Iceland plans on blocking internet porn

Likewise, I'm pretty sure the states with the most restrictions on males and females hanging out together also has the highest rates of teen sex and the like. Why do people have to be so blind to the obvious?

lol yeah. Turning a blind eye to sex is way more likely to be harmful. Children need to learn that stuff somewhere. They shouldn't have to learn by experience, they should be taught the ins-and-outs (forgive me) by parents and other authority figures.
Simply saying "be safe" isn't enough. Show instructional videos or something, or draw a diagram.

lol yeah. Turning a blind eye to sex is way more likely to be harmful. Children need to learn that stuff somewhere. They shouldn't have to learn by experience, they should be taught the ins-and-outs (forgive me) by parents and other authority figures.
Simply saying "be safe" isn't enough. Show instructional videos or something, or draw a diagram.

We can never make sure anyone's completely safe, but if we prepare them for everything they can train themselves to stay safe and learn the best ways to avoid harm. As I've said, learning any aspect of sex is inevitable in a normal life and because the mistakes you make there can affect you forever trying to turn a blind eye is nothing less than being irresponsible.

Incidentally, given that almost everything is less interesting once you've tried/seen it, I'm surprised no one's linked that to sex education. Teach them enough and they might not even want to risk their bodies to experiment, plus you don't need to do anything as drastic as using porn to make a point.

I think we had a 1 hour lesson on male and female reproductive organs and how to use a condom. That was all we got.

/ [MENTION=6211]Malthe[/MENTION];

We had 30 minutes of a lunch break (which ~30% of the set didn't show up to) of sex education, didn't even get the 'how to use a condom' bit. The other half of my year (6 'houses', split 3/3 for different classes) didn't get anything because the teacher wasn't in school, and it was never rescheduled...

[MENTION=618]Takebacker[/MENTION]; and I have a pretty lengthy sex Ed and health class in high school (it replaced gym for a while). We went into everything from discussions about multiple contraceptive measures, to foreplay, to actual sex. Maybe I just went to a "good" high school, but they were certainly through.

It may be because I'm not actually out of high school yet (still, you think they would have covered it by freshman or sophomore year), or because I didn't take the Gym/Health class, but the total sex ed I've had amounts to a ton on the various diseases, a little on how effective different contraceptions are, and the science-y part (sperm cells, ovaries, etc.). Honestly, I have learned more from porn than the "official" lessons. Which is pineappling stupid.

Sex Ed in Virginia is a unit that is taught during health which is about two months during a semester during your gym class. In middle school they separate you, but in high school everyone does it together. All I really remember from sex ed was all the STDs. Nothing else really was taught that was memorable or that I already didn't know.

[MENTION=618]Takebacker[/MENTION]; and I have a pretty lengthy sex Ed and health class in high school (it replaced gym for a while). We went into everything from discussions about multiple contraceptive measures, to foreplay, to actual sex. Maybe I just went to a "good" high school, but they were certainly through.

All we got was anatomy and the rest of the time was looking at the STD. That was it two weeks of looking at blurry pictures of people with STD's on their junk.