Recently, the Tennessee governor signed a bill called the "gateway sexual activity" bill. This bill prohibits any public school official from talking about anything sexual in a school setting. The claim is that the speaking of sexual activity by teachers in Tennessee schools condones sexual activity to students. In fact, they believe that anything sex-related, even by Planned Parenthood condones teens to have sex and these organizations can be fined for talking to them about it. Even sites that Planned Parenthood has set up to promote birth control options and sexual gratification such as masturbation in lieu of sex is frowned upon. So, sexual education is out in Tennessee, more or less and so is the concept of talking to teens about masturbation and birth control. Why do they think that not talking about it will prevent teens from having sex all together? Teens are going to have sex anyway. Sexual Intercourse is an instinctual urge that human beings have that is especially strong at puberty. They are sexually aroused and curious and not talking about it isn't going to make them any less sexually aroused and curious. It's going to make them more curious because they are not getting any information about it from the school. Don't you think that a teen couple at a lovers lane with the proper sexual education is more likely to use a form of contraception than a couple who has no sexual education at all. Banning Sex Ed from public schools is, of course, not new. Many schools have tried to do this for years. But just the opposite, some schools have tried to teach children of a younger age, even as young as kindergarten as announced by Barrack Obama in 2004 when he was still a senator. But rather you are for Sex Ed in public schools or against it, at what point does the government have the right to tell the teens of America to be abstinent. Abstinence is not a bad thing by any means, but as it is often expressed, "Abstinence is a choice."
But is it really the schools job to teach children about Sexual Education? Some people would agree that it's the parents responsibility. It's been said that parents are often uncomfortable talking with their children about Sex, but many would agree that it really should be the parent. Parents often have countered this statement with "this education should come from a professional." But do you really know what "they" are teaching your children? Are they getting the right education? Are they understanding it as well as they should? Who should be educating today's youth about sex. It's definitely not the media, it's not the rap videos, it's not the porn industry, it should be the parents. But if the school wants to teach the kids, they should be allowed to providing that the parents review, critic, and approve of the material being taught to their children.
Thanks for reading.
-Brandon J. Smith,
Advanced Sexual Educator
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