Comments on: Abstaining From Faith-Based Sex Ed Programs

By: nyrev

nyrev — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:38:41 +0000

You do realize that in order to dress so as not to “provoke lustful thoughts” in teenage boys, a girl would pretty much have to wear a muumuu right? And someone’s still going to be turned on.

Why is it wrong to tell boys to respect girls whether they’re wearing tight jeans and a sweater or a burka?

By: Charles Jordan

Charles Jordan — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 03:10:13 +0000

Nothing…why do you ask a question as if to imply someone is encouraging her do dress that way.

I have a better question: Why did her parents let her leave the house looking like that. Why did her parents allow her to buy that strip of material she’s calling a skirt? Why do her parents let her go to go around with her stomach hanging out. WHAT’S THERE PROBLEM?

By: Mike Heinz

Mike Heinz — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:02:23 +0000

Exactly why is it wrong to tell girls not to dress provocatively?

By: Charles Jordan

Charles Jordan — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:39:46 +0000

I undstand what you mean but I can’t imagine that sign having any effect whatsoever on a kid. If the kid doesn’t have his/her head on straight by high school its probably to late; and even good kids make bad choices.

Some of the kids I delt with before I retired (custodian) had self-esteem issues and that led to bad choices about dating. Especially the girls; using sex as a way to be popular or so they thought. Many of them good kids otherwise but making bad choices when it comes to choosing friends.

Maybe less symbololizm and more reality and especially help with feeling good about who they are and (as you menttioned) age appropriate sex education.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:05:23 +0000

You know what, though – that sign does have a good message. I mean, kids get mocked in high school and college for being virginal and it’s not a bad thing to wait. It may be unusual these days, but it certainly isn’t horrible to be a 17 or 18 or even 21 year old virgin. Some of us choose to wait.

On the other hand, it does absolutely no good to keep kids ignorant. The ones who want to have sex, will. And if nobody teaches them how to be safe or what the possible consequences could be, then how can we expect them to use condoms or get tested for STDs?

By: Charles Jordan

Charles Jordan — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:29:22 +0000

Now that looks like a typical Republican response to an important social issue: signage disgned to project your organization’s Hollier than thou-ness.