BUY Septilin ONLINE NO PRESCRIPTION http://www.livingsexuality.com/2009/05/20/cognitive-linguistics-the-war-of-words/ Sex & relationship help from Becky Knight, MPH Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:30:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 BUY Septilin ONLINE NO PRESCRIPTION http://www.livingsexuality.com/2009/05/20/cognitive-linguistics-the-war-of-words/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Becky Knight Sun, 24 May 2009 14:42:02 +0000 http://www.livingsexuality.com/?p=902#comment-161 She (and her team) are the ones suggesting we use "personality" as the new concept for talking about sexuality, especially sexuality education. I see now that I didn't make that clear in my blog post (I will try to remedy that). She (and her team) are the ones suggesting we use “personality” as the new concept for talking about sexuality, especially sexuality education. I see now that I didn’t make that clear in my blog post (I will try to remedy that).

]]> BUY Septilin ONLINE NO PRESCRIPTION http://www.livingsexuality.com/2009/05/20/cognitive-linguistics-the-war-of-words/comment-page-1/#comment-164 K Sun, 24 May 2009 07:49:16 +0000 http://www.livingsexuality.com/?p=902#comment-164 Very good points, thank you for sharing. But did the presenter have any suggestions for new words & language to use? Or was that an exercise left to the student? Very good points, thank you for sharing. But did the presenter have any suggestions for new words & language to use? Or was that an exercise left to the student?

]]> BUY Septilin ONLINE NO PRESCRIPTION http://www.livingsexuality.com/2009/05/20/cognitive-linguistics-the-war-of-words/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Richard Fri, 22 May 2009 14:33:51 +0000 http://www.livingsexuality.com/?p=902#comment-160 Fascinating post and I agree, language is so so important. I don't think we can go far enough in reflecting on how poor the language we use in this whole area is. I'm not American but I am interested in how in the US it is described as "sex ed." In the UK the school subject is "Sex and Relationships Education" (better, in Ireland, where I work, it is "Relationships and Sexuality Education" (better again). For the education to be truly "comprehensive" it must be holistic and therefore cannot be reduced to being just about "sex" but about everything in our complex, mystical and diverse "sexuality". I suppose you could say "comprehensive sex ed" is an oxymoron. As a Christian I came to the realisation a number of years ago that belieiving in the God of the "Yes" and "Amen" and yet summing up one's value system on sex with a negative word (abstinence) was ridiculous. I have also dropped "losing your virginity" as if first time sex is automatically (irrespective of context) a negative act in which something is lost rather than something gained. Fascinating post and I agree, language is so so important. I don’t think we can go far enough in reflecting on how poor the language we use in this whole area is.

I’m not American but I am interested in how in the US it is described as “sex ed.” In the UK the school subject is “Sex and Relationships Education” (better, in Ireland, where I work, it is “Relationships and Sexuality Education” (better again).

For the education to be truly “comprehensive” it must be holistic and therefore cannot be reduced to being just about “sex” but about everything in our complex, mystical and diverse “sexuality”.

I suppose you could say “comprehensive sex ed” is an oxymoron.

As a Christian I came to the realisation a number of years ago that belieiving in the God of the “Yes” and “Amen” and yet summing up one’s value system on sex with a negative word (abstinence) was ridiculous. I have also dropped “losing your virginity” as if first time sex is automatically (irrespective of context) a negative act in which something is lost rather than something gained.

]]> BUY Septilin ONLINE NO PRESCRIPTION http://www.livingsexuality.com/2009/05/20/cognitive-linguistics-the-war-of-words/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Becky Knight Thu, 21 May 2009 16:07:41 +0000 http://www.livingsexuality.com/?p=902#comment-159 Here is a link about community and parent support for Comprehensive Sex Ed: http://www.communityactionkit.org/index.cfm?pageId=890 I also added an image into the post to show one survey's results. Here is a link about community and parent support for Comprehensive Sex Ed:
http://www.communityactionkit.org/index.cfm?pageId=890

I also added an image into the post to show one survey’s results.

]]> BUY Septilin ONLINE NO PRESCRIPTION http://www.livingsexuality.com/2009/05/20/cognitive-linguistics-the-war-of-words/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Becky Knight Thu, 21 May 2009 16:05:14 +0000 http://www.livingsexuality.com/?p=902#comment-165 This goes back to what exactly I mean when I say "abstinence-only" vs "comprehensive." While most parents and concerned adults believe that abstinence is optimal, they also realize that kids need to know about contraception and other subjects not addressed thoroughly (if at all) in programs that stress abstinence-only-until-marriage (AOUM). This is my point -- it's the words we use that confuse and divide people. For more of my thoughts on this, see my previous post: <a href="http://www.livingsexuality.com/2009/02/15/choices-in-sex-ed/" rel="nofollow">Choices in Sex Ed</a> This goes back to what exactly I mean when I say “abstinence-only” vs “comprehensive.” While most parents and concerned adults believe that abstinence is optimal, they also realize that kids need to know about contraception and other subjects not addressed thoroughly (if at all) in programs that stress abstinence-only-until-marriage (AOUM). This is my point — it’s the words we use that confuse and divide people.

For more of my thoughts on this, see my previous post: Choices in Sex Ed

]]> BUY Septilin ONLINE NO PRESCRIPTION http://www.livingsexuality.com/2009/05/20/cognitive-linguistics-the-war-of-words/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Jim Marks Thu, 21 May 2009 12:34:17 +0000 http://www.livingsexuality.com/?p=902#comment-162 "She then explained how she investigated why people don’t push for Comprehensive Sex Ed, since most people say they want it in our schools." They do? Most? Really? One would certainly never get that impression from anecdotal input. Is there data for this? “She then explained how she investigated why people don’t push for Comprehensive Sex Ed, since most people say they want it in our schools.”

They do? Most? Really? One would certainly never get that impression from anecdotal input. Is there data for this?

]]> BUY Septilin ONLINE NO PRESCRIPTION http://www.livingsexuality.com/2009/05/20/cognitive-linguistics-the-war-of-words/comment-page-1/#comment-163 curiouslyrandom Thu, 21 May 2009 07:01:05 +0000 http://www.livingsexuality.com/?p=902#comment-163 I've always been open about sex and sexuality with my kids, so it was pretty shocking to have my daughter go full nuclear meltdown the other day when she thought she might have an STD. "Did you actually have any exposure to this?" I asked, trying to calm her down. "I don't know. No, I didn't. I don't think so." Turns out it was just a normal stress-related rash, but she was in a panic because she's been studying STDs in school and thought she had somehow contracted something, anything horrible. A day later we could laugh about it, and I'm grateful that she knew she could talk to me about her fears. I just wish the school system could be more supportive and open about asking questions, not just teaching fear of disease, rape and pregnancy. I’ve always been open about sex and sexuality with my kids, so it was pretty shocking to have my daughter go full nuclear meltdown the other day when she thought she might have an STD.

“Did you actually have any exposure to this?” I asked, trying to calm her down.

“I don’t know. No, I didn’t. I don’t think so.”

Turns out it was just a normal stress-related rash, but she was in a panic because she’s been studying STDs in school and thought she had somehow contracted something, anything horrible.

A day later we could laugh about it, and I’m grateful that she knew she could talk to me about her fears. I just wish the school system could be more supportive and open about asking questions, not just teaching fear of disease, rape and pregnancy.

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