Sex Ed 101

I personally think sex education is extraordinarily important and underrated. I think that, from a very young age, children must at least be taught what is a "good touch" or a "bad touch," because child molestation is a huge problem and it is much more common than most people think.

Courtesy of nowpublic.com:

The statistics say that one out of every three to four girls has been sexually assaulted by the age of 18. One boy out of every six will be abused by the age of 18.

Also, many children who are molested never admit to it because their life is threatened or they think it is their fault, or do not realize it is not normal. Victims of child molest often suffer from many mental illnesses throughout their lifetime, from depression to a personality disorder.

Perhaps there would be less teenage pregnancy if there were more proper sex education as well. For instance, there are MANY children/teenagers who start having sex before they are even given a sex ed intro course. Likewise, many of these youths who have sex early on do not understand that pulling out does not guarantee no baby! Most people (youths and adults) are unaware that you can still catch certain STIs even while using a condom. To top it off, many adult men do not even know how to put a condom on properly (sad, I know, but true).

A better understanding of the crossroads of homosexuality, transgender, transsexual, etc, would probably help as well, since there are so many ignorant and prejudice people in this world that turn to violence and hate. I happen to think that those men who act extremely homophobic are actually closeted homosexuals themselves. For example, those men that love UFC cause it's so masculine, when, to me, it really looks like two grown men dry humping.

It's ironic that the same people who argue against abortion and for abstinence are the same people arguing against sex education. I think proper sex education would lead to a decreased number of abortions, and hopefully those that didn't remain abstinent would at least practice safe sex.

I have no doubt in my mind that better sex education would NOT lead to more promiscuity, but would lead to wiser sexual choices by our youths, and perhaps adults as well.