So recently there has been a lot of backlash at teen vogue for publishing an article about anal sex. I personally applaud them. Thank you for teaching people about something they probably were not taught in health class. I know i wasn't. Yes, teen vogue is aimed at 11-17 year olds ( its a teen magazine so get over yourselves) But the thing is, if someone doesn't teach them about how to do these things safely, they wont practice it safely and could hurt themselves. I think that teaching them stuff like this is a lot better than a child coming home to their parents with an STI or pregnant.
If the argument is "What about the Children" then it should be those who are arguing about it to give them the very top priority on keeping their kids safe. I'd rather my niece and nephew know how to have sex properly at an early age than to grow up and start messing with something they have no idea about.
When kids are informed about something then they have more confidence about it. If they know how sex and different acts like that they they have more self confidence and they will know if something like that is up their alley. and most importantly, they wont have someone pressure them into it because they know they definitely won't like it.
Don't get caught up in taboos or religious thought-processes and forgo teaching your child about something, give them the necessary tools to make educated decisions and to keep them safe.
And if someone doesn't teach them, they will learn it from the only thing they know: Porn. Porn can be a very useful tool to some, but for impressionable young people, they are taught that this is what its supposed look like and frankly, porn is based mainly on the pleasures of men (unless you know where to look). They don't use condoms, they don't have any type of verbal consent, and a lot of the times they look exactly like what it is: like they're being paid to do it. In most porn videos, the women are seen as objects to be conquered. and the girls that watch porn see that that is the way they're supposed to act, by making a lot of loud noises and be controlled by someone else. No one asks if what they're doing is OK with the other person, or if they genuinely like it. Learning from porn on how to have sex is not a healthy start. It is completely OK to learn how to do a certain position or get some examples for in the bedroom, but for those already having healthy sex.
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