Planned Parenthood Pushes Intensive Sex Education for Kids as Young as 10
Monday , February 08, 2010
By Ed Barnes
A new report by the International Planned Parenthood Federation is advocating that children as young as 10 be given extensive sex education, including an awareness of sex's pleasures.
The report, "Stand and Deliver," charges that religious groups, specifically Catholics and Muslims, deny their young access to comprehensive sexual programs and education.
"Young people's sexuality is still contentious for many religious institutions. Fundamentalist and other religious groups — the Catholic Church and madrasas (Islamic Schools) for example — have imposed tremendous barriers that prevent young people, particularly, from obtaining information and services related to sex and reproduction. Currently, many religious teachings deny the pleasurable and positive aspects of sex." the report states.
Click here to read the report.
The report demands that children 10 and older be given a "comprehensive sexuality education" by governments, aid organizations and other groups, and that young people should be seen as "sexual beings."
"Young people have the right to be informed about sexuality and to have access to contraceptives and other services," Bert Koenders, the Netherlands Minister for Development Cooperation, wrote in the foreword to the report. It was his organization that helped fund the report.
The report argues that sex education should be "recast" to show sexuality as a "positive force for change and development, as a source of pleasure, an embodiment of human rights and an expression of self."
Much like a U.N. report released last August that advocated teaching masturbation to children as young as 5, "Stand and Deliver" has set off a wave of protest among religious and conservative groups.
Ed Mechmann, spokesman for New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan, charged that Planned Parenthood was "trying to teach children sex without values and that sex is a matter of pleasure and done without consequences."
He said religions like Catholicism and Islam teach sex as part of a much bigger picture and that Planned Parenthood was trying to de-link sex from traditional values.
"It is part of an effort to get children to reject traditional values and accept a liberal American-European view," he said. "In many traditional countries — Catholic and Muslim — it won't work and should be seen as cultural imperialism."
Mechmann also charged that Planned Parenthood's report was compromised because it has a financial stake advocating the changes. "The difference between Planned Parenthood and us is that we don't make money off what we teach and say. They do. They make money off contraceptives and abortions," he said.
Michelle Turner, president of the Maryland-based Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum, said Planned Parenthood was simply trying to eliminate parental say.
"What are they trying to do? They are trying to eliminate the role of mom and dad in the family," Turner said. "For Planned Parenthood to decide that governments, private organizations and religious organizations should make decisions about kids' sexuality is just going too far."
"It is part of a bigger push to change the way we think about sex," she said. That sex is all about pleasure and there are no consequences. They are wrong. No matter how much we teach children, some will make mistakes. They will forget. And Planned Parenthood doesn't want to deal with that," she said.
"They see religious groups, especially those that counsel abstinence and waiting until marriage, as bad guys," she added. "We aren't."
Planned Parenthood said it was unable to comment because the report was issued by its European office and it was unable to contact them.
I think we need sex education at earlier years just because they are getting exposed to more. Before I had sex ed in 6th and 7th grade I knew what they were talking about already meaning if I was more of a rebelious child I could have already been preggo or have an STD.
I think it's also important to educate our girls that they don't have to have sex to be accepted and it's not something to take lightly and teach our young boys they don't have to do something just bc their friends are doing it.
I think some education is good but not detail for a 10 year old
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Quoting LilGina:
I think some education is good but not detail for a 10 year old
i agree here-my nephew called me up 2 years ago askin me what a females "part" was andi told him but i dont think there is any need in tellin our kids about the pleasure involved cause ten like everythin else that feels good--they will go and do it--i would be mortified if i told my daughters all this and then they came home pregnant at 11 thinkin because i told them sex felt good that it was ok for them to do it--they have selective hearing at that age-and i would foresee a lot of issues
I think its a good idea. SO many kids are becoming sexually active at a younger and younger age each year. They minus well know what it is about and what they can do if they are not going to do abstenance. I also think that this could help those who may get pregnant at a younger age by allowing them to be educated on contreceptives and all.
I know I was told what it was about after I was asking about it at age 8. The embarrassing thing was that it was at a family bbq between my parents and my friend who was is a boy and his parents. I asked and he explained it all right there to me in front of everyone.
I know what you mean. My friends cousin started to become sexually active at 10 years old. He is now 17.
Even when our guy friends are over visiting I had brought up the "what age did you become sexually active" question and except for a few who waited to or close to 20, most of their responses feel between 12-14 years of age.
Quoting cbesmommy:
i think its a good idea. kids are getting started younger and younger, the girls in my town are as young as 11-12 and having sex. its ridiculous. they want older boys to like them and think having sex is the way to do it. educating these kids is the only way to keep them safe!
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