(December 4, 2013 at 11:35 pm)Lion IRC Wrote: What about teenagers?What about them?
Quote:Should doctors be allowed to prescribe oral contraceptive pills to 14 year old girls?Yes.
Quote:How about all those gay school kids who deserve tolerance for their sexual behaviour? Are they having consensual sex or non-consensual?Now, see, this is a GOOD question. I taught high school for many years, and there were kids who were mature enough to make sexual decisions and kids who were not. Whether they were mature enough or not, most of them were engaged in some kind of sexual behavior, and though it breaks my heart to see kids make decisions they're not ready for, very few of them consulted me or any adult. When consulted, my advice was to be as safe as possible- physically and emotionally. I'll elaborate if you like.
Quote:I'm just trying to find out where True North is on your moral compass.I don't know if true North exists on the sexual compass. True South does exist (assuming South is bad, which wounds me because I'm Texan)- it's forcing someone to do something against their will.
Quote:Can underage people who are committed and truly in love, get married if they promise not to have sex?Well, they CAN, and they do, all the time. Should they? My opinion is no- I think kids should wait until they have a little experience and education under their belts before marrying. That said, I have a few friends who married before 18 and don't regret it (and they're in their 40s now).
But you and I will differ in that I don't think it's wrong for teens to experiment with sex, although I would hope that they have comprehensive sex ed to guide them in their decisions. I have no regrets about my own teen sexual experiences, and most of those were with much older men.
