February 10, 2005

Stefan

I feel like I can argue for early sex education because I received it myself. When I was in third grade, we watched a video that demonstrated how to put a condom on (albeit over a couple of fingers). Additionally, my mom was willing to explain things to me at a young age that most parents avoid, and while she initiated some of it, most was attributable to the fact that when I asked a question, she didn't give me a sugar-coated "kiddie" answer. For example, I remember asking her to explain what the word "rape" meant after I started hearing it on the news. Some people have told me they would never talk with an 8-year-old about rape, but in hindsight, I think that talking about these things openly was a significant part of my upbringing. Meanwhile, a large segment of our society believes in sheltering rather than educating. I couldn't disagree more.

So as far as sex education in schools goes, I think the more the earlier the better. While I also believe that the bulk of the responsibility lies with the parents, it seems that leaving it solely up to them isn't working very well. Parents who choose to avoid the subject altogether (or skim over the details) often seem to be doing so out of a fear that merely exposing their child to a word will lead to the child acting out that behavior. But trying to shield kids from sex is like trying to put a fire out with gasoline.
If they don't see it on TV or the computer, they'll be hearing about it from their friends. And if somehow they manage to avoid encountering it in all of these places, let's not forget the most powerful source of curiosity about sex: human physiology. Whether you believe this physiology to be the result of evolution or creation, it's existence is not disputable, and attempting to suppress it has a predictably poor success rate. Kids who are informed by facts rather than gossip ought to be, if anything, less likely to make poor decisions later on. It seems that, even with my apparently unusual upbringing, there is a lot I wish I had known earlier. The severity of the consequences seems to me to justify an increased effort on the part of our educational system to educate children about sex.

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