I guess I don't get all the comments congratulating her. So she made obvious statements about sexual attitudes. Yet she can't even admit she has thought about sex or worse, had it. She says "As a Republican, I am pro-life" like you have to be both. Isn't that the exact same attitude she's saying is harmful when considering sex? She's a double standard.
She is making the point that the republican party has an unhealthy attitude about sex, that it has become an image of the whole party when not everyone (herself included) believes in those ideas, and then she goes on to basically say to be republican you have to be pro-life. Says who?
Wow, she spoke sense. I really like her, she's got her head screwed on the right way and she's got a lot of potential. The whole abstinence thing is absurd - didn't Bristol herself say it was unrealistic?
I don't really have a problem with teaching abstinence as long as it's not taught as the only available option. I do think it's pretty unrealistic to expect teens to control their hormones completely (this is just talking from experience here with friends and the stories i've had to hear). When my high school class was supposed to get sex education, the teacher constantly delayed teaching us and we ended up getting a one hour lesson from an outdated video. The reason being - the teacher was 'too embarassed and didn't want us to know about such stuff.' There exists a responsibility to teach all the options available so teens can make a choice for themselves. Sure, we're mad, a little spontaneous and maybe occasionally irresponsible but we're not all stupid (I could debate this fact though with a few people I know :P) Sorry if this made no sense at all, I'm better at forming answers in my head than I am at writing them down.
I don't really get the attitude that abstinence will never happen and therefore should never be encouraged.
Out of curiosity, where have you seen this attitude? Yes, people often say that it's unrealistic to expect abstinence from all teenagers, but I've never met somebody who actually thought that abstinence should therefore "never be encouraged." Everyone I've ever heard speak in favour of comprehensive sex ed has been quite clear in saying that abstinence should be stressed as the only certain way to prevent pregnancy and STDs, but other information needs to be available.
Btw, I don't think your comparisons work very well. Yes, it's probably irresponsible for many teens to have sex. They're often uneducated about the consequences and, in many cases, not prepared for emotional complications. But teen sex is not irrepsonsible in the same sense as drunk driving or speeding; those things are always bad decisions, whereas it's not always a bad decision for teens to have sex. They're going to eventually, and some people are emotionally
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can she drag the rest of her party towards her? this way i wont feel guilty when i inevitably become more conservative on financial issues?
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Out of curiosity, where have you seen this attitude? Yes, people often say that it's unrealistic to expect abstinence from all teenagers, but I've never met somebody who actually thought that abstinence should therefore "never be encouraged." Everyone I've ever heard speak in favour of comprehensive sex ed has been quite clear in saying that abstinence should be stressed as the only certain way to prevent pregnancy and STDs, but other information needs to be available.
Btw, I don't think your comparisons work very well. Yes, it's probably irresponsible for many teens to have sex. They're often uneducated about the consequences and, in many cases, not prepared for emotional complications. But teen sex is not irrepsonsible in the same sense as drunk driving or speeding; those things are always bad decisions, whereas it's not always a bad decision for teens to have sex. They're going to eventually, and some people are emotionally ( ... )
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