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I found this clip about sex education. As we discussed in class today, and watching Shelby's sex education video, there are many different ways individuals look at sex. This clip shows that when thinking about sex most people don't look at it from the perspective of "sleeping with all of your partners past partners." Have you ever looked at it from this point of view? Most individuals don't like to bring up past experiences with their partner or if they do not in the depth of how many people have they slept with besides you and were they being safe. Also, if we made this a more popular perspective, do you think it would make individuals want to take better precautions?
- Shelby Monroe
When I was younger and my parents would give me "the talk" That always came up. they always told me to protect myself because at the end of the day your partner doesn't have to tell the truth. They always told me that when I get into a serious relationship its important to talk about other partners and even get tested. There are so many people who think of sex as no big deal and in reality you could have a few mins of "fun" that could change your life forever. I have met many people that had very strict parents growing up and were never talked to about being safe and within a few months of college they have a list of people the mistakenly had a one night stand with. I think sex education is so so important. I don't think we should just tell teens not to do it because lets be honest that hardly ever works but we need to exposed teens to every possible outcome and educate them on what they are doing and how to be safe. I think the more teens know the better chance there is that they will at least be safer while participating in sexual activities.
ReplyDelete-brittany white
Looking at it from the perspective of "sleeping with your partner's partners" is a useful tool for parents and educators to easily explain how STIs spread. It could also be used in a semi-religious context, like the youth pastor in The Education of Shelby Knox, to morally condemn premarital sex as not being as "special" as the couple imagined outside of the context of marriage. If this were the common way of looking at it we would expect couples to talk more about their history before becoming involved physically with one another, perhaps even educators and parents. How weird that would be..
ReplyDelete-Greg W.
I agree with Greg. If we look at it from the perspective of "sleeping with your partner's partner" it would useful tool for parents and educators to easily explain how STIs speard; however, it would also benefit teens. They might be more careful or they might choose their partner wisely or some would wait longer to have sex. However, this is a hard concept to think about for most of the teens!
ReplyDelete- Disha Jetani