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« on: November 23, 2015, 12:48:47 pm »
... increased education is good, but even less emphasis that not engaging in sexual acts is okay is... not something I'd want to see. Abstinence should be mentioned, that it's acceptable (not necessary, or even necessarily desirable, but that it's okay) to not engage should be emphasized, because even in abstinence heavy education systems there's not nearly enough people saying that.
Abstinence only is braindead, though, and the existence of lower-issue alternatives that still involve intimacy is, indeed, something that should probably be mentioned. But one thing that line of education really needs is more of a line saying that not getting involved in sexual acts is okay. Not necessary, as per abstinence only stupidity, but acceptable. Lotta' youngin's (and not-youngin's) do really stupid shit because they've internalized the message that if you're not fooling around, something is wrong with you. Value neutral, information high, is the sort of thing ideal for a sex ed program. That we're currently mostly value biased and information low doesn't mean it's a good idea to just fix one of those aspects, heh.