| The problem with prohibition and abstinence based teaching is that it promotes the idea that sex is wrong or dirty. Young people need accurate information on sex and its risks and dangers, they need to be able to discuss their personal relationships and receive non judgmental council. Above all, young people need to know that their sexuality is natural and that their feelings are completely normal. They should be comfortable with their sexual identity, their feelings and their needs. Finally young people should be taught that whilst there is nothing wrong with having sex, there is also nothing wrong with not having it.
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.
Bertrand Russell
Last edited by Walrus; May 9, 2008 at 05:14 pm.
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