Tug-of-war over a sexual divide
3/9/2006 7:00:00 AM
By Rhonda Robinson
 | What is "age appropriate" sex education for 5-yr-old children? |
In our Brittney Spears world, where innocence wrapped in seduction is sold as "sexy" and where sexuality lines have been all but erased, we shouldn't be shocked to hear high school students were used by educators and Planned Parenthood to lobby for "sexuality" education.
If they really wanted to give their legislators a clear picture of just what they were lobbying for, the teens should have brought along their little brothers and sisters. After all, the "comprehensive, sexuality education" the teens were begging legislators for begins in kindergarten; at age 5.
What is "age appropriate" at age 5, you ask? Well, that depends entirely on who you ask.
There is a cultural and ideological tug-of-war being waged within our schools over a deep moral line; the winner will drag Illinois' youngest schoolchildren across that line.
Most parents understand that 5-year-olds are not sexual. Innocent curiosity in bodily functions--yes; but true sexual behavior in very young children is either a reaction to something they have seen inappropriately, or are signs of sexual abuse.
Children of this age should be taught to guard their privacy; their shyness is a natural God given protection and should not be violated. It should be nurtured and protected by the adults in their lives.
Important age-appropriate information is cleanliness, the washing of hands after using the bathroom, understanding that washing with soap will keep it from itching, and never drinking your bath water--all issues facing the average 5-year-old.
If you ask those pushing SB 2267 in Springfield, they will tell you quite a different story. They come from a fundamental belief that children are sexual from birth. Seeing children as no different from adults, this point of view believes children should have access to unlimited information and values concerning sex and more recently, sexuality.
Guidelines for Comprehensive Sexuality Education: Kindergarten-12th Grade has been published by SIECUS (the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States), for over a decade, and is used extensively by educators and curriculum developers to implement sexuality education.
The guidelines divide into four age/grade levels. Level one is for ages 5 to 8. According to the guidelines, this age group should be taught that "both boys and girls have body parts that feel good when touched... touching and rubbing one's own genitals to feel good is called..."
Caution is given though, explaining while some boys and girls engage in this activity and some do not, the children are told this should all be done in private.
The guidelines include a complete anatomy lesson on "vaginal intercourse." The term vaginal intercourse is used, as it is lumped in with several accepted forms of intercourse.
Did you notice that the old sex-ed is now "sexuality" education? The concepts of sex, sexuality, and sexual identity are treated separately with the introduction of homosexuality and bi-sexuality. Introduction at such a tender age is nothing less than induction.
There is no doubt that the world we live in today is overtly sexual, and children are seeing far too much, and should be educated.
But stripping children of their innocence, raping their childhood imagination, and breaking down all natural defenses is not education it is an assault.
"Comprehensive, age appropriate sexuality education" is so focused on telling children it is ok to touch themselves and each other, and describing all sorts of sexual acts as right and good, they break down all barriers and defenses against sexual abuse.
A child being sexually abused will come to school and be told about how all the touching and intercourse is good and natural--and should be done in private. Underscoring the lies her abuser is telling her.
For now, we will set aside the endorsement of pornography, abortion, services offered without parental consent to adolescents and high schoolers, by comprehensive sexuality induction. And whether or not teens should have access to birth control in a school setting is a subject we will save for another day.
This topic hardly seems fit for public discussion; most of us were taught it is improper to speak publicly about private sexual matters; there is a natural aversion and respect to privacy we adults understand.
Parents can no longer afford polite silence while laws are being pushed that will enable teachers to have far more graphic and disturbing discussions with 5, 6 and 7- year-olds, behind closed doors--as a captive audience within the confines of a classroom.
 Rhonda Robinson has spent the last 18 years in grade school, as a homeschooling mother of nine. She and her husband of 29 years live in Douglas County in central Illinois.
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