Jill Stanek - "Sex-Ed is Unnecessary and Harmful"
With renewed debate over how to curb the rampant, irresponsible sexual activity of our youth - the other side pushing more of what sexualized our children to begin with - we thought it a good time to resurrect a good piece on Life Site News last year by Psychiatrist Dr. Philip Ney regarding sex education for children.
Dr. Ney's assessment? There is "no particular need" for it. Some of his more noteworthy points:
* The more sex education, the more sexual self-consciousness. There is substantial evidence that the more sex education, especially on technique, the more the couple is sexually inhibited. The greater the emphasis on sexual performance, the less communication and interpersonal intimacy there is....
* The more sex education, the more sexual activity. It is quite conclusive now, that the more sex education, the more sexual activity and all the problems that go with that. The introduction of sex education is well correlated with the increase in abortion, STDs and boy-girl interpersonal problems.
* The earlier the sex education, the younger children explore sex and try various sexual techniques. Present evidence makes it possible to also conclude that the earlier the sex education, the earlier the sexual behavior.
* In preventing disease and pregnancy, sex education has been a failure. Sex education has had the opposite effect in preventing young people from engaging in "risky sexual behavior."
* The reliance on condoms has been dangerously misleading. There are sexually transmitted diseases (eg. HPV) for which condoms offer no protection.... Condom use creates the false impression of safety, thus encouraging sex....}
* There is nothing in sex education that cannot be part of a more effective general health education.
* Sex education creates mind absorbing conflicts and preoccupations. Exposing children to sexual titillation (sex education) creates conflicts and preoccupations that interfere with their mental health, education and personal development.
Read the Opposing Views debate, Should Abstinence Only Sex-Ed Be Taught in Schools?
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So I followed the link "lifesitenews" and of course it's an anti- abortion website. It's also the worst kind of pro-life site. Follow the Tiller links. It's just another politically charged anti-abortion, no education site.
I defend their right to say whatever they want, but I will be glad when their movement dies off.
Good catch tek.
I have to say, however, that although I find the anti abortion movement off the edge, I think they are owed some gratitude for changing attitudes. In the seventies, abortion was the primary method of birth control. Even very strong pro choice advocates would disagree with abortion as a primary means of birth control.
I agree with your distaste for the inserted link. It's a bit sneaky to layer that in with a opinion piece.
"It's a bit sneaky to layer that in with a opinion piece". At least with the link we can to some degree ascertain the positions of the articles author.
"Even very strong pro choice..." I agree completely. It is so very sad that as late as the 70's the primary method would be abortion . I would attribute this to a lack of sex education on the use of protective and preventative measures. Reduction in necessity is the only sane answer.
Ms Stanek has an interesting if un-PC point of view. Anyone visiting a local high school or middle school is in for a shock, and will see that Ms Stanek is on to something.
The quality and value of sex education depends on the instruction. Instructional quality can't be controlled or even accurately measured. Ms Stanek's point then is valid even if some of its details are questionable.
Doesn't sexual conduct include value systems and moral conduct? As I suggested earlier, visit your local secondary school for a primer on why sex education must include ethical conduct. Can secondary schools be entrusted to teach ethical decision making?
These are the same schools failing to teach math or English.
When teenagers engage in serious sexual petting openly and in public, questions need to be asked about the ability of schools to monitor ethical behavior. It has happened, and will happen again that females are engaged in a heavy makeout session against their will. It has happened and will happen again, young men on secondary campus' lie in wait inside girls restrooms while friends provide look out service. It has happened and it will happen again, young women engage in sexual acts inside a boys bathroom or girls bathroom stall.
If this is natural, I'm afraid I'm voting against natural instinct and for Ms Stanek.
I remember being taught sex-ed in sixth grade. As you say, it happens and will happen again. But..when I reached high school there were only two girls(that I knew of) that were pregnant.
Now, flash forward. My daughter is in the same high school I attended. Now, there is a daycare, as with all the 5 other high schools.This is not a problem? And to top it all off they dont teach sex-ed until they are in 10th grade because; quote from the school board " kids are not mature enough to be taught sex-ed any earlier than 10th grade". By the time the schools get around to teaching sex-ed, the kids have already had sex without any education at all. Its a little too late to be teaching sex-ed in 10th grade.
I am not condoning sex, but they are going to do it no matter what. The only thing we can do is educate our kids and teach them, its up to them what decision they make. All we can do is give them the tools to make the right decision.
Good point about the frequency of teen pregnancy . My own take on that is that boys need more 'responsibility' education than sex education . As soon as the bump appears the boys disappear.
It's really shameful but I am not sure sex education is the answer although I am not totally sure what is.
Why just the boys? It takes two.
because girls are innocent and pure. They have no desire for sex and have to be pushed into like by evil hormone driven boys.
It is always puzzling how people seem to forget the old 'it takes two to tango'.
Sex is a basic human instinct, sex is hardwired. It cannot be stopped, people will do whatever they want no matter what anyone else says or does. When are people like you actually going to see reality and accept it for what it is. The best thing that can be done is to educate our young people so that they know the risks.