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Wednesday, June 11, 2003 More on Sex Ed and Children Kiffin remarked that blaming society for all the trials and tribulations of explaining the facts of life to the younger generation is too simple of a solution. Yes, I don't even know half of what parents go through when they realize that their kids are growing up--I've only been on the other side. I have no idea what sort of emotional impact parents and educators feel when trying to deal with this. I've patched up my views from logic and observation. Kids nowadays have no firm grounding on what is expected of them because they are given conflicting messages most often by the media. I believe parents should take the initiative and point out to their children what is and what is not fabricated, but many times, the parents are too busy. Eden wanted to know what I thought about stores that hide covers of magazines with sex-oriented headlines due to customer complaints. Well, I suppose a privately owned store is allowed to do whatever they wish to promote the products they're selling. Some of the customers may be thinking of the children while others may just be plain offended. At this point, putting covers on magazines is like Jean Grey in the X-men sequel stemming the flood to save her loved ones. Sure, it might shield a few people, but it's rather pointless in the long run. Television, movies, billboards, clothing styles, advertisement in general--it's really hard to avoid sex-oriented stuff unless you've been living on the moon. I have absolutely no ideas in mind for solutions. Sometimes I just wish that there were no taboos invented at all. It shouldn't be about what is moral (that is relative) but what is natural*. Unlike what some people believe, these are two entirely different things. *I keep on quantifying things, but I really have to explain myself here. In this context, natural means that if mankind has the capacity of doing something, mankind will do it. This includes a lot of ugly and deviant things that most people would be uncomfortable with even thinking about. [posted by S. Y. Affolee on 3:42 PM : ]
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