[Patrick85]

Ok first, I am not talking about the sodomy or stuff like that. But I think we can all take a lesson from the Greeks when it comes to sexuality. The Greeks openly talked about their sexuality in public. I think if we had less of 'behind closed doors' and more of 'let's just talk about it at the gym or anywhere' then I do not think we would have the sexual dysfunction that many people struggle with. Imagine going to lunch with a group of friends and each of you were concerned about each other's sexual well being. If we were concerned about each other's sexual well being in the same way that we are concerned about each other's physical well being, then how can that be a bad thing?

Sex can still be an intimate moment with your significant other. It's not like you are inviting your friends to have sex with you. And women tend to do this for the most part with their girlfriends (although I don't know what else girls talk about with their friends) and us guys kind of do this with our buddies except we aren't as concerned for our buddies. We just say "give it some elbow grease and it will be fine."

But imagine if you had commercials on TV about sexual health. I just saw a commercial a minute ago about a golfer who told me to ask my doctor about arthritis medication because he has arthritis. What would be so different about having a commercial on TV telling us to ask our doctor if sex is not fun anymore? I know it sounds funny, but think about it in the spirit that I meant it in.

If we prepared our kids for sexual maturity by telling them about what it means to be intimate and to give in to your partner's wishes, then don't you think that would prepare them to lead very healthy lives? I am not talking about telling your 7 year old about orgasms. I am talking about preparing your 15 year old to be able to understand consequences, as well as the good side of it. Your 15 year old is going to regress and rebel if you tell him/her that sex is dangerous all the time and to avoid it until marriage. Kids do not do that.

I just think that if we spent actual time and money focusing on our sexual health then the world would be a better place. And if we had an agora where we talked about our sexuality, then that might help us as well.

[Pandoren]

Sounds like we already do that here :S IMO I don't need to hear about it as much as I do!

I do, however, agree with appropriate and balanced sex education. Vast majority of them will do it eventually no matter what you say, so best for them to be fully informed.

[Webgoji]

I think it's important to talk to your kids to their level. Obviously I don't go into great detail with my 9-year-old son, but when my daughter was 15 we would have rather detailed conversations. I mean to the point that she came in and asked if someone could really go blind if they got semen in their eye. That was quite a conversation.

Oh, and what's wrong with sodomy? (I live in Kansas so the stuff my wife and do in the privacy of our bedroom breaks the state's anti-sodomy laws.)

[krisakira]

Yes. I grew up not allowed to know anything about sex. At age 12 I was not allowed to study the reproductive system with my class (had to take a course in nutrition in the library instead), and was not allowed to take sex education in high school. I knew nothing about sex until I looked up porn. Porn is NOT the place to be educating yourself. Hell I didn't know oral was actually considered sex. So while I was 20 and experimenting, I was having sex the whole time and didn't know it. Thought I was still pure. And no one ever told me you can get STIs from oral. What if I had gotten an oral STI? My parents thought if I didn't know anything about it, then I wouldn't do anything. I was taught that masturbation was a sin, and that I would be hurt by it. I felt ashamed of my urges, and often self injured after masturbation. I didn't even know the word for it, or even knew it was a part of being "sexual." I wish parents would be more open to their kids, especially religious parents, because they often say it's a taboo subject, but kids can get into all sorts of trouble if not properly educated. I have a right to know about my own body and what it does. Hell, I thought I was going to die when I first got my period. The "sex talk" with my mom was "Hey, are you having sex?" "No" "Okay, don't." at age 16. I was so naive about sex that I let a stranger into my house, and he raped me. I didn't know what his intentions were. Education about safe sex is vital to the progression of this society.