Pro-Abstinence Education

I read this article recently, about how Elizabeth Smart spoke out against pro-abstinence sex education and I think more people should read this article (it's actually not a great article) and think about it a little more. I understand a certain point of saying it's ok to want to wait, and you should, but if you don't, you're still OK. I don't know that completely ignoring pro-abstinence education is a good thing, but I think continuing to support anti-sex education is a bad thing. We need to not teach these children (and young adults, and adults for that matter) that sex is a bad/scary/shameful thing. There are many amazing things about sex, one of the great ones is the intimacy it can help foster between two people, but there is also a time when sex is not good in a relationship, or when you should know to say no.


I am going to keep my eye on this story line and see if anything else comes up. I don't think that Elizabeth Smart would have escaped her kidnapper sooner, or how it would have changed her opinion of what was happening, but I do know that I have many friends who were soooo scared to talk about sex in high school. We need to make it ok to talk about, that way when it does come time to say "no, I'm not ready" it feels OK to say that as well!