The Sex Edition

If you're expecting karma-sutra or the likes of it, you may leave because I have none of that to offer. This is way more serious and much less arousing, though I do hope it will open up your eyes to what is happening out there.

Did you know the average age of beginning sexual intercourse in some countries can be as low as 12 years old? Some children (yes CHILDREN) starts even younger! Think back when you were that age. What were you doing? I haven't even gotten my period and was as flat as a runway.

The finger pointing has already begun.

We blame irresponsible parents for spoiling their child too much... Then we blame them for neglecting them too much too.

We blame the media... There's too much exposure to sex on TV, in magazines, and of course the biggest of culprits... the internet...

Then we say the children are not getting proper sex education... they are not getting enough exposure to what sex really is, some say...

Now all this is just confusing. They should know about sex... They shouldn't... There's too much sex on TV... There's too much filter... Parents are spoiling their kids too much... They're not giving enough attention.

Make up your freaking minds, people.

This is serious. I have heard little girls (any younger than 16 means any sexual relation, consented or not is illegal!) boast about their skills in bed. I listened in horror about girls in primary school seducing a boy who has not even changed his voice yet into doing the dirty deed. I read about 11 year olds getting pregnant... baby dumping, burning, burying... and I'm thinking what happened to good old childhood innocence?

So what are we going to do?

I say EDUCATE...

but I haven't quite figured out how.

Give sex education? Great! When do they start? How much should they know? They should be taught the religious perspective, the dangers of free love, to save it for 'the one', to avoid pre-marital sex and of course to practice abstinence... but they should also know about protection just in case they decide to do it any way. That's the part I always thought would be difficult... You don't want children and teens to do it... yet if you have worked with teens (or remember being one, yourself), the forbidden is always the most tempting...

So again... what do we do?

Because I can't bear to hear about another baby being killed by young parents who are too scared to take responsibility of their night of passion (and experimentation!)...