Monday, May 10, 2004
Why Abstinence Is Bullshit
Why is it that the British tend to discover common sense long before we do in America? Check out this article, which shows that teaching teens about blow jobs actually reduces the rate of teen pregnancy.
The simple fact is this: teenagers are rampant balls of hormones who want to do anything within reach. Left to their own devices, teen boys will hump anything that lets them, and teen girls will polish the pearl with whatever is handy. Telling them that they shouldn't have sex is a no-win situation; partly because that's all they can think about, partly because they tend to do the opposite of what adults tell them to. Having an authority figure say "Sex is bad" is the fastest way to make a teenager run off and do it, consequences be damned.
But teach them that there are other fun things to do, educate them about the danger of letting Mr. Sperm meet Ms. Egg, and tell them that adults think it's okay that they shag like the horny monkeys they are -- and they just may lose their taste for it.
I don't expect America to catch up to this logic any time soon, since we've become a police state run by religiously-insane politicos who seem to have a "no fun" policy. But as the British unwanted pregnancy/abortion rate drops in the face of their new educational methods, I do hope that the compelling evidence mounts that "Just Say No" teaching doesn't work.
The new paradigm should be "Just Say Blow..."
The simple fact is this: teenagers are rampant balls of hormones who want to do anything within reach. Left to their own devices, teen boys will hump anything that lets them, and teen girls will polish the pearl with whatever is handy. Telling them that they shouldn't have sex is a no-win situation; partly because that's all they can think about, partly because they tend to do the opposite of what adults tell them to. Having an authority figure say "Sex is bad" is the fastest way to make a teenager run off and do it, consequences be damned.
But teach them that there are other fun things to do, educate them about the danger of letting Mr. Sperm meet Ms. Egg, and tell them that adults think it's okay that they shag like the horny monkeys they are -- and they just may lose their taste for it.
I don't expect America to catch up to this logic any time soon, since we've become a police state run by religiously-insane politicos who seem to have a "no fun" policy. But as the British unwanted pregnancy/abortion rate drops in the face of their new educational methods, I do hope that the compelling evidence mounts that "Just Say No" teaching doesn't work.
The new paradigm should be "Just Say Blow..."
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