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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Rebecca Hagelin :: Townhall.com Columnist
Daughters Under Siege
by Rebecca Hagelin
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Recently I wrote about the trend in public schools to push an "if it feels good, do it" brand of sex education on our kids. Those who write the "health education" curriculum, oversee the lesson plans and have the greatest authority in education believe that there are no taboos, and no boundaries on a teenager's sex life.

That they actually believe teens should engage in sex at all should be enough to cause outrage - but it goes much further than that. Dr. Miriam Grossman's new book, "You're Teaching My Child What?" documents how they seek to shape an entire generation's world view to support and advance a free sex mentality that would shock even a "free love" child of the radical 60's.

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Many educators are obsessed with promoting a promiscuous lifestyle. One particularly disturbing tactic is to strip our little girls of their natural inclination toward modesty and replace it with an attitude of sexual dominance. They teach young women that the way to get ahead in the world is not through their grace, or goodness, or intelligence - but through their sexual power.

Combine this reality with the theme of my last two columns, which are about the entertainment industry's elevation of a highly sexual and crassly powerful young female image, and we've created a culture in which our precious little daughters are constantly bombarded by messages that degrade their innate value, reducing them to nothing more than sex objects.

If our young women continue to be used and manipulated like this, what do you think America's families will be like in 20 years?

Make no mistake: this attack on our daughters is also an attack on the nuclear family unit itself. It is an insidiously evil brand of radical feminism that now pervades education and entertainment. If you can warp an entire generation of women into believing that sex is merely a tool to be used for advancement, then you destroy all notions of fidelity, and commitment for both genders. By default, our sons adopt the view that they do not need to be loyal or true in marriage either.

When you destroy the beautiful and selfless concept of committing one's sexuality and heart to only one person for life, then there's no room for the traditional family unit in our future. Continued...

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Rebecca Hagelin is a public speaker on the family and culture and the author of the new best seller, 30 Ways in 30 Days to Save Your Family.
 
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The Opposite Of Bristol
Whatever they were teaching Sarah Palin's daughter, Bristol Palin, I want the OPPOSITE of that taught to my daughter!

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Dear Sol:
Well...here's another wordy message from you. Stripped of the irrelevancies, it boils down to your belief that children can be burdensome (true), that younger parents often lack inherent parenting skills (quite true) and that those who advocate for their decent treatment are clueless nerds at best (utterly false).

When I said that the STATE of childhood is sacred, I was not saying that children are born angels. I WAS saying that they are a sacred trust from God. They are also a tremendous responsibility, for it's the parents who ultimately must foist either a good citizen or a depraved monster on their neighbors. Thus, children must enjoy something approaching a stable home, a safe and loving environment and protection from corruption and exploitation. This should not be difficult to understand.

Two things you mentioned illustrate the key differences between us. First; you quoted what John said about past abuses and, like he, seem to regard this as an excuse for the present. Secondly; you envoke the "sexual beings" philosophy of Hollywood... a major standing justification by the worst of all criminals. I don't say that you condone the pornification of kids for profit, but by using their terms, you help to enable them. Children, before puberty, have no sexual urges beyond innocent exterior curiosity. When puberty happens, those instincts slowly develop across adolescence and must be carefully guided by good parenting.

This is where citizens or monsters are made. It is also the crucible of whether a nation or civilization endures. When children are degraded to the status of, at best, occasionally useful animals, then that's what they become. Animals. Preventing that is every adult's concern.
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