Thursday, October 8, 2009

An Excellent Argument For Sex Ed

I know I was saving myself for the weekend (I have to be able to say "I was saving myself for" something, right?) but this is just too fucking funny and at the same time depressing as all get-out.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/FAQ/5741-5

It's the WikiAnswers Sexual FAQ. It simultaneously proves that most people don't know dick about sex, plus that the Internet is a terrible place to try to remedy that. This is because: (a) many people on the Internet are irretrievably stupid (present company excluded, I hope), and (b) many people on the Internet are evil (only some mild naughtiness here, officer). These two categories have quite the overlap as well, so I'd say that there are a lot of people on the Internet who are both stupid and evil. And that, children, is why Wikis don't work. But that's not a discussion for this place or this time.

Q: What does sore and itchy vagina means i am having some clear discharge but it doesn't smell and i am sexually active?

A: you have aids

Oy. Kids, the Internet is not a doctor. Nor is it a sex therapist. It's a good place to find porn, but if that's what you're using to teach yourself about sex, please, for the love of God, find some other means of doing so. Porn isn't real. Do you watch disaster movies in order to learn how to survive earthquakes? Never mind, I'm afraid to know the answer to that question, since I suspect many people wouldn't see a problem with that tactic.

I will not beat this horse, but this is why I am so glad my family is the way it is. I got sex ed, I got practical experience, and I have no problem seeking professional help if I need it. I've had yeast infections (who hasn't) and I've had bad times, and I've done stupid things, but at least I knew they were stupid, and even why they were stupid. And I have a loving support system.

Hell, I'm not even saying that all families should be like mine, just that they should be enough like mine to have a frank discussion of something which is an essential part of life. It's like not potty-training your children, not teaching them to read, or talk, or walk, or eat. Sex is why we're here. I'm not saying that's the purpose of life, but without sex, there wouldn't be any life to have a purpose. And we're scared of it, we hide it, we think it's abnormal.

On the other hand, "Can sea lampreys affect man-kind?" is a terrific question, and I hope someone answers it in the future, because I too want to know the effect sea lampreys can have on man-kind. Wikis. Oy. Yes, this was a question I saw in the Sex category. Maybe they're wondering if a lamprey can get a woman pregnant. It's an odd way of asking. For the record, no.

Unless "affect" in that case means "feign, simulate," in which case, oh no, the lampreys are coming! They may already be here! Our weapons are useless against them. And we don't know who among us is really a human being, and which is a hideous under-sea monster! Flee! Flee for your lives! Or maybe you're a lamprey in disguise! No, I've let on that I see through your plan, and now you have to kill me!

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