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[melvin_udall]

Fred Thompson appears to desire to avoid pandering to idiocy.

Sex Education Lesson aimed at teens: Abstinence is pathetic, unrealistic and a disservice to your future spouse. The article is a little over the top. So are the videos! If I had a child who watched them I would be having a conversation with someone about it

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[fionavere]

I have a problem with anything presented to teens as good = people think you're cool, bad = people think you are uncool. Did you watch the video about dating an older guy? I agree that a 15 year old dating a guy in his twenties or (God forbid) thirties is bad, but I HATED how they presented that message. Basically they said something like "You may be cool for having an older boyfriend, but nobody thinks he's cool for dating you, he's a loser." I mean, WTF?? If it's all about what other people think, why don't we just skip the BS and start encouraging teens to use the movie Grease as a serious model for their lives???

Oh oh! And another thing that PISSED ME OFF in those videos was in the abstinence one where they showed "alternative activities" they had the girl playing a game with a D&D book on the table. Yeah, because if you are a gamer you are a loser who never gets laid. It's just how it was portrayed, that all the cool kids are out giving each other crotch rot, while the losers are sitting at home gaming, and lord knows NO ONE is ever going to want to fuck them!

But yeah, I'm with you, if I ever found out my kid (son OR daughter) was showed that disgusting crap someone would be hurting.

Sorry, I just needed to rant a little more about that. I think I got it out of my system. :)

[melvin_udall]

Did you watch the video about dating an older guy?

Between the "Ha ha Abstinence condoms" and the abstinence video I was at my limit.

Basically they said something like "You may be cool for having an older boyfriend, but nobody thinks he's cool for dating you, he's a loser." I mean, WTF?? If it's all about what other people think,

Wow. Lovely.

You know why they went that route? Probably because they can't actually say anything like, "it's wrong." That would be a moral judgment call, and we can't have that.

why don't we just skip the BS and start encouraging teens to use the movie Grease as a serious model for their lives???

That's precisely what secular progressives want!

"alternative activities" they had the girl playing a game with a D&D book on the table. Yeah, because if you are a gamer you are a loser who never gets laid.

GAH! My head would have exploded.

Aside from the fact that I am a gamer, and I like gamer, and gaming is a perfectly fine activity, what's with the damn stereotype? Is this the freackin Breakfast Club? There are hot gamers, videogamers and sci fi fans aplenty now. The 80s are long gone.

But when it comes down to it, from the point of view of these self-centered assholes, if you are doing any activity that involves THINKING you must be a loser. How great for our children.

But yeah, I'm with you, if I ever found out my kid (son OR daughter) was showed that disgusting crap someone would be hurting.

Amen.

Sorry, I just needed to rant a little more about that. I think I got it out of my system. :)

Oh, no. By all means.