Ontario Sex Ed Curriculum Uproar

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"Age appropriate"

{into the abyss}

No kidding,  I was inserting things by 4th grade.  I didn't do it very often till much later, but I did do it.

I'm assuming telling a class not to would result in some experimentation, but as I know for a fact, some experimentation was going on.

I did something else in junior high that resulted in a trip to the doctor, (not the ER however).  I think in that instance, a caution before I did it would have stopped me, or made me sufficiently careful as to avoid a problem.  I suspect (but do not know for sure) that another boy in my class did the same thing with similar results.

I do not wish to know the particulars of your story (and thank you very much for not telling us!),

I was going to reply to vorlon, but read this and decided against it.

but you are certainly right that educating people on sexual activity is a good idea.  Every sexual animal manages to have sex without an education, so we know that the urges will work without it.  So the religious zealots are being moronic in supposing that not telling people about sex will prevent sex.  But knowing about it can help one avoid problems, and that is a very useful thing.  Both for the individual, and for society at large, as it may help prevent the spread of disease.

I can also say, with great confidence, that I am sure I did not engage in sexual activity due to education about it.  Indeed, learning about diseases and such things made me more cautious than I would have been if I had been a totally ignorant fool.

Yes, education about the basic birds and bees and various disease is good for all, but we don't need teachers to tell us how to engage. That would probably mess things up because each person is unique and wants what they want, not what you learned in class. Who wants standard sex?