tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705400.post5852763472275551510..comments2023-08-07T08:19:03.097-05:00Comments on ADOPTION AND ITS FOOTSTOOL: THIS REALLY SETS ME OFFAmyadopteehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10954658047614318238noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705400.post-74836882200640769352008-09-19T16:52:00.000-05:002008-09-19T16:52:00.000-05:00I know in Texas that we tried abstinence only educ...I know in Texas that we tried abstinence only education. It doesn't work. I think our young people need a well rounded education. <BR/><BR/>My adoptive mom saw to it that I had a comprehensive sexual education. She made sure that I knew exactly what my body did. I remember the talk because I got both talks at the same time. Adoption and Sex. My mother promised to support me anytime I wanted to search. She also stated that whenever I decided to have sex that she would support my decision and put me on contraception. I am unusual in the fact that I waited until I was an adult. I had a full pelvic exam before I had sex. I went onto contraception at the age of 19. Then I still waited. Should have waited longer but alas I can not change history. I have controlled my own sexuality all my life. I am instilling the same principles into both of my daughters. However for me, adoption has ended with me. I hope that my daughters don't get pregnant until they are married but I am prepared to support them if they do. My husband feels the same way. Even though as an adoptee I can't stand the Catholic Church or their Catholic Charities. They have a research study right. Why not support families more so than tearing them apart? Most women would make terrific mothers if they had been given resources to be able to do so. <BR/><BR/>I live on a ranch. My oldest daughter at the age of seven was already pinned down for a kissing by a couple of boy. That scared the crap out of me. It was with a children of the same age. Lets just say the education began that day. It still continues. <BR/><BR/>Men are not going to stop having sex. Women will still continue to be blamed for getting pregnant. If we want to reduce pregnancy, provide men and women with a sound education and sound resources. If more men are held accountable for their actions in the sexual act, then we might get somewhere. If men's sperm was held to the same standard as a woman's egg, we might make changes.Amyadopteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10954658047614318238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705400.post-79941848313523592132008-09-19T16:28:00.000-05:002008-09-19T16:28:00.000-05:00Amy: I could not agree with you more that men need...Amy: I could not agree with you more that men need to be held accountable for supporting the children they helped to create. It isn't right that women shoulder the burden alone.<BR/><BR/>The best way to ensure this, of course, is to REFUSE to engage in intimate relations with anyone who is not prepared to make a lifelong commitment to both mother and child. In marriage.<BR/><BR/>The "sexual revolution" -- with contraception and abortion on demand, as well as "serial monogamy" produced by "no-fault" divorce -- has produced a crop of bitter fruit that has all but destroyed whole classes of American society. <BR/><BR/>Yet groups like NOW and Perpetual Parenthood totally disregard the idea of training young men and women to embrace chastity. <BR/><BR/>Could there possibly be a connection?Heidi Hess Saxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791510605285520649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19705400.post-70167450253797625022008-09-17T09:44:00.000-05:002008-09-17T09:44:00.000-05:00Sixteen years ago, I had a young man tell me that ...Sixteen years ago, I had a young man tell me that he was tired of his tax dollars being spent to support women like me.<BR/><BR/>I was so angry I looked at him and said that I had been working and paying taxes as far back as to when he was literally in diapers. That as far as I'm concerned the tax dollars I was using to pay my daycare while I worked and went to school were my own and when we got to his tax dollars I'd gladly let him know. The silence in that room was deafening, but he got my point. <BR/><BR/>I agree with you, it's a shame that the little people keep getting littler and corporations keep getting our tax dollars.Lori Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16941584141149840911noreply@blogger.com