Bristol Palin?
Here’s a quote from the dear girl from a recent cover of People Magazine:
“If girls realized the consequences of sex, nobody would be having sex. Trust me. Nobody.”
Oh. Really? Because I know the consequences of sex, and I have it. Regularly. Wanna know what they are, Bristol, since you don’t seem to have any clue?
- Pregnancy (no duh)
- STDs (ORLY?!)
- There is no three
Here’s the deal. PLENTY of people (teenagers included) realize the risks of sex. They know there is the possibility of getting pregnant and there is the risk of getting a disease. However, they are EDUCATED about these things. Thanks to Bristol Palin’s mom, all she knew was God was gonna kick her ass if she didn’t wait. Well, she didn’t wait, and you know what? No repercussions from God, unless you count her baby (who is very cute, by the way).
Except, that baby could have been avoided if Bristol ws educated about the available options in the ways of birth control, body rhythms and alternative sexual activities. Babies don’t come from God; they come from the joining of egg and sperm, which is allowed during this thirty-six hour window during a woman’s menstrual cycle. It’s all about timing. There’s no miracle behind it.
My mom said what Bristol meant was, if girls knew that sex leads to crying, screaming babies, then they wouldn’t have it. Well, I know that unprotected, unregulated sex causes crying, screaming babies… so that’s why I don’t have unprotected, unregulated sex. I’m in a monogamous relationship (which is protection within itself) and I use birth control regularly. So I have safe sex. And so do plenty of people. EVERYONE is having sex. The difference between the people like Bristol and people like me is that we know about methods of birth control and when we’re most likely to get pregnant.
Bristol Palin is a prime example of why we need TRUE sex education in this country, not abstinence education. When I took Sex Ed in 9th grade, I was basically told that if you have sex before you’re 18, you will get pregnant, your baby will have a horrible deformity, you will get AIDS, your parents will hate you, the baby daddy will leave you, you will be poor and then you will die. And that’s why you shouldn’t have sex. Know what? Didn’t stop me or my friends. Scare tactics don’t work. People are going to have sex. We’re hard-wired like that for a reason. If we didn’t have sex, there would be no more people left. Sex is a GOOD thing, not bad. I’m tired of adults vilifying the act, because with the right knowledge and tools, everyone can get their freak on with little risk of any negative effects.
And even if you do end up in an OOPS situation, there are still things you can do. Unprotected sex? Meet Plan B, the morning after pill. Pregnant? Research your options… there’s abortion, adoption and, of course, keeping the baby. STD? Most are curable or, at the very least, treatable. And for god’s sake people, HPV is NOT a dirty disease. 80% of the sexually active community have HPV. You aren’t gonna die.
So here’s the deal, all you young readers. Have your regular exams with your physician. It’s important. Read EVERYTHING about sex you can get your hands on. There are people out there who want to help you learn about your bodies and your options, but they seem to be silenced by the overbearing majority who want you to think sex is something dirty, bad or evil. Educate yourselves, people, because it looks like the previous generation of baby boomers isn’t keen on helping their children out.
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Stephy, I couldn’t agree more with everything said here. I too was given only abstinence sex education and the only way I learned about birth control, condoms, etc. was through a book I checked out at the library AND taking a Human Sexuality course in college! Knowledge is power, ’nuff said!
Great post! (But I must point out that there *is* a three, and it is AWESOME. Muahaha. ;) )
Poor Bristol. The more I read about her and her FUBARed life, the more I wish someone had thought to give her that classic women’s self-operation manual, “Our Bodies, Ourselves”, before it was too late. All of my kids, female AND male, are going to get their own copy of that book.
What’s three, then? Other than “WHOAmigod, i want some ice cream now, no actually I just wan– zzzzzz….” Because that is so not a bad thing.
Or premature ejaculation. Which is annoying, I s’pose, but not bad, per say. I mean, you have hands, don’t you? Finish it off if your partner can’t ;)
Three would be multiple orgasms. Or should that be three, four, and five?…
Also, I LOL’d at “you have hands, don’t you?” If only someone had said that to Bristol; she could’ve eschewed ol’ Sex on Skates altogether.
Bristol Palin is a fucking moron, but I suppose she can’t be faulted too much, as she is a product of her upbringing.
But to play devil’s advocate, despite what she had been taught about sex (don’t do it before marriage or you will DIE!), if she REALLY wanted to have sex that badly, nothing was stopping her from perhaps seeking out some educational and basic facts on her own.
I guess because her mom was kind of the governer, it would be hard to sneak in condoms. But for God’s sake, she freaking managed to have sex, I think she could have gotten to a CVS (or at least the health clinic!) and gotten some. For real. I honestly have no idea what the girl was thinking.
Exactly. She could have gone to a pharmacy further away from her neighborhood, or had a friend pick some up for her, or even buy them online. Where there’s a will, there’s a way!
Abstinence-only education is NOT the way to go. I never encountered abstinence-only education (this is including my four years at a Catholic school, but my school was not your typical Catholic school, and the teachers there were realistic enough to know we were all having sex anyway). Bristol and Sarah Palin = deluded.
Great post, but… awww man, we’re still talking about the Palins? :( I thought they’d be old news by November 6th. 2008. That makes me D:
We’re only talking about the Palins because Bristol was on the cover of People and that quote irritated me enough that I just HAD to talk about it ;) But they’re old news, fer real.
BUt she was still on the cover of People. That makes her less old news than I want her to be. STOP TALKING ABOUT HER, PEOPLE. :(
I saw that cover too, and cracked up.
Nice to see a well-articulated rebuttal. :o) 10 points.
Abstinance ed is fine – when accompanied with sex ed. The best thing is to have both. That quote from Bristol shows a lot of naiveity, even now she’s had the baby. Girls know the consequences, if they want to take risks by not using contraception etc and they get caught that’s their look out.