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Cultural Hypocrisy About Sex

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The Sum Up: Embracing Sexuality, Honestly Teaching young people that sex is not something they should even think about (much less desire), means we are telling them to ignore their own feelings and their observations about the sexual world around them in favor of a lie. As Finer’s research proves—teens and young adults don’t need “preaching” but instead need to have accurate information about how to deal with sexual feelings and behaviors. It's time to teach our daughters and sons that their ability to be good people depends on how well they navigate the twists and turns of life using their own personal moral compass, not on whether or not they have had sex. True enough, our cultural hypocrisy about sex, along with its piling up of layers …show more content…

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