Something 'bout emotion

So I'm sitting in Starbucks right now, sipping on a green tea latte, because I'm artsy like that. There's a song playing, and this woman is singing "something 'bout emotion, ooohhh yea, it's something about emotionnnn".

SO, because my mind never veers from sex education, I continue to assume she means "do you need to be emotionally invested in someone to have sex with them?"

I think this is an issue that should be addressed in schools. We have emotions. They are powerful. Why does he cry when we make love?!?!?!

IN MY OPINION, teens should not be having sex (no one should for that matter) unless they are comfortable in their own skin. Because it can be a very emotional situation, student A should love herself, know herself, know her body, and love her body before she lets student B all up on it.

This is just an opinion, but you dear reader, must remember that I am studying sexual health education in the classroom and curriculum, and general successful comprehensive sex education...
WHAT DOES THIS MEEEEAAAN?

It means I'm right. Or at least, my opinions should be considered.
Sexual expression can be simply pleasure, for sure. I would still suggest that student A confront herself before she lets student B confront it for her.

Let's all embrace the self knowledge. One day, I'll teach a course for girls called "My vagina. Your vagina". It will involve a mirror and a pencil and paper. You do the math. Body knowledge is NECESSARY. Understanding oneself... is that not like, a puzzle piece in the puzzle of life??

I'm been in Starbucks too long. Hello philosophy.

MORAL OF THE STORY:
You cannot escape emotion. Especially if you are a pubescent girlio. Be careful when you sexperiment.

Emotions are as real as chlamydia. So not only must you cry it out when you need to, but use a condom. <3

Stay safe! Sexually speaking. :)

Sex-positive Education

Alright,

Let's be real. Sex is nice. Sexual things are nice. These are the realities of sex. And so is this:

I'm just mad about safe sex!

Greetings my people,

Okay, so I have been reading a lot about abstinence-only, comprehensive, and broad-based sex education and what parents, students, and teachers have to say about all of these forms. I have decided to make a video of me dishing out some issues in a scattered manner. I am getting better at my video making skills, so I have a feeling you will enjoy this whether it is because I'm wearing a hat, or because I have interesting things to say.

Condoms are beautiful!!!! Alright. Enjoy. (Part 2: Sex-positive Education, will be uploaded shortly).

Snoop Dogg likes safe sex

Alright all you risk takers who refuse to load up on Trojans:

I know you're trying to look cool in front of your friends by having unprotected sex. Well, you're not! I can say this, because the coolest of cool says so too! Rapper badass Snoop Dogg raps about using contraception in his song Nuthin but a G Thang (I'll give him a grammar lesson later). Here are the words:

But, uh, back to the lecture at hand
Perfection is perfected, so I'ma let 'em understand
From a young G's perspective
And before me dig out a bitch I have ta' find a contraceptive
You never know she could be earnin' her man,
And learnin' her man, and at the same time burnin' her man

YES!!!!!!!! Now I don't know what a G is, and I have some issues about his sentence structure, but the bottom line is, Snoop Dogg cares about his sexual health, and he's rapping about it for all the world to hear.

Snoop Dogg... I have new respect for you. Mad props. KIDS! Look! Everyone likes safe sex! I'm so thrilled, I will video it!

Sex it right, Sex it safe

Yo kids,

Here's a rap about safe sex.



So I've been reading a lot of information about sexual health from the Public Health Agency of Canada and sieccan.org, and I decided that there needs to be a safe sex rap.. not song. Rap.

One day, schools will make this mandatory to view and analyze. Sigh. That's the dream.

Video killed the radio star, sexually speaking

Greetings!



So I have decided to beef up my blog by adding videos. How exciting!

This video will be one of many highlighting the following:
a) how entertaining I am
b) how sex education can be fun
c) the beauty of my bedroom
d) the fact that I wear glasses

I am hoping to devote at least 5 minutes of video time a month. By 5 minutes, I realistically mean a couple of hours, as I tend to videotape, screw up, and then videotape again, at least 7 times.

Through our time together, I will learn the ways of the world, video wise, and amuse you with my technological suavity.

So sit back and take a load off your eyes from reading, and educate yourself via this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYpQejZ4mwI

We are living in a sexual world

Sandra L. Caron is the author of a captivating statistical phenomenon, Sex around the world...
(For author and book information, see previous post)

So I talked about the majority of the countries in general in the last post. Now, I want to focus on our home and native land, and the land closest to that in values, culture, and lifestyle... one may argue. Canada and the United States.


In Canada, the age of consent for engaging in sex is 14 years old, or 18 years for "gay male sex" (14-vaginal intercourse, 18-anal intercourse).
Caron (2007) estimates that 50% of teens are sexually active by grade 11.

In Ontario specifically, the locations that have access to contraception facilities have lower teen pregnancy rates. (Re: my thesis that talks about harm reduction. You don't want kids to have sex? They will. Reduce the babies and the STIs by throwing condoms and pills at them! Trust...)

In Canada, in most provinces, the law permits each regional school board to set its own guidelines. (This is similar to the States. Each one has a vastly different sex ed curriculum than the next. Interesting... it's culturally and value-based, me thinks)

A youth and AIDS study found that most teens do not use condoms. From this musing, a plan was fashioned to install vending machines and improve sex ed programs (Mad props).

So Canada is pretty progressive. Way to go Canada! And Happy Birthday, yesterday :)

Interesting...
Human rights laws provide protection based on sexual orientation in all provinces ***except Alberta, Newfoundland, And Prince Edward Island***
Say whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? Really? That's news to me! What happened Newfies? I thought we were bros.

This is interesting to me. I found a website (I will hunt down the link another day...) that listed the difference in sex ed curricula based on province. Very cool to see that Canada is different, depending on province... much like the States. It's weird though. I would have that Canada to have a more united front...
No pun intended on the fact that the States aren't really 'united' in their sex ed perspectives. HIYO!

Did you know?
In 2003, British Columbia and Ontario legalized gay marriage, and in 2005, the rest of Canada followed suit.
*** Canada was the fourth country to legalize gay marriage *** Again, PROPS CANADA!!!

In the US, only 19 states require schools to provide sex education. Thirty-six states provide abstinence-only. Hmmmm.
I think this is very interesting. USA has how many states? A million? Haha, I kid. But still! I find it very interesting that if you drive a couple of hours, you will find a completely different set of values. I guess it's the same as in Canada. This book has really made me think about that. If we are all sexual beings, how come we are taught about it so differently? I guess technically you could ask the same question about math... I teach long division differently than some teachers...

It's an interesting world out there, but again, I must reiterate: Sexuality is an important concept and N/A or "No information found" does not cut it. Let's talk about sex! In some way or another... let's talk about sex.

PS. http://www.sieccan.org/
http://www.sexualityandu.ca/home_e.aspx <-- LOVE!

Food for thought? Next post maybe?
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2004/11/12/sex-education-new-brunswick041112.html