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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
There are teenagers who think you can't get STDs from oral sex. Anal sex needs to be addressed, though many still view it as sodomy. When it comes to STDs, vaginal sex and anal sex have different issues.
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That is not a gay issue, its just stupid kids being stupid. It could be handled in the course of any sex ed class.
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Pregnancy shouldn't only be taught in the context of avoidance. It should be taught in it's entirety. Lesbians get pregnant, gays have sperm.
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But this is about homosexual sexual education. This is all covered as well in normal sex ed. Unless you had a section 'for gays only' I don't see where any issue is here.
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Human sexuality is more than just mechanics and STDs. Sex education should include topics of identity and relationships. To exclude homosexuality could marginalize anywhere between 1 to 10 out of every 100 students on issues that pertain to them specifically.
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To play devils advocate you are talking about using up limited class time on 1-10% of the kids? Also on a more serious note, teaching sexual identity and relationships seems rather silly. I see little real value beyond psychobabble feel good stuff. Forming relationships is what humans just do, you might as well have them read Dale Carnegie. Forming your own sexual identity is not going to be shaped by your gym/sex ed teacher unless of course it involved inappropriate touching. Thats an ongoing process and I can't see it being handled well by a school in a group format.
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There are many people who believe that a lesbian sexual relationship isn't really sex, so there are no risks such as those found in heterosexual relationships. This is what education is for. These things need to be understood. Do not underestimate the ignorance of youth, especially when it comes to the topic of homosexuality, which still greatly stigmatized. Actually, it is because of this last point--stigmatization--that teaching homosexuality should be standard.
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Yes kids are stupid, and after advanced sex ed they will still be stupid. Many are still stupid here even after having a lot of sex and being in college, its just part of the human condition.
I still stand behind this might make SOME gay students feel a bit better about being gay. Thats a good thing. Its going to do NOTHING about the social stigma of being gay when you are 16 though, as they will instantly fall to the bottom of the dominance game that highschool is.
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Originally Posted by onesnowyowl
Haven't you all noticed that the less we talk about sex--abstinence-only education--the more the teen pregnancy and STD rates go up?
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Need source, last time I heard pregnancy rates are very much down.