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In our school in Sydney, our teachers said that if we did it, we should do it protected.
Our P.E. teacher also said we shouldn't do it with random strangers, for these strange chicks might have "vagina dentata".
We asked, curious, "What's that?"
What came after that was probably the worst mental imagery I have ever experienced.
He was joking, of course, but I don't think the scars will ever heal.
Our P.E. teacher also said we shouldn't do it with random strangers, for these strange chicks might have "vagina dentata".
We asked, curious, "What's that?"
What came after that was probably the worst mental imagery I have ever experienced.
He was joking, of course, but I don't think the scars will ever heal.
I had an "interesting" sex ed. In year 10 (english schools) we played a "Game" where you were everyone (about 120 people) were given a card with a number of "dances" on (times having sex) you had a number between 1-10. There were 10 separate occasions to dance. You then went up and matched with someone that many times. Some people however were "std transmitters" who if you danced with them you had the std. Interestingly by the end of it there were about 11 out of 120 who wern't infected (I think 5 people started with the infection). After wards we were shown pictures of STD's that were pretty horrific to say the least.
In Alberta we start "Sex Ed" in Grade 4 (Age 9-10) and it persists until Grade 11 (Age 16) where they actually make you practice applying various birth control methods (diaphragms, Condoms) on plastic models of Penises and Vaginas. It was thorough, though a little "fear mongering" with the whole "Abstinence is the only garaunteed way to prevent STD's and pregnancy" being stressed. Interestingly I was friends with a girl who was the 1% failiure rate of the Condom + Pill combo.
I second this plan. Nothing like a little dorkiness to save lives and prevent unplanned pregnancies.BallPtPenTheif said:
Personaly I find Sex-ed obsolete in society. Here, in Ireland, all our sex-ed consisted of is four days of "your bodys' are going through many changes" and here's me thinking "yes I know I see it every time I take a whizz" and the rest got about 1 minute of face-time. I dunno about you Americans but it's pretty much useless. The usual rigmarole in Irish society is such: teens load at steaming piles of porn, music these days overuse hollow definitions of love, teens hear them, teens falls in "love" for about a month or two, teens screw each other senseless during. Now I'm a social character and so talk to friends of other friends when out in common hang-outs and this 13 yo sister of a friend's friend asks me, because I always act approachable, where was the best place to get condoms, no questions asked. I replay about her being to young and then she claims to "love" him and promptly oestrecises me as "one of them" and "I don't get teens today" (I was 17 at the time). I just think because all teens are out to prove their maturity they will do anything to "rebel" such as take on mature concepts such as the difference of love and lust. This mixed with brow-beatting of "SEX IS WRONG" pushes them further into it.
As for Holland, the land of prostitutes and stoners, we ussually learn trough friends round the age of 10 that there isnt some sorta stork carrying babies. Round the age of 12 to adults decide to teach us ^_^. I am okay with this system. it says right off the bat that unprotected sex gives a high chance of sexual deceases, and girls are stimulated to take the pill as well.
Here in Virginia, it's very similar to yours (OP), but we see the birth video in 9th grade (14-15) Biology.
I dont remember much of my sex ed...(UK here)...but i do remember a very very cheesy video which could have been easily mistaken for a 1970s porno...fur burgers = uber deterrant.
As for abstinence...theres actually evidence now that they are the most likely to have underage sex/teenage pregnancies.
It's like saying you can have the sweets in the jar that everyone likes (including you)...just makes you want them more.
MMOs are actually a far better derrant. WoW especially. No social life = massive reduction in female exposure = massive reduction in potential for drunken naughtyness = virgin for far longer.
As for abstinence...theres actually evidence now that they are the most likely to have underage sex/teenage pregnancies.
It's like saying you can have the sweets in the jar that everyone likes (including you)...just makes you want them more.
MMOs are actually a far better derrant. WoW especially. No social life = massive reduction in female exposure = massive reduction in potential for drunken naughtyness = virgin for far longer.
In Kansas, we have sex ed in eighth grade. Keep in mind, I live on a blue county island in a red sea of state. It's not simplified much, and it's not abstinence only. It's more of a "here's the information (make the right choice)" system, if you understand my language. They do teach contraceptives, STDs, organs, pregnancy, the works, but they don't stress abstinence. In the entire time I was in that class, the term "abstinence" or anything relating to it was never said by anybody.
Same here in New Jersey.Sirisaxman said:
Yeah, its become legendary in my school, its called "The Purple Monster." Also legendary is the unintentionally-funny movie "She's too young"stevetastic said:
I've yet to meet a single fellow American, irl or in the internet, who was actually taught abstinence-only. Most of the controversy comes from people trying to teach that.axia777 said:
In Alabama is don't do it or you risk pregnancy/STI's and that condoms fail almost a quarter of a time. Pretty much they are just short of telling us it will rot off if we fuck. Seeing the number of teen pregnancy's in my area (Montgomery) you see how effective that is.Onyx Oblivion said:
Edit: It is almost abstinence only but they do at least mention contraceptives, eeven if they do lie a bit about em >_>
The best sex education comes from parents that build close knit relationships with their children. Showing them real world examples are also good, take your kids to a homeless shelter for teen mothers. Teach them that irresponsible actions=negative consequences. Schools can only do so much, and as underfunded as they are these days I dont see them teaching kids that much.
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I am from Nebraska, like the OP, and I got even less (Papillion Lavista School district, if you care to know, which is in Sarpy, that STD/Pregnancy ridden quasi-Hellhole) sex ed than he did.
Mine consisted of a 12 minute video in 5th grade in which sex was mentioned to exist in the same way nuclear missiles were (dangerous and not to be screwed around with). In 8th grade, I got a Half Semester (the other half was G.R.E.A.T., gang resistance education and training, the biggest waste of time ever in Papillion, Nebraska, which has one three-man gang the last I bothered to check). The half semester course consisted of one day of mechanics, one day of birth control, and the rest on abstinence, STD's, and how horrible Teen Pregnancy is (did you know that if you get your GF pregnant, she will have the child, abandon you with it, and then mail you letter bombs?). In the end, I learned the way most people do- Porn, and awkward conversations with parents when they discover said porn.
To defend Nebraska's pregnancy and STD rate for a moment, you must understand that there isn't much else to do out here. Not kidding. Boredom driven sex has to be the leading cause of all the negative stuff. My solution involves the proposal to introduce all teens to WoW upon hitting puberty, ensuring that they will get jobs to pay for it, and not have exposure to sunlight or the opposite gender.
Mine consisted of a 12 minute video in 5th grade in which sex was mentioned to exist in the same way nuclear missiles were (dangerous and not to be screwed around with). In 8th grade, I got a Half Semester (the other half was G.R.E.A.T., gang resistance education and training, the biggest waste of time ever in Papillion, Nebraska, which has one three-man gang the last I bothered to check). The half semester course consisted of one day of mechanics, one day of birth control, and the rest on abstinence, STD's, and how horrible Teen Pregnancy is (did you know that if you get your GF pregnant, she will have the child, abandon you with it, and then mail you letter bombs?). In the end, I learned the way most people do- Porn, and awkward conversations with parents when they discover said porn.
To defend Nebraska's pregnancy and STD rate for a moment, you must understand that there isn't much else to do out here. Not kidding. Boredom driven sex has to be the leading cause of all the negative stuff. My solution involves the proposal to introduce all teens to WoW upon hitting puberty, ensuring that they will get jobs to pay for it, and not have exposure to sunlight or the opposite gender.
In the UK, people aren't always keen to talk about sex.
I think if the government treated sex as less of a taboo and taught it to younger pupils, it would vastly improve societies' attitudes towards sex.
I think if the government treated sex as less of a taboo and taught it to younger pupils, it would vastly improve societies' attitudes towards sex.
Uk is basically just biological facts rather than any abstinence type system as just telling people not to have sex isn't going to work when they actually do and thus haven't learnt a thing about safe sex.
The traditional English method...a 2L bottle of industrial grade white cider, a bag of speed and pointed at the nearest council estate.