Subj : Re: Sex Ed
To   : Utopian Galt
From : Tracker1
Date : Sat Apr 09 2022 19:34:13

On 4/9/22 06:43, Utopian Galt wrote:
 > I am thinking of writing an outline called "The Third Way of Sexual
 > Education". Its not what a Tennessee Republican or a California
 > Democrat would want, but it would be a happy middle in our new times.
 > I think I would have to team up with health educators, parents,
 > religious leaders, LGBTQ people and much more to make a platform in
 > this controversial topic.

I think the bigger issue is really that nobody (neither vocal extreme) 
actually wants a middle ground in practice.

Those who are more conservative in terms of religious values (Christian, 
Muslim, Jew, etc) don't want anything beyond biological sex, abstinence 
and the risks/limitations of pregnancy outside of marriage, if that much.

The far left want sex education to include things like, "men can have 
periods, and we should talk about that."  This goes well beyond 
accepting homosexuality and pan-sexual behaviors.

There isn't really a place for a "middle ground" for either of those two 
sides to come to... now 2/3 of the population lay somewhere in the 
middle.  And that may well be what happens.  That said, there will be 
pushes towards the extreme, because the extremes are often the most vocal.

When it comes to societal health, I think closer to the conservative 
side is probably the more practical approach.  Not so much abstinence, 
but definitely pointing out the societal issues, and even life issues 
that go along with pregnancy outside marriage.  Of course, marriage is 
its' own can of worms, given the failure rates and the decreasing 
ability/willingness to actually work towards a committed relationship 
and the imbalance that comes from most modern marriages.

FTR, I'm not part of a western or eastern religion, but can see how the 
shift away from these structures has been a detriment to society in a 
lot of ways.  Again, that strays away from Sex Ed, but still a 
tangential and probably more important aspect than the sex/procreation 
knowledge itself.
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