By what standard do you make that argument? That in first grade they aren't sexually mature? They'll use that as an argument why it should be taught: so they're not caught unaware once they are. That they won't understand? They'll pull out some study that "shows" they do.
And they've been quite open about this for almost 20 years. This is Jocelyn Elders, US Surgeon General of the United States in 1994 during a UN AIDS conference. She was fired for saying the quiet part out loud too early.
As per your specific question in regard to masturbation, I think that is something that is a part of human sexuality and it's a part of something that perhaps should be taught. But we've not even taught our children the very basics. And I feel that we have tried ignorance for a very long time and it's time we try education.
By what standard do you make that argument? That in first grade they aren't sexually mature? They'll use that as an argument why it should be taught: so they're not caught unaware once they are. That they won't understand? They'll pull out some study that "shows" they do.
And they've been quite open about this for almost 20 years. This is Jocelyn Elders, US Surgeon General of the United States in 1994 during a UN AIDS conference. She was fired for saying the quiet part out loud too early.