Midnight Pete
Well-Known Member
I disagree completely; and as others have pointed out this flies in the face of the facts. People are more than capable of having responsible sex free of diseases and unwanted pregnancy. It involves knowing your partner, getting tested/screened for STD's, and using contraceptives properly.
How often is any of this actually done? How many young people display that level of wisdom and responsibility? HIndsight is 20/20, isn't it?
Far from being a "secular" thing, teen pregnancies are actually most prevalent in America in the south -- the most deeply religious, where people don't receive proper sex education (all they get is that abstinence only crapola).
Glad you mentioned that. Abstinence Only has proven itself to be a dismal failure. It is crapola. Just look at Bristol Palin.
The religious solution is apparently to just sweep the problem under the rug and then blame hormonal kids for when they engage in something completely natural to do -- perhaps excacerbated by making it so taboo.
You can't blame kids for being hormonal. You can't blame kids for being rebellious, either. Sex is completely natural but that doesn't mean there are no unwanted consequences. Why do young people learn these lessons only after it's too late? Why do they spend the rest of their lives regretting one bad decision?
The REAL solution is to discourage kids from engaging in sex but to ensure they know how to protect themselves if they're going to make that decision anyway. It has the added benefit of providing them knowledge on how to protect themselves and their partners when they're mature enough to actually be making those decision.
I agree 100%.
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