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It's a little weird that the federal government is so concerned about our sex lives. I mean, does that freak anyone out? Because if it does, then do not visit www.4parents.gov.
I was sitting on my couch, watching the TV when a commercial came on encouraging parents to talk to their kids about sex. I thought to myself: "How great! Finally we can encourage parent-child communication about teen sex!" I mean, I know my own parents skipped out on the whole conversation entirely, so I can see the benefits of youth-adult partnerships. But when I actually checked out the website, I found that the Obama Administration wasn't exactly encouraging open communication about sex.
It was encouraging abstinence-only until marriage.
And that's cool, too. After all, the only 100% effective method in avoiding an unintended pregnancy is abstinence. But there was very little information on the entire website that offered tips for safe sex.
Under one page in this website, entitled "Why is Marriage Important?", it gives you an idea on how better married couples are than single (and thus clearly dirty and promiscuous) couples are.
What are the benefits that married people enjoy? According to the website, they live longer! Yay!!! Oh, and they are apparently happier! And...they earn MORE money! Sounds like we should all just get married, right?
The website also discusses setting "house rules". I'm surprised it didn't blatantly come out and say 'lock your child up in a cage'. Isn't the point of this 'sex talk' supposed to be a verbal exchange between BOTH the parent and the teen?
And then, if talking to your kid about waiting to have sex is an absolute failure, scare them by telling them that it is ILLEGAL for them to have sex! There's a separate page on this site that discusses the laws about teens having sex, which says that some states have laws that forbid sexual intercourse before a teen turns 18.
Check out the site and please do see for yourself. Make your own judgement about the site and how the government is handling our sex lives, without really keeping into consideration youth's point of view.
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by Anatic09
I think we need another action alert!
Im glad you brought attention to this, its so crazy that its government run!
I wonder how much money they spent putting all this together...
There is a page on birth control that mentions condoms... but the information is minimal and it also mentions the rhythm method without pointing out the differences in effectiveness. Sad. It's also very heterosexist. "During sex, the male releases semen, which contains millions of sperm cells, into the female's vagina." ...because no parent will ever have a gay child, let alone have to talk to them about preventing STDs. And straight people only have penis-in-vagina sex. No need to talk about using protection with oral or anything else, nope, never. UGH.
I definitely agree that we need an action alert on this one!