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haven't been in the writing mood. i love my mentor, andrea. she looks after me so very well.
bush pisses me off with his abstinence policies. apparently he thinks that if abstinence is taught as merely an option of preventing pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, students don't take it seriously enough. so now he is offering aide to schools who preach abstinence not as an option, but THE ONLY OPTION. and if birth control is to be mentioned, it has to be in the negative, i.e. sentences as follows: "condoms break and aren't an effective method of birth control", "birth control makes you gain weight".
this is going to be as effective as the "JUST SAY NO" drug campaign. getting 40-year old sex educators to tell us that sex is bad, that birth control methods don't work, and the only way to escape this all is to practice abstinence.
i have a real problem with this. not because i don't believe in abstinence, i am a hopeless romantic who agrees that sex should be reserved for couples who are very seriously in love and that making love is more than just an act, it is an expression of a deeper, unspoken, emotion that binds two people together. yes, this should be something that married couples enjoy. however, i am also realistic enough to understand that this view isn't shared by everybody. sex can be something that is merely a physical enjoyment, something that brings you pleasure, but if having a baby or contracting an STD isn't in your planner, maybe you might want to consider using condoms. telling schools that if they omit to inform their students about condoms, diaphragms, Depo-Provera, birth control pills, etc. that they will be offered MORE funding is a shity, Republican, conservative way that i view almost as disgusting as telling women that they have no right over their bodies. teenagers need to be taught that engaging in sexual activities comes with a lot of responsibilies, not merely that it is to be shunned. teenagers need to be taught that sex isn't a nasty, horrible thing (think how many sexually-depraved married couples we will have in fifteen years), but something that should be valued, appreciated and respected. abstinence has to be offered as a choice, not enforced as the only way. you want a youth who can make an educated decision not to engage in sexual activities, instead of one who doesn't know where to buy condoms or how to use one effectively.
no adult wants to think of their children being sexually active. and yes, denial is a powerful tool. but do you really want to pretend that preaching abstinence only with no mention of birth control or STD-prevention is the right means of educating a youth who is emersed in a culture where sex, power, and money equals success?
"Some go to church and think about fishing, others go fishing and think about God." -Tony Blake-
in other news, i am REALLY craving to go fishing. went last friday night on a party boat with Boy, and we caught a total of four fish, one of which was the 2nd largest fish on the boat for the night. want to fish. need to fish. fish fish fish.
bush pisses me off with his abstinence policies. apparently he thinks that if abstinence is taught as merely an option of preventing pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, students don't take it seriously enough. so now he is offering aide to schools who preach abstinence not as an option, but THE ONLY OPTION. and if birth control is to be mentioned, it has to be in the negative, i.e. sentences as follows: "condoms break and aren't an effective method of birth control", "birth control makes you gain weight".
this is going to be as effective as the "JUST SAY NO" drug campaign. getting 40-year old sex educators to tell us that sex is bad, that birth control methods don't work, and the only way to escape this all is to practice abstinence.
i have a real problem with this. not because i don't believe in abstinence, i am a hopeless romantic who agrees that sex should be reserved for couples who are very seriously in love and that making love is more than just an act, it is an expression of a deeper, unspoken, emotion that binds two people together. yes, this should be something that married couples enjoy. however, i am also realistic enough to understand that this view isn't shared by everybody. sex can be something that is merely a physical enjoyment, something that brings you pleasure, but if having a baby or contracting an STD isn't in your planner, maybe you might want to consider using condoms. telling schools that if they omit to inform their students about condoms, diaphragms, Depo-Provera, birth control pills, etc. that they will be offered MORE funding is a shity, Republican, conservative way that i view almost as disgusting as telling women that they have no right over their bodies. teenagers need to be taught that engaging in sexual activities comes with a lot of responsibilies, not merely that it is to be shunned. teenagers need to be taught that sex isn't a nasty, horrible thing (think how many sexually-depraved married couples we will have in fifteen years), but something that should be valued, appreciated and respected. abstinence has to be offered as a choice, not enforced as the only way. you want a youth who can make an educated decision not to engage in sexual activities, instead of one who doesn't know where to buy condoms or how to use one effectively.
no adult wants to think of their children being sexually active. and yes, denial is a powerful tool. but do you really want to pretend that preaching abstinence only with no mention of birth control or STD-prevention is the right means of educating a youth who is emersed in a culture where sex, power, and money equals success?
"Some go to church and think about fishing, others go fishing and think about God." -Tony Blake-
in other news, i am REALLY craving to go fishing. went last friday night on a party boat with Boy, and we caught a total of four fish, one of which was the 2nd largest fish on the boat for the night. want to fish. need to fish. fish fish fish.
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bush irritates me to no end. i really wish that he would get on the right track and stop trying to bring up america like he was brought up. ugh that man makes me sick
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