Tuesday 5 April 2011

Be Prepared

I blame letting in girls, part of a general denial of boys their space these days. There was none of that in my day. But the decision of the Scouts to sign up to the grooming industry, otherwise known as Sex Education, raises serious questions about whether it should in so many places be sponsored by churches, in England usually C of E ones. The Evangelical wing would most obviously take the lead on this one. But out in the pews of Middle England, it would find plenty of comrades in arms if it did.

3 comments:

  1. Letting in girls has not worked. There are many thousands more Guides than Scouts in Britain today.

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  2. Which should come as no surprise, and no doubt doesn't to you. With considerable ramifications for this story, the interest in the opposite sex that so distinguishes adolescence from childhood is also a need to be apart from the opposite sex from time to time.

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  3. Part of the problem is the weird belief that if we did not have Sex Education and forced intermingling of the sexes in all areas of life the result would be boys and girls becoming bizarre, stunted men and women.

    But this idea is plainly ridiculous. It is another example of the strange modern predilection for “all or nothing” thinking.

    A bit off topic: personally speaking, I went to an all-male secondary school as did many of the men in my family and in my neighborhood, and it did not harm us in any way. We all had time to meet girls through friends, family, neighborhood life, at dances, through church organizations, etc.

    Plus, I personally feel that single-sex education can often help students concentrate on their studies and eliminate the drama often seen at mixed-sex schools.

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