Thread: Austrian Politican Speaks candidly

Originally Posted by Hanna

Yes. There is plenty of time for that later in life.

Personally I was given comprehensive sex education, including all about contraceptives from 12 or so, because it's mandatory in Sweden. I'll spare you the details - and it was quite detailed.

Is this type of sex education what you support? As I remember it was just weird and offputting.

Well I don't know exactly how it was taught to you, so I can't say. But I definitely think kids do need to be taught these things. If two kids decide to start "experimenting", at least if they have a proper sex education they'll know how to stay safe, and the worst thing they'll have is a bad experience. If they don't know about the possible consequences of their actions, they could end up in all sorts of horrible situations. It's better to teach kids "wait til you're ready to have sex, but when you are, stay safe", rather than just tell them "SEX IS WRONG IF YOU HAVE SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE YOU WILL GO TO HELL".

Another thing is that sex needs to be destigmatised. Children shouldn't be taught that it's something horrible and wrong, but that it can be very beautiful, in the right circumstances. They also need to be taught that there is no shame in it. If a child is abused by an older relative and she's been taught all her life that "sex is wrong", her terrible experience will be compounded even further by a deep sense of shame, she will feel isolated, and there's very little chance she will tell anyone what has happened. If there wasn't so much stigma around sex, abused children would at least not feel like social outcasts, and they may have more confidence to speak up.

Originally Posted by rockzmom

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Oh come on, you can't tell me that that's evil, Hanna.

edit: just watched the video in rockzmom's post. Holy f*** that is disturbing.

Originally Posted by Demonic_Duck

Oh come on, you can't tell me that that's evil, Hanna.

No I wasn't - I was just questioning whether it belongs in a school. University, maybe.
I would have ALMOST the same view on any club relating to sex, aimed at under 18s. Of course I agree there is a lot to be said for good sex education - nobody wants to see young people messing up their health and future because they didn't know the basics on that. It's just a matter of how it's done and when. And I am definitely not in a position to preach to anyone about abstinence until marriage, so I am certainly not.

These are clearly issues you have strong views on, since you have brought up the topic a couple of time, I have stated my opinion, which is that there is an overexposure of homosexuality in media and society at the moment.
I agree that the vid is terrible.

This is too far off topic even for me.. so I won't comment on it any more on it.