Why do you think most opposition to sex education comes from religious groups?

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Do you think it might be because if kids aren’t educated about sex then it makes it easier for priests and church leaders to molest them? You know, I saw this documentary the other day about this guy who was molested by a Catholic priest when he was a kid and he said that he thought the reason he was invited into the priest’s private quarters was because he was being rewarded for his diligence and when the priest started molesting him, he thought it was all part of some bizarre church ritual. You see, he didn’t know what the act of sex was and he didn’t know that there were parts of the body that adults shouldn’t touch. If he had have known this then he would have realized that the priest was doing a bad thing and he should have walked out of the room or screamed or done something! So do you think the priests, and other church leaders because it’s not just the Catholics, prefer kids not being educated about sex so they can get away with molesting them?
 
Sex education needs to be taught when the child approaches the age of maturity or puberty and it should be taught by parents first.
Secondly parents must ensure that their children are not put into a position where they are compromised.
By praying for your kids, God will ensure that they will not be hurt. God sends His angels to respond to our prayers.
 
Well, your little blurb is absolutely appalling. I think you're well aware that almost every person, religious or not is completely repulsed by any form of child abuse/molestation. It's sick, and to be honest, it's a tad nasty that you would try to link religious people with child molestation like this. It's quite offensive and you know it. Most religious groups I know of (apart from Islam), don't oppose sex education. They just oppose it being taught from the assumption that every one of the young people is sexually active, or just about to be. However, many young people are not, and would benefit from having sex education that also equips them to say no, and tells them that it's also okay to wait. Sex education without relationship education and teaching skills on negotiating the situation to wait until they're ready is just as ineffective. I'm not Catholic, but you clearly posted that question to offend them and exposed your prejudices against them. Why can't you accept that there are good and bad people in all walks of life?
 
Fundies believe sex is okay only within marriage. Some of them even believe that, even then, it's only okay for purposes of procreation and only if you don't enjoy it. Sex eduction tends to imply that humans are going to have sex outside of marriage so they oppose it. What they don't see is that "abstinence only" is a complete failure that does not work and it is just plain irresponsible not to educate kids about something they're going to be doing in a few years anyways... whether they are educated or not. They are more concerned about perceived moral issues than about whether abstinence actually works. Personally I don't see anything morally wrong with responsible sex outside of marriage, and I don't think the government should base education on a religious idea about morality.
 
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that, no matter how rabidly egocentric and myopic the fundie, he's probably not in favor of sexual molestation. I think the opposition to sex education comes from mainly the evangelical types and it's based on sex being presented in a way that is not compatible with their beliefs - they believe that sex education should be centered around telling people over and over not to have sex before marriage, not educating them about it so they can have safe sex.
Unfortunately, what these people don't seem to be aware of (despite mountains of evidence) is that this approach is completely ineffective and leads to higher rates of teen pregnancy and STD transmission. But they remain willfully ignorant of these facts because it allows them to continue to push for a religiously-centered sex-ed policy.
 
Why do you think most opposition to teaching abstinence comes from secular groups?
 
Well, no, but there are groups of people who use the lack of knowledge to their advantage obviously.

Personally, I believe sex education is frowned on because knowledge is power, which ultimately will lead to the downfall of religion all together.
 
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