Last night on Channel 4 I watched a programe about sex education. The question being, how young should sex education be taught in school's. Surely, the sooner the better, is knowing about sex not as important as the three R's? Is this not the way to stop under age pregnancy, and the spread of STD's?
The impression that a lot of people have that sex is something dirty is out dated, and needs to be revised. School children are more advanced now than they were thirty, twenty, even ten years ago. Sex is not a dirty thing, without it none of us would be here, and maybe if children were told about mastaurbation they could have a sexual experience without running the risk of pregnancy and STD's.
I have never understood why the subject of sex is such a taboo, without it none of us would be here, so where is the harm in discussing it with children under 15? They do it in Holland, and it hasnt done their kids any harm.
I dont sugest we show pornography in school's, but genuine sex education videos can surely do no harm, kids are going to experiment anyway, so at least we could give them the basics.
I told my son everything when he was about 5! Now he's 15 and hormonal, but seems quite well balanced about it. Knowing everything means you don't feel the need to rush out and risk yourself in experiments with strangers.
I agree, the idea that sex is taboo is born out of patriarchal religion - and we need to let it go.