Argggh....
Jul. 12th, 2006 10:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
patgundThis details a lot of my complaints about the "abstinence-only" so-called sex-ed programmes. Much of the information is inaccurate at best, and flat out false at worse. Not to mention degrading sexual and gender stereotypes.
I have no problems with stressing abstinence, but at least give the kids *ALL* the information they need to make an informed decision for themselves. Falsehoods only make the problem worse, as does scaring people.
The Devil Wears Trojan
"According to abstinence-only supporters, premarital sex, contraception and a litany of other common practices deviate from the values of the “traditional family,” a structure conservatives see as the backbone of American society. Unprotected, monogamous sex between and a man and a woman is the foundation of this union. Promoting abstinence means a commitment to protecting and promoting the “traditional family,” a family model in which each person has a known purpose and position. The fear of sex education is part of a broader reluctance to let go of these traditional “Leave it to Beaver” gender roles.
In Kanab, Utah, the city council recently passed a resolution decreeing that its top priority was to protect and nurture the “natural family. … We envision young women growing into wives, homemakers, and mothers. … We look to a landscape of family homes, lawns, and gardens busy with useful tasks and ringing with the laughter of many children.”
Women have been leaving their traditional roles as mother and wife in part due to the sexual revolution; but some conservatives argue that this deviation from what nature intended has had substantial negative impact on women. Amy Kass, a former University of Chicago professor of classics, wrote, “The happiness they [women] were promised — the happiness they dearly want — is somehow eluding them. … The politics of sexual liberation for women have devolved into a veritable nightmare.” In Ms. Kass’ version of the war between male desire and female virtue, both men and women are happier when the traditional model of gender relations is restored. Men make advances, and women resist with the “promise of yielding should the man prove his worth.”
Leon R. Kass, Amy Kass’ husband and former chairman of the President’s Council on Bioethics under President George W. Bush, revealed the truly revolutionary implications of the sexual liberation movement: “For the first time in human history, mature women by the tens of thousands live the entire decade of their twenties — their most fertile years — neither in the homes of their fathers nor in the homes of their husbands; unprotected, lonely, and out of sync with their inborn nature.”
I have no problems with stressing abstinence, but at least give the kids *ALL* the information they need to make an informed decision for themselves. Falsehoods only make the problem worse, as does scaring people.
The Devil Wears Trojan
"According to abstinence-only supporters, premarital sex, contraception and a litany of other common practices deviate from the values of the “traditional family,” a structure conservatives see as the backbone of American society. Unprotected, monogamous sex between and a man and a woman is the foundation of this union. Promoting abstinence means a commitment to protecting and promoting the “traditional family,” a family model in which each person has a known purpose and position. The fear of sex education is part of a broader reluctance to let go of these traditional “Leave it to Beaver” gender roles.
In Kanab, Utah, the city council recently passed a resolution decreeing that its top priority was to protect and nurture the “natural family. … We envision young women growing into wives, homemakers, and mothers. … We look to a landscape of family homes, lawns, and gardens busy with useful tasks and ringing with the laughter of many children.”
Women have been leaving their traditional roles as mother and wife in part due to the sexual revolution; but some conservatives argue that this deviation from what nature intended has had substantial negative impact on women. Amy Kass, a former University of Chicago professor of classics, wrote, “The happiness they [women] were promised — the happiness they dearly want — is somehow eluding them. … The politics of sexual liberation for women have devolved into a veritable nightmare.” In Ms. Kass’ version of the war between male desire and female virtue, both men and women are happier when the traditional model of gender relations is restored. Men make advances, and women resist with the “promise of yielding should the man prove his worth.”
Leon R. Kass, Amy Kass’ husband and former chairman of the President’s Council on Bioethics under President George W. Bush, revealed the truly revolutionary implications of the sexual liberation movement: “For the first time in human history, mature women by the tens of thousands live the entire decade of their twenties — their most fertile years — neither in the homes of their fathers nor in the homes of their husbands; unprotected, lonely, and out of sync with their inborn nature.”
