position. Could be wrong though, since I'm a bit younger than you and didn't really follow such issues at the time.
Who the heck are these people? They are "training"
children under the age of 16 to have oral sex? Do we no longer have any laws regarding the corruption of minors? Unbelievable!
Pienso que la idea del sexo oral esta mal, ya que el semen puede contagiar el sida y volverlos enfermos a los menores de 16 años.