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...added that the federal government funds sex education programs that advocate abstinence until marriage, painting a picture of sex as leading to physical and emotional problems...
...don’t think the way we are teaching kids about sex is teaching them to be sexually healthy adults,” said panelist Megara Bell, founder of the Newton, Mass.-based organization Partners in Sex Education. “We don’t want to teach that sex is dirty and gross, but suddenly becomes okay in marriage...
Panelists said that in addition to painting a negative picture of sex, institutionalized sex education tends to disregard alternate explorations of sexuality—particularly queer sexuality...
...have a cultural tendency to place influence on the first time someone has sex, but the first time isn’t necessarily the most meaningful,” he explained...
Panelists agreed that while society probably will continue to lay stress on the first time, losing one’s virginity is not like losing one’s keys. They expressed hope that social discourse about sex could become more positive in the future...