Sinister: sex in school...

[Marianne Bratlie]

>From: "Burke, Jeffrey" <jburke at xxx.com>
>To: "'Marianne Bratlie'" <mariannebratlie at hotmail.com>
>Subject: RE: Sinister: sex in school...
>Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 15:54:33 -0400
>
>Hey there.
>I'm on the sinister list but alas don't have a voice yet. :(
>my personal experience on sex in school is not it doesn't lose the
>excitement...
>in the US they teach you the basic anatomy way before your anatomy looks
>anything like you're seeing. then you really don't talk about it in a 
>formal
>setting again that's when friends rumors and experimentation take over.
>I think the US school system is particularly conservative compared to some
>parts of the word...scandanavia from what I've heard is very 
>liberal..that's
>why most americans are sexual dysfunctional :)
>
>Personally I remember getting taken into the music room with all the other
>boys and being told all about reproduction nothing much about sex. at the
>same time the girls were off getting told the same thing (from a female
>prospective I'm assuming..) then we didn't really have anymore official
>learning on in in 6th grade  (12 years old...) we got  a little more on
>"human sexuality" in science class and we had a "health" class which I'm
>assuming was supposed to be about that but we only talked about the evil
>temptations of alcohol and cigarettes...it was taught by the high school
>football coach so no wonder there ...:)
>
>I found a copy of "everything you ever wanted to know about sex but were
>afraid to ask" a great book on sex written  in the late 60's I think...it
>was there I learned about masturbation and oral sex and all sorts of 
>helpful
>things..school didn't do it for me...
>
>but later when I have my actual first sexual experiences...in college. (I
>admit I was a late bloomer :)  it was just as exciting as I could possible
>imagine...
>
>that's just my 2 cents.. ...feel free to forward to the list if that's
>acceptable...I'm not sure.. I've never seen a list where you had to observe
>for two weeks before participating. but judging by the threads and 
>intellect
>of the members it will be worth the wait
>
>hope all is well where you live.
>jeff
>
>What sounds to you like big load of
>trashy old noise
>is in fact the brilliant music of a genius
>myself...
>and that music is so powerful it's quite beyond my control.
>--Iggy Pop
>
>Jeff Burke
>Content Coordinator, Popular Music.
>www.townonline.com
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Marianne Bratlie [SMTP:mariannebratlie at xxx.com]
> > Sent:	Thursday, July 29, 1999 3:17 PM
> > To:	sinister at Majordomo.net
> > Subject:	Sinister: sex in school...
> >
> > .no, not having sex in school,
> >
> > ..when we are on the subject "teaching sex in school", I would like to 
>ask
> > a
> > question  that has crossed my mind a couple of times.
> >
> > Do you think the lessons we are given ( I can remember getting the first
> > one
> > at the age of ten , or nine or something, and it has never stopped
> > since..)has taken away some of the "excitement" connected to sex?
> >
> > I`m just wondering how it was when you discovered everything on your own
> > (with someone, or yourself for that sake )- without having seen stuff on
> > the
> > telly, or been told in school "how to make babies"-and to always wear a
> > condom, ....and so on.
> >
> > I`m not saying it`s not important to teach about sex in school, it is 
>very
> >
> > important, especially in todays society, and it`s nice that we can talk
> > about sex openly too, but have we crossed some kind of limit?
> > Has sex got to "commercial"??? (This is the right word, right?? It is in
> > norwegian, anyway...)
> >
> >
> > I`ll have to go now,
> > hope I`ve made my point.my mummy will get upset if I don`t show up to
> > dinner
> > NOW....
> >
> > take care
> > xxx
> > Marianne
> >
> >
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