Sexual Education (Sex-ed)

• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-02-16 04:44
  obviously educate on using condoms and birth control for people who want to have sex
  point out that you can buy from drug stores and that no one cares about you buying them
  
  [video=youtube;40npOyt_qBA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40npOyt_qBA[/video]
• Strawberry wrote on 2012-02-16 06:08

  Get the media’s attention (Somehow make this a national issue, thereby causing some sort of change)

  
  
  It would probably work, but the media in the first place these days are the ones that encourage people, even young children who are influenced by it into activities like sex at a young age.
  
  In the past, such scenes used to to be censored in movies and whatnot with a black screen fade or whatever, and just looking at now, they show it.
  
  

  How was sexual education was presented in your lifetime? (If any)

  
  
  From school, we got taught completely through Sex ED, even though pretty much in Middle School, nobody happened to take the concept of it seriously.
  
  

  How do you believe sexual education should be presented/improved upon?

  
  
  I think it would be better off introducing stuff like this in a more serious environment, so people actually take it more seriously, rather than just laughing these kind of things off as if they're not going to happen.
  
  Encouragement of immunizations as well would also help too.
• Phunkie wrote on 2012-02-16 06:20
  We need to starting teaching kids (as in, teenagers) that it's okay to have sex, as long as it's safe sex.
  
  My Mom brought me up with that same idea. Of course, she encouraged that one should only have sex with someone special, since it's not something that should be given up to anyone or so easily (but that's just my belief). However, she told me that if I were ever to have sex, to always use condoms.
  
  Lack of communication is the problem here in the United States. We make sex seem like it's something completely unholy, when it's something completely natural.
  
  The attitude should be:
  
  

  "You shouldn't be having sex at such an early age, because you may not be—and truthfully, no kid is—psychologically ready for the consequences of sex. However, if you do decide that you want to have sex, please be safe and use condoms."

  
  
  It shouldn't be:
  
  

  "DON'T HAVE SEX."

• Episkey wrote on 2012-02-16 06:39
  I like the whole education route everyone is going with, I truly agree it's one of the best ways to solve/improve on this issue.
  I just have to manipulate a possible solution in order to fit my intended goal! :cheer:
  
  

  Quote from Strawberry;776061:

  It would probably work, but the media in the first place these days are the ones that encourage people, even young children who are influenced by it into activities like sex at a young age.
  
  In the past, such scenes used to to be censored in movies and whatnot with a black screen fade or whatever, and just looking at now, they show it.

  
  
  Yeah. I'm trying to think about the media option but I can see how it could easily back-fire. My friend suggested the solution of creating a group/organization that would be involved with the media in promoting safer sexual practices.
  That could work, the question now becomes - what would this organization promote and how would it happen?
  
  

  Quote from Phunkie;776075:

  
  My Mom brought me up with that same idea. Of course, she encouraged that one should only have sex with someone special, since it's not something that should be given up to anyone or so easily (but that's just my belief). However, she told me that if I were ever to have sex, to always use condoms.

  
  
  So abstinence-plus? It sounds like what you're describing.
  Also to be fair, abstinence is just withholding from sex until marriage/that one person.
  
  For the 4th option, what I'm thinking about is having the government encourage places of worship to sponsor/have sex education classes. It wouldn't be requiring them to do so. and there's already a fund in place for supporting such organizations.
  
  I personally think it's the parent's job of talking about other options such as condoms and contraceptives. The school/education system could be more informative-based, that way sex isn't treated as some taboo and a mystery.
• Milk wrote on 2012-02-16 07:42
  Sexual Education seemed abit pointless but it did clarify some things about STDs.
  
  I feel like the sexual education courses that highschools offer are more than enough if not the perfect way to inform people about the dangers of STDs / Having sex with a stranger.
  
  Weather or not people choose to still choose to take risks is on them.
  
  On a side note I was ill informed by a teacher/ Std awareness thing I had in middle school, They told us that just by having unprotected sex that we could contract HIV even if the partner & you did not have HIV/AIDS so I was completly afraid of the idea of having un protected sex up until highschool where a teacher clarified it to us.
• Episkey wrote on 2012-02-16 07:46

  Quote from Milk;776151:

  
  On a side note I was ill informed by a teacher/ Std awareness thing I had in middle school, They told us that just by having unprotected sex that we could contract HIV even if the partner & you did not have HIV/AIDS so I was completly afraid of the idea of having un protected sex up until highschool where a teacher clarified it to us.

  
  
  Perhaps the teacher meant that you could still catch HIV virus even if the person didn't show signs of HIV/AIDS?
  Being infected with something neither of you have is ... well. In any case, I could only think of needles or something similar making that possible.
  I'm glad it was cleared up for you.
  
  Thanks for the personal experiences, It's good stuff to read. [S]Especially when I'm busy procrastinating on said project. [/S]