Written in response to article in Metro this morning.
I strongly disagree with the FPA’s view that in order to stamp out teenagers having sex too early when they are unprepared for the consequences, teenagers need to be told about sex earlier. Can’t they see that it makes no sense?
Teenage pregnancies, abortions and sexually transmitted illnesses are on the increase at least partly because teenagers are becoming more sexually aware – why? Because they’re being bombarded with sexual messages on a more and more regular basis. Whether it’s sex education in primary schools, condom adverts on television or pop stars prancing around naked in pop videos, it’s a part of the culture that is becoming near impossible to shield children from.
I have never met a teenager who did not know what a condom was, yet so much teen sex is obviously unprotected. Drumming it in further and earlier that it exists is not going to solve the problem. It is also going to contradict the law: “You’re not allowed to do this until you are sixteen, but here’s the information several years in advance”.
Rather than forcing more sex education down children’s throats, facts of life should be taught later and children allowed to be children, rather than sexualised mini-adults. Let’s be honest, how many parents would want their children taught all about sex and condoms at the age of five? Because this is how far it could get before those in control of sex education realise they’re doing the opposite of what they should be.
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