Poll: Pleasure in sex ed

[SarcasminBloom]

No, that's a terrible idea.

Sex Ed is the most awkward time in a health class. Having the 50 year old spiteful teacher pass out condoms and talk about how the penis works is awkward enough.

In all seriousness, Sex Ed is there to teach people about the dangers of sex, how the reproductive system works, and how to be safe while having sex.

In order to learn how to do it right, there are other people you can ask, plus just doing it is good practice in itself.

 

[Jonluw]

Well, we're still pretty lax about sex.

It's just that when I'm asked to imagine a Danish stereotype, it pretty much only conjures up an image of a slightly corpulent nudist with red sausage and smørrebrød... Perhaps smoking a joint.

I don't know why I think you're all nudists...

Spoiler: It might have something to do with all the commercials that air over here

Spoiler: And in case you haven't seen this sketch yet:

Smørrebrød is awesome. Nothing beats it for lunch. What is it even called in english ? In my knowledge rugbrød is a scandinavian thing right? :s

- I'm laughing so hard I'm crying over those 2 commercials. They are soooo true ! Except, that your neighbors will come join you if you play loud music all night!

I don't know about rugbrød, but pålegg/pålæg is as a term pretty much untranslateble. Other countries just don't really have the whole bread culture. You never see people in movies eating just a straight slice of bread with a few slices of cheese...

When you're saying 'rugbrød' now, are you referring to that dark brown, compact things normally cut in thin slices, or just regular bread made from rye?

True about the pålæg. And true about the lacking of bread culture. It's so sad really. One of our national food traditions for Christmas and Easter is "the big cold table" (Makes sense in danish, - Det store kolde bord) with rugbrød with all sorts of different toppings/pålæg.

When i say rugbrød, i mean this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugbrød That bread is awesome. Later in my education I'm going to be studying in America, and my biggest fear is not being able to get my rugbrød

*shiver* I really don't like rugbrød.

The Americans do have the expression 'smörgåsbord' though. In Norway we call it 'Koldtbord'.

 

[Fwee]

I just wanted to point out how awkward this is seeing 3 pages of Bieber fans talking about sex.

You shittin' me? This is the best thing the internet's ever done and no one realizes it!

 

[Fwee]

Example: Keep the avatar in mind while you read this sentence.

I hit the ramp at 98 miles per hour but the tires on my Hummer exploded when we landed. I managed to bring it into a controlled skid, even though my girlfriend was sitting in my lap making out with our boyfriend, and we were all pretty drunk.
Then we all climbed out and the damn thing exploded while I was grabbing JFK's lost treasure out of the back. I started yelling at Staci and 8Ball how friggin' loud that was and all they could do was point out the crotch of my panda suit was on fire.
Edit: By the way, Staci is the boyfriend and 8ball is the girlfriend. She has a mohawk. He has seven metal hoops in his lip.

 

[Napierdalac]

Well, we're still pretty lax about sex.

It's just that when I'm asked to imagine a Danish stereotype, it pretty much only conjures up an image of a slightly corpulent nudist with red sausage and smørrebrød... Perhaps smoking a joint.

I don't know why I think you're all nudists...

Spoiler: It might have something to do with all the commercials that air over here

Spoiler: And in case you haven't seen this sketch yet:

Smørrebrød is awesome. Nothing beats it for lunch. What is it even called in english ? In my knowledge rugbrød is a scandinavian thing right? :s

- I'm laughing so hard I'm crying over those 2 commercials. They are soooo true ! Except, that your neighbors will come join you if you play loud music all night!

I don't know about rugbrød, but pålegg/pålæg is as a term pretty much untranslateble. Other countries just don't really have the whole bread culture. You never see people in movies eating just a straight slice of bread with a few slices of cheese...

When you're saying 'rugbrød' now, are you referring to that dark brown, compact things normally cut in thin slices, or just regular bread made from rye?

True about the pålæg. And true about the lacking of bread culture. It's so sad really. One of our national food traditions for Christmas and Easter is "the big cold table" (Makes sense in danish, - Det store kolde bord) with rugbrød with all sorts of different toppings/pålæg.

When i say rugbrød, i mean this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugbrød That bread is awesome. Later in my education I'm going to be studying in America, and my biggest fear is not being able to get my rugbrød

*shiver* I really don't like rugbrød.

The Americans do have the expression 'smörgåsbord' though. In Norway we call it 'Koldtbord'.

It's funny, a lot of people, even Danes say they don't like rugbrød. But usually it's because they haven't tasted proper rugbrød. LOT of them are hard, sour and makes your eyes dry out because it's so dry, but proper rugbrød is made of pure win. And if you top it of with some leverpostej (danish type of liver pate) it's food from heavens. I eat it everyday.

 

[easternflame]

I put yes because at a certain degree, yes, not to standarize sex but to show students it's important to know how they should pleasure their partner

 

[Spacelord]

No, since the main point of sex ed is making sure kids don't get pregnant, sick or killed. Everything else is just gravy, they can work that out in their spare time.

 

[Jonluw]

Well, we're still pretty lax about sex.

It's just that when I'm asked to imagine a Danish stereotype, it pretty much only conjures up an image of a slightly corpulent nudist with red sausage and smørrebrød... Perhaps smoking a joint.

I don't know why I think you're all nudists...

Spoiler: It might have something to do with all the commercials that air over here

Spoiler: And in case you haven't seen this sketch yet:

Smørrebrød is awesome. Nothing beats it for lunch. What is it even called in english ? In my knowledge rugbrød is a scandinavian thing right? :s

- I'm laughing so hard I'm crying over those 2 commercials. They are soooo true ! Except, that your neighbors will come join you if you play loud music all night!

I don't know about rugbrød, but pålegg/pålæg is as a term pretty much untranslateble. Other countries just don't really have the whole bread culture. You never see people in movies eating just a straight slice of bread with a few slices of cheese...

When you're saying 'rugbrød' now, are you referring to that dark brown, compact things normally cut in thin slices, or just regular bread made from rye?

True about the pålæg. And true about the lacking of bread culture. It's so sad really. One of our national food traditions for Christmas and Easter is "the big cold table" (Makes sense in danish, - Det store kolde bord) with rugbrød with all sorts of different toppings/pålæg.

When i say rugbrød, i mean this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugbrød That bread is awesome. Later in my education I'm going to be studying in America, and my biggest fear is not being able to get my rugbrød

*shiver* I really don't like rugbrød.

The Americans do have the expression 'smörgåsbord' though. In Norway we call it 'Koldtbord'.

It's funny, a lot of people, even Danes say they don't like rugbrød. But usually it's because they haven't tasted proper rugbrød. LOT of them are hard, sour and makes your eyes dry out because it's so dry, but proper rugbrød is made of pure win. And if you top it of with some leverpostej (danish type of liver pate) it's food from heavens. I eat it everyday.

I hear what you're saying, but I'll just say no for now...

 

[trouble_gum]

I think it'd depend whether we're talking "Good Oral Sex Technique 101" or "This is a clitoris, here is where it usually is, touching it in some way during sex is likely to elicit pleasure from the person possessing it."

Granted, I'm not sure that turning guides to pleasure in sex into something acceptable in a Sex Ed. class would actually serve any real purpose.

 

[Jodah]

In theory sure. The problem is with all the drama around sex-ed vs religion, outright teaching people that sex can be for pleasure would just make things worse.

 

[Gigaguy64]

If you wanna know how to please your partner, ask your Dad or Mom.

Because that conversation'll be terribly fun.

OT: I don't think so, but it wouldn't be a terrible idea to give a quick once-over of some stuff. It'll all get figured out through personal experience anyway, so there isn't a whole lot that's needed to be taught.

A big old Barrel of Monkeys eh?

 

[sumanoskae]

I personally wouldn't be bothered by it, but it would definitely have to be optional. I'm sure someone is offended by this.

 

[Napierdalac]

I hear what you're saying, but I'll just say no for now...

How can you say no to that? On special occasions, top it off with a slice of bacon, and angels will sing.

 

[Metal Brother]

Speaking as the father of two pre-pubescent children, I can't wait to have that conversation myself. But I do not want the school doing it for me.

 

[Jonluw]

How can you say no to that? On special occasions, top it off with a slice of bacon, and angels will sing.

The only things I can see worth eating in that picture are the cucumber slices. If they hadn't already been tainted by the leverpostei, that is.

 

[commodore96]

They should because not everyone has a black chef to ask sex questions

 

[Jaime_Wolf]

I agree with the OP pretty much wholeheartedly. If you get the basic concept, I don't think further instruction is really necessary. Might not hurt to mention ideas like paying attention to the other party and being explicit about what you like and don't like.

On the other hand, a lot of sex eds seems to go far too far in the opposite direction, speaking about sexual biology and/or (if they're lucky) contraceptives and completely avoiding actually mentioning sex. This main product of this strategy seems to be embarassment for these people later on.

(The bit about standardizing sex seemed more than a little bit outlandish to me.)

 

[Russian_Assassin]

The first step would be to introduce such a thing in Greece. There is NO sex ed whatsoever here. At least I had fun figuring out how it all worked myself...

 

[Sporky111]

I think the movie "American Pie" should be made a part of sex-ed curriculum.

 

[NoeL]

I voted "to a degree". You need to point out where the sensitive bits are, even if it's when you're just going over the diagrams explaining what each part does.