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I'd be happy if they could just teach reproduction/reproductive biology and such without getting into what is essentially morality- "premarital" sex, etc. The term itself is odd because most people will be intimate with, date, and love at least a few people before they find "the one". I think the word "premarital" lost most of its meaning when we stopped doing arranged marriages. Since then, it's simply an act of physical intimacy (or just good 'ol fun, depending on how nicey-nice you want to talk about it) that takes place between two people who like each other.

It bothers me a lot, also, that the common opinion is "anything that doesn't teach abstinence promotes sex"... that someone arms a child with information on the risks of sex, and how to best protect themselves if they truly must engage in it, is effectively stuffing condoms in their pockets and putting them on a non-stop train to Whore Town, USA. That's simply nonsense. Teaching anything other than abstinence is not encouraging sex, just because it's not saying "absolutely don't do it under any circumstances at all ever or your dick will fall off and burst into flames".

JJ, an ex of mine was also taught in her school that swimming with a boy too closely (not specifically with an erection, "too closely") could get you pregnant- basically the same thing being inferred, though. They were taught that "sex means reproduction, and is therefore only for married people"... which is basically why "condoms don't work". And that is a public school.

The influence of the local churches is a scary thing on the public education system. There, it was the Mormons. They're a scary thing by themselves.