I'm not that much in the mood to write, but this is Important (and important to me)...
Last night's Glee episode (like most TV, I just read about it the next day, and then watch selected clips on the Internet) was the Sex Episode. High school angst, high school sex - from sex education class to the Abstinence Club and the Gay-Straight Alliance, both found in today's high schools - but it's still the same old-fashioned, age-old teen angst. And parents matter...a lot. Perhaps the most touching, most compelling, most reach-inside-and-touch-your-soul scene was when Kurt, gay teen, and his dad have The Talk.
Wow...I hope you viewed that link. I strongly believe in having comprehensive sex education in schools. And I strongly believe that good (or bad) parenting makes the greatest difference in kids lives. And somehow, this scene demonstrates all that for me.
I LOVE sex. It feels so GOOD. It's SO fun. It's so easy. But it's big, and it's more than all that. There are health risks - some lasting. And there are life-altering consequences, like pregnancy. And these are wonderfully prevented and mitigated by birth control, condoms, and bit of honest discussion and some negotiation. But at its best, and at its worse, it's about connection (or lack of it) and vulnerability (despite the fact that an orgasm can make you feel utterly invincible). It's what it is to you, but also what it is to the other person - and figuring that out somehow for both of you, honestly. And yes, sex does something to you - "..to your heart. To your self-esteem...So don't throw yourself around like you don't matter. Because you do matter"
No sentiment more true and more beautiful, about something so true, so beautiful.
Last night's Glee episode (like most TV, I just read about it the next day, and then watch selected clips on the Internet) was the Sex Episode. High school angst, high school sex - from sex education class to the Abstinence Club and the Gay-Straight Alliance, both found in today's high schools - but it's still the same old-fashioned, age-old teen angst. And parents matter...a lot. Perhaps the most touching, most compelling, most reach-inside-and-touch-your-soul scene was when Kurt, gay teen, and his dad have The Talk.
Wow...I hope you viewed that link. I strongly believe in having comprehensive sex education in schools. And I strongly believe that good (or bad) parenting makes the greatest difference in kids lives. And somehow, this scene demonstrates all that for me.
I LOVE sex. It feels so GOOD. It's SO fun. It's so easy. But it's big, and it's more than all that. There are health risks - some lasting. And there are life-altering consequences, like pregnancy. And these are wonderfully prevented and mitigated by birth control, condoms, and bit of honest discussion and some negotiation. But at its best, and at its worse, it's about connection (or lack of it) and vulnerability (despite the fact that an orgasm can make you feel utterly invincible). It's what it is to you, but also what it is to the other person - and figuring that out somehow for both of you, honestly. And yes, sex does something to you - "..to your heart. To your self-esteem...So don't throw yourself around like you don't matter. Because you do matter"
No sentiment more true and more beautiful, about something so true, so beautiful.
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