Intellectual masturbation... Yes, masturbation--a stimulation. I mean an informative or intellectual discussion that gives cognitive satisfaction.
To start our cerebral orgasm firework display, say…
“Sex! Sex! Sex!”
Why many people can say it out loud? A crime? Wickedness? Nah… You're not violating any law when you say it... Nor you sin just because you say it.
Sex. A taboo for some, perhaps.
I read a tweet on sex education, so here I am.
There was a forum in my Alma Mater and some of the senatorial candidates were asked about sex ed being a school based thing.
One of the Reproductive Health (RH) Law's objectives is to properly educate the people, including the youth, on sex.
With the advent of recently approved RH Law, I think it's but fitting for the government to push through school based sex ed in Health subjects or classes.
School is a more, if not the most, comfortable, informative, responsible place, I presume, where this topic can be discussed with the students openly, honestly, and positively. I believe. PROVIDED! Provided that the teacher is one who is specially equipped with proper knowledge, training, and moral consciousness in properly teaching the course. FURTHER PROVIDED, that sex ed will be taught in school at the right or proper time ascertained by an expert in the matter.
Now that we have RH Law, we should implement it productively and effectively; and part of doing that is to utilize the appropriated money for sex ed properly. (If not, a huge chunk of the budget will just go to condoms and pills; or, god forbid, to the pockets of some public officers.)
Since RH is now a law, we cannot just go against it nor be unmindful of it just because we don't agree with it.
RH being a law now, we have to make ways on how to effectively implement it to live up to its purpose and embolden its wisdom.
On the aspect of sex ed, we have it since a looooong time ago anyway. So now, with the budget appropriated for RH that trickles to sex ed, then we should make sure sex ed get the attention it deserves.
Sex education is a double-edged sword. It can either soil the innocence of the youth and desecrate the supposed to be one of the best things, sex; or teach the youth what is beautiful and make them desire what is right (as Plato treated education).
Improve the old ways of teaching sex ed. Train a special set of teachers because it’s a sensitive topic for a [conservative] Christian country like ours; more than that, it will greatly affect the future of the youth. Print quality books. Come up with a well-thought of curriculum to precisely target the objective of the law.
I mean, not just teach it... But teach it properly with the guidance of authorities in the field. Yes plural. Authorities composed of experts in anatomy, biology, psychology, sociology, morality, and even a lawyer I believe. This is to make sure the students will have the right information they need on the implications of their every action--physical effects, social implication, legal consequences.
Not to mention, the relevance of having a set of responsible, ethical, professional, and willing well-trained set of sex ed teachers.
Common sense dictates that we shouldn't just depend on the educational institutions.
The family, especially the parents, have the fundamental and significant roles in shaping their children's character, personality, values, integrity...name it.
RH Law is now here. Now, what we need to do is use it for the good it is aimed at.
And oh, did I not say, "scientific learning can be taught, but character cannot"?
Character is built over time--starting from home when babies start to grow (parent's wisdom, actions, and guidance) to children's experiences out there in the open sometimes-cruel-sometimes-just-downright-honest world.
Parents’ active roles in guiding their children is very important.
School's supplementary yet equally important role in teaching the students the proper and right thing is undeniably as crucial as the parents’ role.
So I hope, rather than still ranting about the RH Bill, let us all move forward and breathe life into this law for the best interest of our posterity.
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