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No offence Apu, but when they were handing out religions you must have been out taking a whizz
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Seattle
Posts: 281
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Juggernaut, I can't even figure out what your point is, other than that you believe in hitting children and you will never ever wear a condom.
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Both of my male partners (I'm polyamorous) and I have made the decisions, after a period of time where we were using condoms, to be fluid-bonded and stop using condoms between us. We get STI screenings, and I'm on the pill. Because of the level of responsibility inherent to maintaining an open relationship, we all trust each other to not be engaging in higher-risk sexual acts without condoms when it comes to other people. For the three of us, this level "safer sex" works, even though there are *always* risks. I firmly believe in people choosing their own level of sexual risks, so long as they are making informed decisions based on knowledge of how to properly use contraceptives (for heterosex) and safer sex barrier methods (like condoms, dams, and gloves), and their and their partner's STI stats to the best of their abilities. (Meaning, knowing that testing can have inaccurate results or their partner could have picked up something recently that is not showing up.) I personally think that many people in this world engage in sexual conduct don't qualify on one or both of those counts. That's not a "judgement", but not everyone is going to go down to the Planned Parenthood with every person they want to bang and then wait a couple of weeks for result, and repeat in 6 months to see how things look. So, back in the world of one-nighters and infrequent STI screens, I do believe firmly in safer sex. If I were to bring home with some random dude tomorrow, I'd get a rubber on him before his pants hit the floor. I'm a realistic person, and in the real world of non-committed hookups, condoms get my absolute endorsement. Quote:
I was doing some reading on one of SIECUS's sites, so here's their page about your so-much-more-enlightened New Jersey: http://www.ncsse.org/mandates/NJ.html There's some good news with Trenton, the school board actually shot down some abstinence-only speakers. But, look at these excepts on Newark: Quote:
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If you're looking for a longer read than those representative little snippets, try SIECUS's booklet about scare tactics and sex ed: http://www.siecus.org/pubs/tsha_scaredchaste.pdf You could even print it out and read it on the can! One of the sex ed programs used in schools that I've had a chance to read parts of is Sex Respect. From the student FAQ on their site: Quote:
So please, don't try and argue with me about what you "assume" is being taught in public schools, because you're not going to win. I keep up on all sorts of sexual matters as best as my time allows- be it a cute new butt plug or what Miers thought of Griswold V Connecticut. (She'd never heard of the case, BTW!) This is just some of the context where my statements throughout this thread are coming from. There really isn't much "sex education" apart from porn sites this days, which is quite unfortunate, considering the "educational" value of so much of the junk out there. Sure, there are some awesome parents, committed non-profits like http://www.scarleteen.com, and politically active groups working to establish a better sense of sexual education and access to sexual healthcare for people of all ages, but for the rest, there's PORN. For that and other reasons, I will always argue that it's unfortunate to see that the direction so many porn people push for is to see how much more violent, degrading, inaccurate, and simply stupid they can make their content. Believe me, *I* don't want the collective "you people" to be America's sex educators anymore than you do! But, it remains: people look at us to figure out how to fuck and get new sexual ideas for what they want to try, for better or worse. So pretty please, let's not knock condoms quite so quickly, and let's give Cooless a nice supportive hand in tapping a new and interesting niche that could make sales for himself and all the delightful sponsors out there. |
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