Normally when I write about really messed up things going on in Washington I am referring to the District of Columbia, but this time I am talking about Washington State. In Washington State almost a third of the school districts won't allow the sex education teachers to talk about contraception. General sex ed is not required in Washington schools, but HIV/AIDS training is. A quote from this article says that "research has shown, the students are sexually
active, but they don't use condoms because they think
they don't work".
Holy shit. So these kids are going around having unprotected sex because they were given incomplete information? That makes me sick to my stomach. We don't have to like the fact that teenagers and preteens are having sex like crazy, but don't we at least owe it to them to give them all of the facts?
Even worse: "Teachers in 30 percent of the
districts surveyed are not allowed to discuss condoms or
contraception. Twenty-eight percent are banned from
discussing abortion, and 23 percent are not allowed to talk
about homosexuality." Is this really giving kids an education? I don't care what your personal beliefs are. I've used this analogy before, but I don't think people should own snakes as pets, but that doesn't mean I won't teach my children about their existence.
