Such statistics are driven by what can only be described as a sex-crazed culture. And may I ask: Have we not grown dangerously accustomed to that fact that we can’t sit down to our coffee and morning newspaper without reading something about sex? In the New York Times two weeks ago, it was about the growing phenomenon of “open relationships” in which partners, whether heterosexual or homosexual, mutually agree to allow each other to engage in sexual activity with other persons.
In the New York Post last Thursday it was about the percentage of New Yorkers that hear their neighbors having sex, but are too embarrassed (or voyeuristically curious) to complain about it to the landlord.
Consider also a new book/documentary that is, hopefully for the better, raising quite a few eyebrows these days: Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss. Author Sharlene Azam maintains that not only has oral sex replaced the erstwhile social custom of the goodnight peck on the cheek, but more alarmingly, even pre-teen girls are being lured by older girls into macabre sex rings where they are pimped off for sex favors in return for gift cards, money, or help with their homework.
Such a sad scenario is only aggravated by efforts of International Planned Parenthood. A recent report issued by Planned Parenthood in November of 2009, criticizes the Catholic Church for negative teaching about sex and for obstructing access to education about sex. It encourages PP-style sex education for children as young as ten. And what’s PP’s message for children that young? Messages like this one I pulled randomly off their website:
The bottom line is that safer sex can be fun. It is a great way to explore who we are sexually, express our feelings, bond with others, and have a good time. Practicing safer sex can enhance our pleasure — and who doesn't want more pleasure?
Such “education” is to the moral fiber of our culture what sulfuric acid is to the skin and cyanide to the central nervous system.