ashmamma84
Om Namah Shivayah
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100714/ap_on_re_us/us_montana_sex_education
What is wrong with teaching children the proper names for body parts? The "other names" are not cute IMO. Nothing wrong with teaching 1st graders about same-gender relationships. Even if you don't know "any gay people", it is a reality that they will run into on tv, in movies & on the internet. Of course, it is VERY important to know exactly what sex entails - vaginal, anal & oral. Don't want some boy telling the girls that oral "is not really sex & you can't get any dieseases". I REALLY cannot relate to the oppostition to this. Also, parents, as a whole, are not sharing this information with their children. I remember the 5th grade "sex-ed" class - it was a joke. The class was about our changing bodies, menstruation & the pituitary gland. Nothing about sex, the emotional baggage for teens, STIs or pregnancy - stuff that everyone knew something about, but not enough. I remember the 5th graders asking each other since they couldn't & wouldn't talk to the parents "about that"! Age-appropriate explanations and knowledge is power. This opposition is not.
What is wrong with teaching children the proper names for body parts? The "other names" are not cute IMO. Nothing wrong with teaching 1st graders about same-gender relationships. Even if you don't know "any gay people", it is a reality that they will run into on tv, in movies & on the internet. Of course, it is VERY important to know exactly what sex entails - vaginal, anal & oral. Don't want some boy telling the girls that oral "is not really sex & you can't get any dieseases". I REALLY cannot relate to the oppostition to this. Also, parents, as a whole, are not sharing this information with their children. I remember the 5th grade "sex-ed" class - it was a joke. The class was about our changing bodies, menstruation & the pituitary gland. Nothing about sex, the emotional baggage for teens, STIs or pregnancy - stuff that everyone knew something about, but not enough. I remember the 5th graders asking each other since they couldn't & wouldn't talk to the parents "about that"! Age-appropriate explanations and knowledge is power. This opposition is not.
