Missing sex education class

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Side note: One thing that is in most sex ed classes is standard self cancer exams. You should probably find a source to learn about those one way or the other. That part shouldn’t be too hard, especially if there is a doctor you trust.
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It is important to note that studies have not shown self-exams to be effective for reducing cancer deaths and they are no longer recommended by the American Cancer Society. But they can’t hurt!
 
It’s unfortunate that so many people take a “head in the sand” / sex doesn’t even exist unless you’re married approach. Learning doesn’t need to equate with accepting beliefs or practices, and it certainly doesn’t mean you should engage in sexual activity, but ignoring it is rather - to be blunt - stupid. Young people in today’s world need to understand what’s what in this area, know about personal health and hygiene, be aware of people’s views, and certainly understand the risks and dangers. The prevalence of STIs and abusive scenarios is enough to warrant education.
 
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No biology class teaches human anatomy in the way adolescents need.
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I’m really concerned at your linking the word anatomy to the word adolescent. Are we buying into the world view of adolescents being sexually active or designed to be??? Adolescents are in flux but they must remain chaste if they want to go to heaven. What sort of anatomy are you talking about, Capta(name removed by moderator)rudeman?
 
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Cor_ad_Cor said:
It’s unfortunate that so many people take a “head in the sand” / sex doesn’t even exist unless you’re married approach. Learning doesn’t need to equate with accepting beliefs or practices, and it certainly doesn’t mean you should engage in sexual activity, but ignoring it is rather - to be blunt - stupid. Young people in today’s world need to understand what’s what in this area, know about personal health and hygiene, be aware of people’s views, and certainly understand the risks and dangers. The prevalence of STIs and abusive scenarios is enough to warrant education.
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No. Our job is to teach our children not to have sex before marriage. I guarantee your RSE classes won’t be telling them that. They’ll be positing the opposite…not so obviously, but that’s what they’ll be doing. Using the excuse that certain people use about sex among youngsters being inevitable. You hear that all the time in the world

Jesus Christ told us we were not of the world. If we listen to him we stand up against the world’s rhetoric and deception.
 
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Sad truth is that it will come up. Just imagine how highschool will be. Its what we do with the information. You have to know what is righteous and what is not.

For example, I learn how to drive, does that mean I should drive like others without a proper license? Of course not, know what is righteous and wait to get your license.

In the same way, you cant always avoid these conversations, you just got to tough it up and be the adult in the room and understand in your mind that “hey this is wrong, stupid, I understand Lord that birds and bees is marriage, not anything dirty.”

Keep doing what your doing though, so good to know your approaching this so maturely!
 
How good of friends are these really? Do they respect you and understand your beliefs (in general)?

Maybe it’s time to increase your circle of friends to include more people on your wavelength, if you can.
I’m with you – sex ed in public school can be trashy and inappropriate, and there are plenty of places to learn facts when YOU want to.
Hang in there!!
 
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I’m simply saying waiting until you’re ready for sex to start learning about it is irresponsible and dangerous. Sex may happen when your not ready, through no choice of your own in today’s world of roughly a third of young women being assaulted.
 
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I’m simply saying waiting until you’re ready for sex to start learning about it is irresponsible and dangerous. Sex may happen when your not ready, through no choice of your own in today’s world of roughly a third of young women being assaulted.
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It’s irresponsible to not take public school sex ed class because she might be assaulted? Maybe she’d be better off with self-defense classes or pepper spray.
 
Kayleigh1 said:
I am not sure if I should say something to my parents because I dont want to upset them. Is it better to just wait and ask my friends not to talk about anything I dont know?
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It will pass, so I would trying to keep a low profile until they forget, which should take a couple of days.
 
Like learning karate or jujitsu 😉 or like my aunt got recently a taser, kind of extreme, but anything to prevent assault.
 
As Catholics we say you don’t have sex until you are married. There is no grey area. Women who are raped aren’t raped because they haven’t had state sponsored ‘sex education’. They are raped because some wicked violent man has committed a crime.
 
Thank you @Timeflies2me and @Jen95 and everyone!

Its amazing to read all your advice and I am really thinking about everything people are saying.

Staying pure is very important to me like its probably the most important thing ever. Most of my good friends are kind and dont talk about things that I dont like to hear or upset me. Most people know my family has a really strong faith. I have always kept away from any talk or tv or anything about sex and I just dont want anything to do with it. I think I will wait until my parents decide to tell me what I need to know because they love me and always do what is right for me.

What is a bit awkward is asking people not to talk about sex stuff around me if I cant just leave a place where they are talking about it. If anyone has ideas what to say to people that wont make them freak out then please say 🙂

Thank you 🙂
 
Frankie65 said:
I’m really concerned at your linking the word anatomy to the word adolescent. Are we buying into the world view of adolescents being sexually active or designed to be??? Adolescents are in flux but they must remain chaste if they want to go to heaven. What sort of anatomy are you talking about, Capta(name removed by moderator)rudeman?
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Sexual anatomy. We can’t just ignore what’s down there until we’re married because even chaste people have to deal with them all the time. What’s more, your wedding night is never the time to learn how to engage in the marital act, at least on a rudimentary level. Married people need to know how to be healthy before, during, and after relations. Plus, y’know, it isn’t all about sex in those classes.

Sex ed doesn’t exist to indoctrinate your kids into “the gay” like you seem to think. It exists to talk about things like periods, genital health, and proper sexual behaviors that aren’t dangerous to the people engaging in them. You wanna know why they exist? Some parents didn’t teach their kids. Some still don’t. It’s necessary to teach people about these things when they’re just starting to deal with them and if the parents won’t, the state will. Sexual health can’t be dropped entirely if parents don’t teach it, it’s too important.
 
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LumineDiei said:
If only it were that easy to simply tell your teens “don’t have sex until you’re married” and that was the end of any discussion about puberty, feelings, health, and trust.
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All of this is the parents’ job. Not sex education teachers.
 
Could you just jokingly say “bleh – TMI” or something like that? I think taking a humorous tack might help.
 
So your biology classes taught all the things I described? That’s sufficient but certainly doesn’t sound like any biology class I’ve heard of.
 
Can you say where that 1/3 statistic comes from? Because that sounds like the sexual assault rate of a third world country, not anyplace the OP is likely from.
 
Thank you 🙂 if they bring it up with me I will ask her to get that book
 
Sometimes thinking of something else helps. If not doable, tell them something. Of course you dont want to be embarrassed, I can relate sometimes we cant avoid it, just say something witty. Say something smart or funny that exposes their curiosity. I dont promote bullying or insulting, but I would use words that show ehat they say is stupid and unimportant at the moment. I can think of alot of things to say to them, but I cant be rude on this forum xD
 
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