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from the American Family Association, which asserts that sex is only for the purpose of creating fundie spawn, not pleasure:More sex ed, lies, and modern cultureMarcia Segelstein - Guest Columnist - 11/19/2009 11:00:00 AM
Listen up, parents. The goal of sex education is not to prevent unwanted pregnancies and diseases. The goal is to promote sexual freedom.
That may sound outrageous, but it's the premise of Dr. Miriam Grossman's new book, You're Teaching My Child What?, and it's backed up by plenty of cold, hard facts. Here's what she writes in the introduction: "From a review of many of today's sex ed curricula and websites, it would appear that a 'sexually healthy' individual is one who has been 'desensitized,' who is without any sense of embarrassment or shame (what some might consider 'modesty'), whose sexuality is always 'positive' and 'open,' who respects and accepts 'diverse' lifestyles, and who practices 'safer sex' with every 'partner.' This is not about health, folks. This is about indoctrination."
While modern sex educators are busy introducing "diverse" sexual lifestyles to their students, what they are not doing is looking out for their health. Dr. Grossman asks the logical question: "Why don't sex educators emphasize that casual sex and multiple partners is a health hazard?" Why don't they make it clear that engaging in sexual behavior with someone means risking exposure to the bacteria, viruses, and full-blown sexually transmitted diseases of each and every one of his or her previous partners.
Condoms are like a magic wand in the world of sex education. Students hear endlessly about practicing "safer sex" by using condoms. But Grossman points out what many aren't told: that most teenagers don't use condoms correctly and, she writes, "Even with proper use, both pregnancy and infection can occur." So students are, in effect, encouraged to take a calculated risk, a risk with enormous ramifications.
In my last column, I wrote about SIECUS, the Sex Information and Education Council of the U.S., and the provider of sex ed curricula to schools from coast to coast. Without any basis in scientific fact, sex ed materials produced by SIECUS promote the idea that it is "healthy" for kids to explore their sexuality. "That," writes Grossman, "was never true, and it's surely not true now, with genital bacteria and viruses infecting another young person every 3.5 seconds." Sexually transmitted diseases are epidemic: one in four teenage girls has one. ........(more)
The complete piece is at:
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Perspectives/Default.aspx?id=776070
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