Ondine tossed this thought in at 08:34
I thought the same thing as your fellow teachers (about passionate kissing being the zenith) when I first saw your chart! I was like "WTF? Sex is nothing???"
Just out of curiosity, what are the X and Y axes? I think the X-axis is time, but what's Y? Self control?
Walau. Sibeh jialat.
No axes were included. The hare-brain official from the sexuality department obviously didn't think it through enough. But we can come up with our own axes. Time and self-control sound about right. I'd say length of relationship but I'd be kidding myself.
There is a SEXUALITY DEPT?!!!
Wow, teaching is a really exciting profession.
I think this 'abstinence is the best contraception' thing is really *really* good. It teaches that sex must come only with maturity and responsibility.
Over here in the UK, they teach 'safe sex' and distribute condoms - but for some reason it comes across as 'go forth and have sex, everybody does it, have a free condom!'.
In the past week I've had to counsel 4 girls ranging from ages 13-16 who were either pregnant or who'd contracted an STD that could eventually lead to infertility. And for 2 of them, it wasn't the first time they'd had to see a doctor for a sex-related problem.
The problem with focusing only on an "abstinence is the best contraception" approach, as we do in Singapore schools, is that I fear a lot of kids are woefully uneducated about the implications of sex and how to protect themselves. How do you say no to inappropriate touching (whether from a significant other or another person, especially an adult)? And I don't mean some waffly, gentle "No, if you love me, we won't touch/pet/have sex" line. How do you protect yourself if you're going to have sex, as it seems statistically likely that you're going to do? What are the long-term implications of STDs or abortions? How do you find out more about sex without actually doing it? And so on.
But you can bet homosexuality isn't on the agenda. And then you get parents like this.
This is the most bizarre graph EVER!! I believe the person who drew this wanted the y-axis to mean satisfaction. This discourages people to go and have intercourse, since according to the graph, it's the least satisfying thing to do. Propaganda at its best!
This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
Our bureaucracy adopts a "See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Do Plenty of Evil" mentality. They ignore what is uncomfortable and awkward to deal with. I mean, they took years to get to this point. What more dealing with real pertinent issues like A)What to do when "forced"? B) What the long term implications apart from being psychologically scarred are? (Although I think they do deal with this from Science text book way) C) And what oh what, if you discover alternative sexual preferences?
That's when they cover their eyes and hide behind how "horrid" and "degenerate" our society is and mourn the loss of our "innocent" youth and get Diana Ser to go out and badly interview people about it. Get Rea! !
can I borrow that chart to put on a T-shirt? I would like to add one more point in the chart: after the disappointing Sexual Intercourse comes Sleeping On The Wet Spot (for the married people) and Getting Him Out Of Your Parents' Bed (for students).
Tasteless, I know.
How to stop teenagers from having sex:
1. No TV and movies. If not possible then after every kissing/sex scene tell your children it's sinful and only Americans do this sort of loose immoral things.
2. Tell them every morning noon and night that GOD IS WATCHING EVERYTHING THEY DO even if parents are not.
3. Sex is yucks anyway (ah, show them the chart! Mathematical proof!)
4. Women will never orgasm till they are 35 so what's the point?
5. Show them your caesarean scar. That will stop ANYONE from having sex.
Courtesy of My Mother.