I have been reading newspapers a lot these days. It’s the moment that you should spend at least a fair amount of time reading news, simply because you can’t afford missing all of the followings:
1. the political tussle in Perak that has brought a ripple effect to the whole nation in various aspects – the infights within Pakatan Rakyat, the challenge to Sultan’s prerogatives, the demonstrations held by the rakyat, the distraction from economic issues, etc. Anwar, it’s nothing but tit for tat, so you have no one but yourself to blame.
2. the natural disasters in China and Australia – China is having droughts in many areas of the country, especially in its breadbaskets that grow winter wheat. Australia is facing the worst wildfire disaster due to a combined effect of hot weather and dry winds as well as arsonists. As of the moment, 173 people have died.
3. the parliamentary elections in Israel – the results of the elections will definitely determine the future of Gaza Strip. Peace or fire awaits?
4. last but not least, the economic downturn not seen in decades across the globe – this is still a hot topic. Obama is yet to get his second stimulus package passed by the Congress, but we at least see a ray of hope. However, back in Malaysia, second stimulus package is still not in sight despite the fact that a lot of us are yearning for it.
I came across this article titled “Baby Dumping: Sex Education is the Key” published in New Straits Times.
I was able to retrieve it on NST’s website with the URL http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/Letters/20090209073816/Article/index_html
I have no interest in discussing sex education. It’s something that we all know we need it for teenagers in schools but we just don’t have it in Malaysia.
Pardon me if we already have it in the curriculum; I have been away from primary and secondary schools for more than 4 years.
Even if we have it in schools, a lot of people are still close-minded when it comes to anything related to sex, such as the use of condoms.
A friend of mine studying at University of Malaya told me this story. Several students got a few boxes of condoms to give away for an event, but in the end they were prohibited by the university’s management from doing so.
Well, only God knows what happened to all the condoms.
It is obvious that the U.S. and Malaysia have distinctively different cultures regarding sex.
I still remember that when I first arrived at Des Moines airport, I received a bag containing brochures and booklets providing information about Ames and Iowa State University; along with that was a Durex condom.
Besides that, condoms are provided free of charge at the university’s health center; emergency contraceptive pills can also be acquired without prescription by women/girls above 18.
In Malaysia, emergency pills like RU-486 are not available at pharmacies, you perhaps have to get them in black market.
So you see the difference?
Anyway, that’s not what I wanted to talk about initially, so let’s get back to the topic.
I was kinda shock when the author said “young girls have to be told clearly and vividly that premarital sex is a sin.”
To be honest, in my entire 21 years and 6 months of life, it was the first time I heard this kind of viewpoint of “premarital sex is a sin!”
I mean, I have seen people saying premarital sex was bad, was immoral, or was socially unacceptable, but never have I heard “premarital sex is a sin.”
I reckoned it was a viewpoint suggested by Islam, so I googled it. From what I got from the internet, all religions actually prohibit premarital sex (I dunno how accurate this information is, but it is at least true for Islam and Christianity).
Therefore, I think it’s okay to suggest that premarital sex is a sin from religious perspective, but what do we do if we were to introduce or mention premarital sex in sex education in schools? Should we tell the “young girls” that “premarital sex is a sin” when there are so many atheists and non-religious people (that might include some of them) out there? And, what do we tell them about the millions of “sinful” psyches in the world?
For me, it’s ridiculous to think premarital sex is a sin. It’s just a humans’ desire.
It’s even more ridiculous when people suggest early marriage if sex becomes irresistible. How funny!
Okay, so I kept reading. I was shock again when the author claimed “when unwed girls find themselves pregnant there is virtually no help from the family.”
WTF, what is this?
Isn’t family whom we turn to when we are facing grave problems in life?
Isn’t family who always stand by us when we are in trouble?
You know why we have so many baby dumping cases every year? Because these girls were so afraid of letting their families know.
Why were they afraid?
Did they not know families were always the ones that could be trusted? No, they didn’t because there were people out there saying they wouldn’t get help from the families.
Poor babies…
By the way, I think if the use of condoms is encouraged and promoted in the society and emergency pills are allowed to be sold in the market, premarital pregnancies and baby dumping can be reduced to a minimum level.
Well, just a thought.
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