Comments on: Ateneo Priest vs. Faculty: Should Sex Education Be Mandatory?

By: Frohnie

Frohnie — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:20:12 +0000

Yes. it is the parents responsibility to teach sex education to their children.

But how many of the parents now are doing their responsibility in teaching their children sex education?

Probably just a few! majority of them either don’t have time because they are busy with economic survival, there are many children to feed and other reasons or

they are not capable and feels awkward and uncomfortable to teach sexuality education to their children! I have a friend who is a doctor who told me, it was easy for her to teach other young people about Sex Education ( in her NGO) but not to her daughter. She was worried then because she was close to her boyfriend, and her husband who is also a doctor has been hesitant just like her!

just a reminder – it is AGE – APPROPRIATE comprehensive reproductive health education, it will include VALUES!

it would be very important for our young people to form those values earlier, including sexual values and to decide “intelligently and responsibly” they have to be accountable of the CONSEQUENCES of their decisions and actions!

so, formal sexuality education would be a lot better than just knowing from their barkada or thru the various media outlets, internet etc.

Please remember also that most of the teachers are parents themselves, who can be better trusted than the barkada of your children!

By: intsik siomai

intsik siomai — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:48:28 +0000

Sexual curiosity starts to develop as early as 10-12 years old. If parents and schools are not open to teaching sex to young people, the kids will just look for another medium like internet, books, friends. This might be more dangerous if not properly guided by parents. Fathers should teach their sons to masturbate until they are ready for actual sex with protection. Mothers should do the same to daughters.

My grandmother got married at 14 and had been sexually active before she had her menstruation at 16. Is she any more moral than a single 25 year old girl who fucks her boyfriend now?

By: Doc

Doc — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:34:50 +0000

Academic freedom is a misnomer–since the intention behind the message is to uphold the outdated and dangerous thinking that sex should be taboo, and any knowledge leads to immoral behaviour.

This not only results in children learning about sex by other (less appropriate) means, but also inadvertently results in poor population control.

The culprit: Moral codes are held as absolute by the Church, but inevitably these codes have changed over time–along with society, but many conservatives have trouble grapling with change, even necessary change. The value judgements surrounding this issue are piling up, but like any law it should be taken apart and smoothened to make it not just palatable to the tastes of many but still retain its essence and effectiveness.

By: DJB Rizalist

DJB Rizalist — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:08:21 +0000

The Jesuits educated Rizal in his youth, thinking he would become like them. They didn’t realize he was learning how to think for himself. So they murdered him in 1896 and made up a story about him “retracting.”

It’s funny now how, when even their faculty rebels, they suddenly rediscover and demand “respect for academic freedom” for the child abuse that is called catechism class.

That is the Catholic Taliban for you.