Pseudo theories in the promotion of sex education

Mar 29, 2017 Letters

Dear Editor,
Educational campaigns aimed at youths by public, professional and religious organisations must emphasize the effectiveness of pre-marital abstinence as the only fool proof way of reducing sexually transmitted diseases, teenage pregnancies, abortions and emotional trauma. The Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association recently conducted a survey titled “Sexual trends among Youths in Guyana.” It recommended an implementation of a “comprehensive sexual and reproductive health rights education in all public schools.”
Other stakeholders and consultants have been pressuring the Ministry of Education to implement the Comprehensive Sex Education curriculum in our public schools. According to the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Comprehensive Sex Education is an “Age appropriate, culturally relevant approach to teaching about sexuality and relationships by providing scientifically accurate, realistic, non-judgmental information.”
In the International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education Volume 1, produced by UNESCO, and the “Standards for Sexuality Education in Europe” prepared by the World Health Organization, homosexuality, abortion and masturbation are heavily promoted while abstinence is given miniscule attention. The documents state that ‘’children ages 4-6 should be informed about the enjoyment and pleasure when touching one’s own body, children ages 9-12 have the right to explore gender identities and youths ages 15-18 should be informed that both men and women can give and receive sexual pleasure with a partner of the same or opposite sex.’’
Such piffle and balderdash should not be indoctrinated into innocent minds of children. The Centre for Disease Control in the United States of America reported that homosexual men account for 83% of men infected with syphilis and also 60% of new HIV infections. Why would you want to promote and celebrate a scientifically unhealthy lifestyle to impressionable young minds?
Comprehensive Sex Education is expertly disguised abortion rights, LGBT rights and sexual pleasure education masquerading as human rights and gender and sexual reproductive health. The Ministry of Education should reject all proposals to have contraceptive services provided to school children. If sex educators truly care about the well-being of youths in Guyana, they would teach them about the efficacy of condoms, the vulnerability of the immature cervix, hazards of anal intercourse and the horrific physical, spiritual and psychological effects of pre-marital sex.
If our dysfunctional culture in Guyana continues to ignore God’s clearly defined boundaries for sexual activity, we will continue to experience tragic consequences. Ignorance of spiritual and biological truths will continue to have devastating effects in Guyana. We must protect our children from immoral, illogical and pseudo-scientific philosophies promoted in Comprehensive Sex Education.
Matthew Gaul

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