Post Number Twelve

On November 22, 2010

In this class Rob asked us this question: What is your own sex education history? Did you receive sex ed in school? How was it taught? Did you find it valuable? What would you do differently should you find yourself with the opportunity? We talked about in small groups and then talked about it as a class. I received sex education in grade eight. It was very vulgar and I felt it was targeted to scare us. Because I attended a catholic school it does not surprise me. I feel it was a waste of time as it was very uninformative and was not presented in a manner that we could really grasp. As I want to teach junior high health I feel that I would do many things differently. I would not just make it a one time conversation and then avoid it for the remainder of the year. I don’t feel like our education system understands that to prevent teen pregnancies or to prevent the spread of STD’s we need to EDUCATE our students! They have the right to know what they potentially could get involved with. I also believe it would be vital to include the parents. They are the ones who will inevitably follow up with the information on a day to day basis.

On November 24, 2010

Rob talked about sexual relationship patterns in adulthood. He mentioned three patterns singlehood, cohabitation and marriage. Singlehood has become a lot more popular than in past years. This topics hits home with me as my sister who is 27 still currently lives at home. She has chosen to stay at home as she hasn’t found that special someone to share a home with. She owns her own business and is a very beautiful girl. Unfortunately she has never come across Mr. Right.  I however have met my Mr. Right have chosen to live together. We have been together for eight years and with talk of marriage in the future I feel our relationship is strong enough to survive the statistic that states people who cohabitate stand a less chance of lasting than a couple who do not. Ironically enough my oldest sister is married so the three of us girls cover all the types of sexual relationship patterns in adulthood.

On November 26, 2010

 At the beginning of this class Rob passed out a handout asking us whether or not we believed humans are naturally monogamous. To be classified natural means to be without human intervention. To me monogamy is a choice made between two people. Monogamy maybe classified as normative. However with the numerous amounts of cheating spouses it poses the question, are humans naturally polygamous? It is natural to be attracted to another so in that sense I do not believe humans are naturally monogamous.  

Rob then showed us some ads about Viagra. They look at sexual dysfunctions from a humorous perspective. Maybe they believed that by doing so it would make light of the topic and encourage men with sexual dysfunctions to seek help.  Considering most sexual dysfunctions go unreported. We also learned that there are four different types of disorders: sexual desire disorders, sexual arousal disorders, orgasmic disorders and sexual pain disorders which all pretty much explain themselves.