Posted on 09/19/2013 8:24:24 PM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
Russia's children's ombudsman, Pavel Astakhov, has opposed the introduction of sex education to schools and says young Russians can learn everything they need to know about love and sex from Russian literature.
"I am against any kind of sex education among children," said Astakhov in a television interview. "It is unacceptable to allow things that could corrupt children."
Russia has no sex education in schools, owing to the influence of the Russian Orthodox church and conservative social forces.
Astakhov, a powerful official who reports directly to the president, Vladimir Putin, wants legislation to ensure sex education does not sneak on to the curriculum. Instead, he suggests reading the classics.
"The best sex education that exists is Russian literature," said Astakhov. "In fact, literature in general. Everything is there, about love and about relationships between sexes. Schools should raise children chastely and with an understanding of family values."
Over the summer, parliament passed a law to ensure children are not subjected to "gay propaganda", which is defined as any information suggesting homosexuality is normal.
Rights groups called on the government to allow children to be educated about sex and sexuality.
"All our surveys show that 90% of Russians are sexually experienced by the age of 17, and the government wants to deny them the right to be properly informed about their choices," said Tanya Evlampieva, of the Russian campaign group Focus-Media.
"Sex education isn't just about the act of sex," she said.
"Children should be able to discuss things like how to choose the right partner, and how to say no. By denying young people access to accurate information, we put them at increased risk of unplanned pregnancies and contracting HIV."
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Trajectory.
Theirs is up.
Ours is down.
Do we need to be taught how to sweat too?
Pavel Astakhov sounds like a good guy. Why couldn’t AMERICAN leaders speak up like him, 40 years ago? What were they afraid of? Who was paying them off???
Any parent who teaches their kid about sex by making them read Anna Karenina should have DCF called on them.
It's a great novel, but trust me, you don't want it as a sex ed tool.
I agree this world is getting weird and weird
One word, ‘Nabakov.”
Everything you need to know about everything is in “The Brothers Karamazov.” After reading it, all other novels seem like nothing.
Nabokov gets a pass for two reasons.
1. The Bolsheviks exiled him from Russia and he lived most of his life abroad.
2. He wrote mainly in English, not Russian.
It’s the swing
It’s the swing like a pendulum
It marks the moments as the years go by on an innocent face
The swing, into never never land
There was a darkness like an old friend
That scratched and crawled up the wall
Into my life
Into my destiny
Into my desire
It’s the swing
It’s the swing like a pendulum
So look behind you when the race has run
And the winner is made
The swing into never never land
There was a darkness like an old friend
That scratched and crawled up the wall
Into my life
Well it’s the swing
The swing like a pendulum
Between the kisses and between the lines
There is nothing to hide
The swing into never never land
There was a darkness like an old friend
That scratched and crawled up the wall
Into my life
Into my destiny
Into my desire
Yeah, the swing
It’s the swing like a pendulum
It’s the swing
It’s the swing like a pendulum
It’s the swing
I thought the same thing, but I don't know ... adultery didn't work out very well for poor Anna, nor even for her brother. But fidelity worked just fine for Levin. Salutary examples, all around.
My favorite non-Dickensian novel. Lots of wholesomeness in David Copperfield, though the author himself was a naughty one.
Anton Chekov’s “The Cherry Orchard” must have a different meaning....
At least the Russians are seeing the error of many leftist ways. Their embracing of conservative values must be from experiencing the failure of Communist mores and values
Of course, a lot of the Liberal Free Trader Communist Globalists hate what Putin and Russia are trying to do.
Anna is a great introduction to that mysterious species the irrational female. As somebody once wrote by the end of the book she became so annoying that you wanted to help her jump under the train.
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