Actually Timkins/HRS everyone needs sex education so that they know the basics of human anatomy, reproductive biology so they can identify when their body is not behaving normally, as well as for the boy + girl = baby and use of contraception. Because its compulsory for students to attend school until 15 years it makes sense to do sex education at school. Imagine how Timkins/HRS would tackle puberty. menstruation with his 10 year old kids - a classroom teacher would be preferable.

Fractelle, thanks for the links. I'd seen stuff on them before but did not realise how big the trend is.

There might be some opportunities in those balls. Young guys who want an almost sure thing could focus their attention on girls who are wearing purity rings - the only hassle is they may have to take some time and explain what the condom is. Possibly they could claim that a condom prevents genital contact so it's not really sex and the vow is not being broken.

Probably some good business opportunities to sell porn to the dads as well.

On the other hand having 9 year old girls involved in something like that is in my view child abuse. Parts look funny from outside but when you think about it it's rather sad.

R0bert

Aware and loving feminists must be using the same cue cards.

If someone even questions why 1 in 4 pregnancies results in a visit to an abortion clinic, then that person must belong to the religious right, they are misogynist, they have never had sex, they don’t know how to use a condom, they don’t understand human anatomy, and besides all that, its none of their business because a fetus is no more human than a toe nail.

Billie,
You were the aware and loving feminist that wanted to harvest males for their sperm, and carry out all reproduction through IVF clinics. I don’t know what type of sex education class you would run.

Robert,

Have you researched your favorite family type yet?

http://www.civitas.org.uk/pubs/experiments.php

I suppose they won’t be teaching children about that in these so called sex education classes.

Celivia,

I have a joke for you to help cheer you up.

Did you hear about the condom designed by a feminist.

It had an arrow on it pointed towards the boy with the words “I’m with a stupid, patriarchal, misogynist, rapist, abusive and name-calling male” .

Timkins/HRS: << Did you hear about the condom designed by a feminist.

It had an arrow on it pointed towards the boy with the words “I’m with a stupid, patriarchal, misogynist, rapist, abusive and name-calling male” . >>

Amazing that Timmy could read what must have been incredibly tiny print.

Little wonder Timmy hates condoms so much, if that's the kind his unfortunate sexual partner gave him. Maybe she was trying to tell him something?

R0bert,

Thanks for your comments. I find the whole "purity pledge" thing disturbing and more than a little creepy. But what is really sad is that abstinence only programs produces worse results than states where teens are fully informed about their bodies.

See how well it works in Texas:

http://www.alternet.org/sex/91749/progressives_to_confront_bad_sex-ed_policies_at_%27netroots_nation%27/

“What state has the worst teen birth rate, the 10th highest AIDS rate and the 7th worst syphilis rate in the country?
Hint -- it's the same state that brought us George Bush and spends more on abstinence-only-until-marriage programs than any other state.
That's right -- Texas.

In June 2008, federal statistics showed that the majority, 52.9 percent, of Texas students in ninth through 12th grades had sexual intercourse. That's compared to 47.8 percent nationally. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also reported that young people in Texas are less likely to use condoms.

Yet, Texas actually spent $17 million last year on abstinence-only programs to promote virginity until marriage. Talk about denying reality!....

...Yes -- the democratic-controlled Congress is part of the problem. Just last week, Democrats voted to extend funding for these ineffective Title V abstinence-only programs for 12 months. And last year, the House of Representatives, in total disregard for a congressionally mandated report that showed the programs don't work, tried to increase funding for abstinence-only programs by $28 million. That's right -- increase!”

Scary, ain’t it?

C. J Morgan,
I do not find it that difficult to understand how you were once a university lecturer.

But the other thing that must be on the cue cards for aware and loving feminists is to say that if someone does not like the current state of abortion in the country, then they must have a small penis and are sexually inept.