Originally Posted by aceventura3

I think it should start with parenting skills. I think we should make it a cultural expectation. I think children should grow up in a world where they don't have social pressure to engage in sex. I agree that there will be some who engage in sex, but just like we are changing our culture regarding smoking cigarettes I think we can change our culture regarding children engaging in sex. I am not normally an idealist but I think we would be better off moving in the direction of abstinence for children.

All that sounds great, but the fact remains that biologically teens have a super high sex drive. No amount of telling them not to have sex has ever or will ever deter them.

---------- Post added at 12:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:27 PM ----------

When a teenager is 15, 16, 17, that is when they are at the highest risk of sexual experimentation. This is the age when they may incur the most pressure to engage in sex. These are the ages when we need to be the most aggressive with education and the promotion of postponing sexual activity.


I don't know if you have ever met a teenager, but trying to be aggressive and cram things down their throats is what makes them rebel.

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The studies say what they say, and they said AO programs studied had no real impact one way or the other. I accept that some could conclude that the programs are therefore ineffective, I simply would attempt to modify the programs. I accept that others would simply want to stop funding the programs, that is why this is a political issue.


I can't understand how you can want to modify a completely and provably ineffectual concept. AO does not achieve it's intended goal, you can't modify failure.

---------- Post added at 12:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:31 PM ----------

Maybe, maybe not - but I won't have a problem telling him that the current issue of Playboy and locking the door will work wonders taking the edge off before and after your date. I won't have a problem telling him 18 years is a long, long time to deal with a loopy baby momma. I won't have a problem telling him they ain't got a cure for AIDs. I won't have a problem telling him that if it is too easy, it won't be worth it. And, I won't have a problem telling him to be a gentlemen.