re: #160 researchok

I disagree with your conclusion, though I agree with some of your points.

12. 13 and 14 year olds having sex is not a good thing. I can’t imagine anyone would think otherwise.

I do believe we need to teach sex ed, but not just the mechanics. There has to be equal weight put on values, responsibility and relationships.

I will say this- we are in a tough place right now.

its not a “good” thing, but it is a thing that happens all the damn time. Not to go into the gory details, but I lost my virginity in your 12-14 gamut, and so did a lot of my friends, and they’re doing just fine. I’m much more bent out of shape about women’s rights, the demonization of such, and access to health care (and that includes morning after pills and abortion providers) than I am at the media supposedly ruining everything.

Sex ed should be taught at a far younger age, with enough detail that it completely demystifies the acts of sex and makes the consequences of sex completely clear. Which would flip out social conservatives, so it’ll never happen. See: GLSEN smears by the right wing, claiming kids were being taught how to fist.