Better Sex Blog » sex education

Preach what they’ll practice!

Shannon Bertha, ACS, DHS — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:49:08 +0000

In Wisconsin, the DA warns sexual educators about what to teach

Talking to the youth of today about sexuality is extremely important. Sex sells everything on TV yet we are afraid to have an intelligent, informative conversation about it? In Wisconsin, this debate has hit home threatening to arrest teachers who don’t teach abstinence, or who don’t tell kids to wait until they get married to have sex. The problem with this policy is that it mandates ONLY teaching abstinence and teaching nothing else. Abstinence is a great option, but it isn’t the only one, in fact 95% of the population chooses to have intercourse before marriage. It is important to give our kids the proper tools and education they need to live in the world today.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_sex_ed_wisconsin

a humorous moment… if a bit embarrassing…

Bat Sheva Marcus LMSW MPH PhD — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:04:15 +0000

Click here to see a rather humorous and embarrassing video. A woman was testifying for an agency hearing on text books in Texas. She was testifying against comprehensive sex education and was using herself as an example of how one can get to 56 be “technically” a virgin but still have had sexual pleasure. After her “full disclosure,” she was informed that she had shown up on the wrong night!

So, it is true that I’m having fun at this poor women’s expense but I guess some of us who are incredibly frustrated with the poor sex education in this country are feeling a wee bit gratified. The bottom line is that in those US area where residents have more conservative religious beliefs there are teenagers giving birth. Click here for more details.

Sex education only helps: helps reduce STDs, helps reduce teenage pregnancies, helps reduce teenage angst!

I love teenagers!

Bat Sheva Marcus LMSW MPH PhD — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:45:00 +0000

I just went into a high school to give their 1.5 hours of sex ed. Truthfully, I think we covered the basics and I try to remember that there are only so many take-away messages that anyone can handle at any given moment. But what I love about talking to teens is that once they get over their initial shyness and once there is some sense of trust established in the room, they ask the best questions. Here’s one. She “So what happens if you don’t have simultaneous orgasms.” Me (clearly out of touch with popular culture on this one.) “hun?” (See post below where I admit to not having a tv set.) She: “you know, what happens if two people don’t have orgasms at the same time. Me (recovering from my surprise… quite impressively I may add.) “Oh, most people don’t have simultaneous orgasms. That’s something the movies made up to be more efficient on the time. It happens sometimes, but usually, it happens because the two partners know each other very well, have made love before, and are specifically timing it that way. Most often one person has an orgasm ahead of the other person, and honey, if it’s one of us girls we might even go for a second!” A number of them looked surprised. I (once again) felt stupid…. but the conversation continued from there in all kinds of fascinating directions. I love teenagers.