I disagree. Looking at it from my perspective (that of an 18 year old) I am ashamed that, at sixteen, I couldn't name the different parts of what makes up the vagina! They turn it into something to blush at; dirty, shameful, embarrassing. Sex is something very important, and after twelve years in the public school system's health education system, I have to say, it has failed. The reason people use the words cunt and pussy as derogatory words are because we are taught that the female body is something shameful, to be covered up and hidden away at all costs. The word vagina is unacceptable to use now, and because people blush over using that word, instead using slang words, other meanings of the word vagina have become derogatory. Sex is good and everything, but girls need to learn to love themselves. Dr. Sue Johanson says that woman should be sexually active from the time they hit puberty until the time they die, either through sex or masturbation. We eat, shower, etc to take care of our bodies. Doing so honors God. But sexual needs are often forgotten. Embrace being female. Don't depend on men for an orgasm. Call it a Vagina, and learn all about it. It's on YOUR BODY,for goodness sakes! It shouldn't be a mystery!! Embrace who you are, and teach these children about it from a young age. When young adults decide to have sex, they want to do it safely, and I've had friends who didn't know that the pill is less effective on antibiotics, or how to correctly use a condom. These things are important. I think love is much more important in sex than marriage is. And telling us not to won't stop us, it just makes us dreadfully ignorant. And where there is ignorance, there is blundering.
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I disagree. Looking at it from my perspective (that of an 18 year old) I am ashamed that, at sixteen, I couldn't name the different parts of what makes up the vagina! They turn it into something to blush at; dirty, shameful, embarrassing. Sex is something very important, and after twelve years in the public school system's health education system, I have to say, it has failed. The reason people use the words cunt and pussy as derogatory words are because we are taught that the female body is something shameful, to be covered up and hidden away at all costs. The word vagina is unacceptable to use now, and because people blush over using that word, instead using slang words, other meanings of the word vagina have become derogatory. Sex is good and everything, but girls need to learn to love themselves. Dr. Sue Johanson says that woman should be sexually active from the time they hit puberty until the time they die, either through sex or masturbation. We eat, shower, etc to take care of our bodies. Doing so honors God. But sexual needs are often forgotten. Embrace being female. Don't depend on men for an orgasm. Call it a Vagina, and learn all about it. It's on YOUR BODY,for goodness sakes! It shouldn't be a mystery!! Embrace who you are, and teach these children about it from a young age. When young adults decide to have sex, they want to do it safely, and I've had friends who didn't know that the pill is less effective on antibiotics, or how to correctly use a condom. These things are important. I think love is much more important in sex than marriage is. And telling us not to won't stop us, it just makes us dreadfully ignorant. And where there is ignorance, there is blundering.
June 1, 2009 - 7:44pmThis Comment
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