Back when sex education was first taught in Ontario schools there was always a lot of giggling and barely suppressed laughter from the back of the room. The kids up front had to try to keep straight faces. Since we were divided by sex for the classes, we boys had to exchange notes on the different classes with the girls afterwards. Based on what we are hearing about the current sex curriculum, Ontario politicians must be repressed as ever.
But why are politicians still making decisions about sex education? If they are supposed to be identifying community standards, they are doing a rotten job of it. And if Ontario can so easily accept Ms. Wynne and her sexual preference, why are we not being as casual about these things with our children? Is it some kind of double standard?
There are just too many damn politicians in this world who want you to do as they say, not as they do. That is the definition of hypocrites. And the hypocrisy metre has been reading far too high at Queen’s Park for far too long. It applies to a hell of lot more than sex education. Look at a few examples:
– Catholic education is an anachronism in our secular society that should have ended many years ago. God forbid that any weasel of a politician should blow the Catholic vote!
– Beer, wine and spirits distribution. The ghosts of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union will surely haunt you if you change that.
– You have to keep municipal politicians on bended knee to you at Queen’s Park. You cannot allow those dummies to make serious decisions.
And that is only a sample. The problem seems to be that politics is not so much about serving your fellow humans but in control. As a ‘BMOC’ in politics, you can kick sand in the face of political wannabes in the trade schools of municipal and school board politics.
The problem in sex education is that political repression continues to cause harm. If children do not know about sex, they can experiment to find out. The results in some cases are unwanted pregnancies, hospital visits with strange objects were they should not be, rampant venereal diseases—and you thought head lice was a problem. We have a choice: discourage curiosity or answer it. Parents do not have all the answers. Teachers do not have all the answers. Politicians certainly do not seem to have any answers. Maybe between us all we can provide some answers.
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