But who will save the day?

I don't know about the rest of you, but in seventh grade at my school we had Life Science. A little biology, a little genetics, a little sex ed...oh man. Let's talk about sex with a bunch of 12-year-old spazzing adolescents, shall we? And they did. To be honest, I rather enjoyed sex ed because my lab partner at the time was the cutest boy in our whole grade and I got to blush at him for a whole quarter of the school year. He was dreamy...sad fact is he was the tallest and most developed boy in our grade during middle school, but then he just...stopped growing. Hm. Okay back on track: So part of sex ed was showing us those vague films about "the change" and "urges" and all of that crap which was really just an excuse for us to pass notes and giggle a lot. However there was one film that stood out, that got our attention, that made us think. Or, rather, made us laugh hysterically for years to come...

The Adventures of Captain Condom

Oh yes. I am not joking. This was a cartoon starring Captain Condom and his sidekick Lady Latex. They battled against the evil Sexually Transmitted Disease Crew. The disease characters had evil mustaches that they would twirl while cackling and snarling. It was all just too much. I don't think I'll ever forget the Captain and his trusty crew.

What has brought on this bizarre reminiscence? I have just learned that the Texas state government is holding hearings on the introduction of new high school textbooks that completely exclude any mention of contraceptives, condoms, or birth control. Instead, they are solely promoting abstinence. I'll give you a minute...

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Uh, yeah. I know. I plan on writing a letter or two or FIVE. I don't want kids to have sex. I don't think they're emotionally capable of making those kinds of major decisions. But I'm certainly not going to handicap them by not educating them properly! And these parents that are all up in arms about their kids learning about condoms and such...I have a wake-up call for you people: your influence on your kids is far more important than what they learn in school, at least during their adolescence. And yes, there are exceptions to every rule, don't even bother saying it. But you get my point.

Comments

[wendy]

I was just thinking about that video!! I saw it in 10th grade! I would love to get my hands on it now as an adult and laugh all over again!!!