Should school's distribute condoms?

[Ovisterra]

Yes.

[Smartass alcoholics]

It's not the school's job.

Tell me o person who registered-- yesterday, why should a school not provide for the safety of it's students?

Because it's the parent's "official/unofficial" job to inform their child about protection.

[Khadgar]

yummy apple pie... makes me want to have sex.........?

Didn't see American Pie, did you?

Isn't it sad that we are just resigned to the fact that teens will have sex? I blame the 60s...and 70s and 80s and 90s and 00s...

The '20s called, they'd like you to review teenage pregnancy rates. The '30s called, they'd like you to review teen marriage rates. The '40s called, they'd like you to review the unwed mother statistics.

TEXAS called and said that if you believe that we'd be better at it today, they have some repeat teen pregnancy statistics you ought look at.

[Totalise]

yes

[West Angola]

The '20s called, they'd like you to review teenage pregnancy rates. The '30s called, they'd like you to review teen marriage rates. The '40s called, they'd like you to review the unwed mother statistics.

I can't take that many calls at once...

[Khadgar]

Tell me o person who registered-- yesterday, why should a school not provide for the safety of it's students?

Because it's the parent's "official/unofficial" job to inform their child about protection.

So the school shouldn't even inform children about condoms? That's a disastrous policy. Irresponsible in every way you can measure.

[Necrophilopolis]

So you're telling me that the first thing you think upon seeing a condom isn't sex? Bull shit.

That's not the point they're making, you're not being open-minded enough with your argument against them. The argument that makes closest sense while also being as socially conservative as possible would be this: Teach kids how to use condoms but don't give them condoms.

[Liriena]

Yes. A condom doesn't make you have sex, you would do that anyway.

^ this

Teenagers get horny. They'll have sex anyway. Statistics from abstinence-only states prove it.
At least with a large available stock of free condoms their sexual escapades hopefully won't end in STD's and pregnancies.

[Zack Mattox]

I think if they do distribute codoms they should be military issue.


take that horny teens!

[The Emerald Dawn]

The '20s called, they'd like you to review teenage pregnancy rates. The '30s called, they'd like you to review teen marriage rates. The '40s called, they'd like you to review the unwed mother statistics.

I can't take that many calls at once...

I'll ask them to hold, I'm sure they'll be patient.

Didn't see American Pie, did you?


The '20s called, they'd like you to review teenage pregnancy rates. The '30s called, they'd like you to review teen marriage rates. The '40s called, they'd like you to review the unwed mother statistics.

TEXAS called and said that if you believe that we'd be better at it today, they have some repeat teen pregnancy statistics you ought look at.

боже мой, Texas' teen pregnancy rate makes it even more imperative to stop the assault on sense.

[Raeyh]

Because it's the parent's "official/unofficial" job to inform their child about protection.

So the school shouldn't even inform children about condoms? That's a disastrous policy. Irresponsible in every way you can measure.

There is a difference between informing and providing. They could talk about drugs, but giving it to the students would be prohibited. The same with sex paraphernalia such as condoms.

[Smartass alcoholics]

Because it's the parent's "official/unofficial" job to inform their child about protection.

So the school shouldn't even inform children about condoms? That's a disastrous policy. Irresponsible in every way you can measure.

There's a difference between informing students about sex and enabling them to safely ENGAGE in sex. What if the school-distributed condom broke, and the child's parents sued the distributors (the school)? They might not want to deal with that nightmare.

[Alaje]

Yes. A condom doesn't make you have sex, you would do that anyway.

^ this

Teenagers get horny. They'll have sex anyway. Statistics from abstinence-only states prove it.
At least with a large available stock of free condoms their sexual escapades hopefully won't end in STD's and pregnancies.

They don't need to be thinking about sex in school, flashing condoms in the students' faces will distract them from education.

[Smartass alcoholics]

^ this

Teenagers get horny. They'll have sex anyway. Statistics from abstinence-only states prove it.
At least with a large available stock of free condoms their sexual escapades hopefully won't end in STD's and pregnancies.

They don't need to be thinking about sex in school, flashing condoms in the students' faces will distract them from education.

This. Drop out rates are bad enough.

[Liriena]

So the school shouldn't even inform children about condoms? That's a disastrous policy. Irresponsible in every way you can measure.

There is a difference between informing and providing. They could talk about drugs, but giving it to the students would be prohibited. The same with sex paraphernalia such as condoms.

Holy bullshit analogy, Batman.

Providing condoms or not won't make teenagers want to have more or less sex. It'll just prevent the risks of the unavoidable unprotected sex. Condoms are accessory. Drugs are not. Drugs are the end. Condoms are the means to an entirely different, and far more healthy end.

[Zack Mattox]

[/quote]^ this

Teenagers get horny. They'll have sex anyway. Statistics from abstinence-only states prove it.
At least with a large available stock of free condoms their sexual escapades hopefully won't end in STD's and pregnancies.[/quote]

They don't need to be thinking about sex in school, flashing condoms in the students' faces will distract them from education.[/quote]

and do you think thoughts of who their going to bang next isn't distractive?

[Zack Mattox]

ooops

[Raeyh]

High school students are underage and can not have sex legally. Providing condoms to people who are under the age of consent would be contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

16 is the age of consent here.
And there are R+J laws allowing consent between people under the age of consent provided there isn't much difference between the ages. (Same in a lot of US states.)

Then wouldn't the nurse need to verify that their ages aren't too far apart before providing the condom?

[The Emerald Dawn]

^ this

Teenagers get horny. They'll have sex anyway. Statistics from abstinence-only states prove it.
At least with a large available stock of free condoms their sexual escapades hopefully won't end in STD's and pregnancies.

They don't need to be thinking about sex in school, flashing condoms in the students' faces will distract them from education.

They don't need to be thinking about jobs in school, flashing paychecks in the students' faces will distract them from education.
They don't need to be thinking about sports in school, flashing balls (tee hee) in the students' faces will distract them from education.
They don't need to be thinking about careers in school, flashing the future in the students' faces will distract them from education.
They don't need to be thinking in school, flashing statistically proven logic in the students' faces will distract them from thinking about all the bullshit we feed them because they're so fucking stupid they wouldn't know their ass from a hole in the ground without some overly pious bullshit spewed from the lectern every Saturday/Sunday.

[Smartass alcoholics]

ooops

Just edit that post, its not that big of a problem xD

[Smartass alcoholics]

They don't need to be thinking about sex in school, flashing condoms in the students' faces will distract them from education.

They don't need to be thinking about jobs in school, flashing paychecks in the students' faces will distract them from education.
They don't need to be thinking about sports in school, flashing balls (tee hee) in the students' faces will distract them from education.
They don't need to be thinking about careers in school, flashing the future in the students' faces will distract them from education.
They don't need to be thinking in school, flashing statistically proven logic in the students' faces will distract them from thinking about all the bullshit we feed them because they're so fucking stupid they wouldn't know their ass from a hole in the ground without some overly pious bullshit spewed from the lectern every Saturday/Sunday.

Welcome to 'Murica, home to backasswards, mindblowing logic.

[Bahavus]

It's a dumb idea for someone under 18 to have sex. But it's a waste of time to get them to stop, so it's better to encourage safe sex and have sex education courses.

[The Amyclae]

It seems like a quick bandaid for an insoluble problem.

Teenagers are going to use power tools, but I don't want to give one a buzz saw before teaching him how to use it. Equally, I would hope that schools concentrate on giving students a serious explanation of sex and its implications before ever thinking about using a condom.

[Zack Mattox]

Many young girls feel pressured into sex before they are ready. This pressure is from various sources; friends, boyfriends and the melange of mixed messages and highly sexualised role models communicated to them by the media. It's all from peer pressure

[Liriena]

^ this

Teenagers get horny. They'll have sex anyway. Statistics from abstinence-only states prove it.
At least with a large available stock of free condoms their sexual escapades hopefully won't end in STD's and pregnancies.

They don't need to be thinking about sex in school, flashing condoms in the students' faces will distract them from education.

...Implying that hormonal teenagers don't EVER think about sex in school unless someone shoves a condom in their faces?

They're condoms, not dildos or scented oils.