IS SEX EDUCATION IMPORTANT?

The answer to this question might seem obvious, but our general response to sex speaks otherwise. We all agree that education is important. Of course. When you turn on the radio, you always hear about the need to use a condom and be accepting of people living with HIV and AIDS. Sure. But talk is cheap. When it comes to action, we are generally not supportive of sex education in this country. It is true. Even the government in its bid to curb the spread of HIV, still pay little attention to sex education. They can see people dying of AIDS everyday. They sound as if they really care when the cameras are on them. But when it comes right down to making strong and palpable commitments towards the eradication of sexual illiteracy in this country, they chicken out. What a mess. What are we so afraid of? Everybody has sex. Human beings are sexual beings. Big deal!
My generation will do things differently. Our parents told us lies about sex and they thought they were helping us. But they weren’t. They never taught us a single thing about sex. They never even talked about it. From broken marriages of today to sexual diseases and abuse of sorts, we are the ones suffering from the education parents never gave. That’s fantastic isn’t it? Now the media is doing the same thing. The move to ensure that nobody gets educated is systematically being fostered by the media. But we must resist this sickening attitude. We will scream from the roof tops if we have to but sex education is a must.

WHAT DOES SEX EDUCATION ENTAIL?
The acquisition of vital sexual information is a very simple process. The books and films that you need are out there. We NEED them. Books and movies on every imaginable sexual subject have been written by concerned professionals and entertainers overseas. That is what I love about the west. They take nothing for granted and they value the lives of their people. If Americans were experiencing the kind of AIDS epidemic witnessed in Africa today, by now they would have declared a state of emergency in their country. Their government would be going from house to house giving away boxes of condoms. Infact by now, their government would have put out a law saying that it is illegal and criminal to have sex without a condom. Yes they will. That is how seriously they take human life over there. But here, if you mention the word sex, people will look at you as if you are some kind of devilish human being. Yet, these same people are all having sex.

THE BENEFITS OF SEX EDUCATION
When you educate yourself through books and films, there is hardly any kind of sexual problem or challenge that you cannot face. Whether you are worried about early ejaculation or the fact that you have never had an orgasm before, there are books written just for that. If it is sex positions that you want to learn about, there are tons of books on that as well. There are books on relationships, sex positions, sex games, organ enlargement, sex toys, how to be a better lover, safe sex, sexual ailments, sex therapy etc. The choice is yours. You should see my own personal library. I just love knowledge. It is an amazing asset. With sex education, we can:

1. Protect ourselves from all kinds of diseases.
2. Acquire information that will aid our sexual satisfaction and the success of our marriages and relationships.
3. Understand our bodies better and get to know what works for us and how to achieve it.
4. Prolong sex for mutual benefit.
5. Keep sex interesting for as long as we live.
6. Be better lovers.
7. Understand different sexual dysfunctions, illnesses and their solutions.
And so on.

There is no end to what we can gain from educating ourselves. We have nothing to loose by acquiring relevant sexual information. We prefer television to reading. But I believe that the more we talk about the importance of education, people will gradually begin to build up their libraries and it is happening already. I believe it will continue and gradually become a cultural movement for our benefit.

Talk to you again…

Morgan.