I am all for sex education and personally I do not see anything wrong children learning about plant, animal and human reproduction as a part of the school curriculum as it is a scientific topic which should fall under the subject of biology. I am however against certain things taking place during human sex ed class.
I am totally against telling children to use condoms or other forms of birth control because they're going to be sexually active anyway, so may as well do it in a safe manner. I would much prefer that the schools stop at the science of what sex is and the purpose(s) which it serves. What is morally acceptable depends on a number of variables and it is impossible to satisfy everyone's point of view, so I think it best to not delve into anything beyond the facts. I am also against illustrations of any of the sex acts. Tweens and teens are hormonal enough as it is, no need to arouse their curiosity more and make them fantasize about trying what they saw.
In the video which the above linked article speaks about,
The camera pans to the bedroom. Soon, a computer-generated image of a naked man and woman appear on my screen.
They begin to chase each other around the room; she tickles him flirtatiously with a feather; he responds by hitting her with a pillow.
They start to kiss and caress. The next moment they leap onto the sheets and begin having sex in a variety of different sexual positions.
The voiceover informs us: ‘The man’s penis slides inside the woman’s vagina. It’s very exciting for both of them.’
Is all of that really necessary for school children? As a parent, I would not want my children coming across those details from a video at 8 or 18. Heck, I don't think that my husband would be okay with either of us watching something like that, and we are grown and married!
If I lived in the UK and my children had the potential to be exposed to this film in school, I would definitely be as outraged as the many other parents who are protesting against this documentary being shown to their 8 year olds.
Check out my good friend Foz's opinion on this show here!
