Originally Posted by daisym

abstinence education sounds like a load of shit thats thrown in there by people who have absolutely NO understanding of reality.

Originally Posted by timj219

There is nothing wrong with expecting children to abstain from sex and telling them so. And there is nothing wrong with teaching children the facts of sex, STDs, and contraception.

In modern societies we retard the entry into adulthood deliberately so that children will have a chance to develop some psychological and intellectual stability before entering into all the rights and responsibilities of adulthood. We keep them in school by law until they're 16 in the US and most parents try to get them through college before becoming full time members of the workforce and becoming self sufficient. We don't let them vote until 18 or drink (in my state) until 21.
Biologically many children are capable of sex sometime in the early teens or even earlier. They are biologically capable of work and drug use and other aspects of adulthood too. But all these activities have cultural, religious, psychological and other aspects in addition to the biological and children are not always prepared to deal with these other aspects of adult behaviors.

I certainly see nothing wrong with a public school sex ed course which tells children the truth about all aspects of sexual behavior: Including the truth that only abstinence guarantees against pregnancy and STDs. But teaching them that they should be abstinent is my job.

Originally Posted by doniston

It doesn't have to do with actual age... more in how long a period of time you've gone without it And I'm 28. So basically I'm too young to know why sex is great and you're too old to remember

Originally Posted by partofme

But you just said you have no problem with teaching kids these things which are based on morality rather than knowledge.