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There's a great difference here between what one ADVOCATES and what one TEACHES. I.E. discussing Adolf Hitler's reasons for the Holocaust isn't to say that you support them. (And I would have used Pol Pot but I don't really know much about that situation). A comprehensive sex ed. program (and I have discounted a "have sex" program because... honestly that really doesn't exist) does not advocate anything if careful. BUT... by teaching children about safer sex, you're, in turn, telling them this is a safe, socially responsible lifestyle and it's your choice whether or not to live it.
I know Talon already pointed this out to you, but...
Comprehensive sex ed teaches FACTS. Facts, such as 'this is the effectiveness of a condom if used properly', or 'these are the risks you face if you have sex'. Believe me, I'm pretty sure that no matter how liberal the state or the school system or the independent school, if sex were being
advocated to a group of minors, we would hear about it. Big time.
I sat through many years of comprehensive sex-ed/health classes, as did all of my friends and many of my peers that I interact with today. Those of us who are now sexually active - and that's NOT all of us, despite the fact that you seem to think teaching about the risks associated with sex and how to protect oneself from them equals advocating teens to run out and get laid left and right - learned how to keep ourselves safe. We learned how stupid it is to have unprotected sex, even if it's with a monogamous partner. We learned WHY we should use contraception, and which methods are most effective. And, amazingly enough, we learned that abstinence was in fact an option for us, and statistically, in terms of STDs and pregnancy, probably the safest option of them all.
Yes, you heard that correctly. Comprehensive sex ed does, in fact, teach about abstinence. It even ADVOCATES it.
Schools are for teaching facts. The facts are that sex occurs between consenting (and, unfortunately, sometimes non-consenting) partners. The facts are that there are multiple ways of protecting oneself against some of the risks that go along with sex, and that each of these ways has a different level of effectiveness.
Schools are also for preparing students for the 'real world' out there - and in that real world, sex happens.
If you want to advocate morals, that's not the job of the school. That's the job of the parents. If they believe that their child shouldn't have sex until they're married and ready for children, that's THEIR job to impart.
Also, as an aside to anyone who DOES advocate AO-miseducation: Did you know that in order to receive federal funding for AO, contraception cannot be talked about at all, unless it's to mention failure rates? Studies have shown that students who have the misfortune to be subjected to AO-miseducation are therefore less likely, when ignoring all those calls to be abstinent, to use any form of contraception at all than their peers who received comprehensive sex-ed, because those students know nothing of how contraception can help them - even save their life.
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