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I don’t know about this. I mean, it’s not like 8th graders don’t already know what this stuff *is*. I went to a conservative Christian independent school, and although our sex ed wasn’t the most comprehensive thing in the world, we all knew what things were. Since it’s not like you’re going to stop horny teens from having sex (and that goes for any kind of sex), it’s probably wisest to at least make sure they know how to do activity x without rupturing something or getting a disease. I don’t practice anal sex, and if someone in my 8th grade classes had said “if you choose to do this, here’s how to do it safely,” I would have filed away the knowledge, but I can”t say I’d be any more likely to actually try it than I already am. To say that discussions of safety regarding activities that (wait for it) normal, everyday people actually do is somehow “promoting” anything is fallacious. The idea isn’t “hey kids, guess what you should do!” It’s “hey kids, some people do these things, and if you decide that you want to, here’s how to do it without dying.” I think that’s a worthy cause. Let’s stop pretending that 8th graders are ignorant on the topic of sex, shall we?

I personally think it’s psychotic to say God and religion belongs at home or somehow in it’s place, but sexual practice of any kind is somehow the school’s responsibility?

What about getting reading, science, and writing right and give the parents all the resources they need to have these discussions where THEY belong? IN THE HOME!

And you know as well as I do, if it were that simple it would be one thing...condom use and nothing more, they don’t have to explain in detail they should put a condom on for each and every orifice, how about keep your condom on until the sex is over for starters?

I mean parents are complaining girls as young as 10 get pregnant and are whisked away to abortion clinics WITHOUT parental notification! Sheesh! The schools should are placed in charge of every aspect of a kids life including outside the school now!

It’s not like there’s any evidence they’re IMPROVING anything at all either!

It is the implied approval by giving perversion equal time with heterosexual intercourse; the subtle PC pressure to pretend that such perversions are morally equal and "who are we to judge"; and of course the opportunities such talk creates for recruitment of new homosexuals. They aren't "breeders" you know.

Not to mention the opportunities to add to the "naughty teacher" ping list...

Welcome to FR, by the way. Did you just show up to post this?

Do you like kitties?

Cheers!

Well, newbie, nice try, but no cigar.

The schools have no business teaching any kind of sexual techniques to children for any reason. That is the parents’ job. If they don’t, it’s still not the job of government schools.