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Organization
Peddles Discredited Kinsey Philosophy
In
its third-quarter publication, Advocates for Youth aggressively
promotes the idea that children are "sexual from
birth," a concept popularized by discredited sex
researcher Alfred C. Kinsey. The D.C.-based liberal pressure
group, which lobbies for "safe sex" programs
and teams up with homosexual activist groups to push for
pro-homosexual materials in public schools, declares that,
"we need to hold a broad definition of sexuality."
The definition, however, does not include marriage. That
word is conspicuously absent from the report. Children
are instead to be directed only toward "loving relationships"
of indeterminate gender.
The
cover article in Transitions, Vol. 15, No. 1, September
2002, "Raising Sexually Healthy Youth: Rights. Respect.
Responsibility & Parent-Child Communication,"
begins with this: "From birth, children live in a
sexual world, and the ways they are touched and treated
send messages about their worth and about being loved."
The author, Barbara Huberman, director of Education &
Outreach for Advocates for Youth, writes, "Adolescents
have rights to balanced, accurate and realistic sex education,
confidential and affordable sexual health services, and
a secure stake in the future." "Confidential
means cutting parents out of the loop," said Michael
Schwartz, CWA's vice president for government relations.
The
"Rights. Respect. Responsibility" program is
based, according to the Transitions article: "on
lessons, learned in Western Europe, for raising sexually
healthy young people through positive attitudes and actions.
These lessons include: 1) recognizing that all people
are sexual beings from birth to death; 2) using language
that builds self-esteem and acknowledges the normalcy
of sexuality; 3) acting in accord with expressed values,
such as honesty, responsibility, and respect for others;
4) praising children, recognizing their talents and accomplishments,
rather than dwelling on their mistakes and failures; 5)
teaching youth to make independent decisions; and 6) initiating
conversations about sexuality, intimacy, and relationships."
Europe
Our Model?
"The
European example is a joke," said a congressional
staff member familiar with Advocates' 1998 European tour.
"First, [Europeans] do not collect data on most STDs.
Second, recent reports find HIV and other STDs on the
rise in Europe. The real example of HIV prevention is
Uganda, which has had real and dramatic success in reducing
HIV by emphasizing abstinence and monogamy."
The
report repeatedly references children's sexuality, a theme
aggressively pursued by sex researcher Alfred Kinsey.
Kinsey and his disciples, notably Mary Calderone of Planned
Parenthood and Wardell Pomeroy, a Kinsey co-author of
the male (1948) and female (1953) sex books, promoted
the idea that children are sexual from birth, are capable
of sexual pleasure, and therefore are entitled to sex
at any age. Pomeroy also wrote approvingly of incest for
Penthouse Forum magazine. Calderone and Pomeroy founded
the Sex Information and Education Institute of the United
States (SIECUS), now known as the Sexuality Information
and Education Institute of the United States.
In
Kinsey: Crimes and Consequences by Dr. Judith Reisman
(Crestwood, Kentucky: First Principles Press, 1998, 2000),
Kinsey and his fellow child-sex advocates are revealed
to have faked research, kept information from the police
about at least one serial child molester, and even worked
with a Nazi officer who molested dozens of children and
sent the "data" to the Kinsey Institute. The
British medical journal The Lancet reported that Dr. Reisman's
earlier book, Kinsey, Sex and Fraud, co-written by Edward
W. Eichel, "demolishes" Kinsey's credibility.
Nonetheless, the Kinseyan view of child sexuality continues
to be promoted by SIECUS, Planned Parenthood, and clones
such as Advocates for Youth. The Transitions September
edition is chockfull of examples.
In
the article "Parenting Is a Five-Piece Suit,"
Deborah M. Roffman, a sexuality educator & consultant
from the Park School of Baltimore, presents the Five Needs
Paradigm (parentheses in original):
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Affirmation:
Children and adolescents need adults to recognize
and validate their particular stage of (sexual) development.
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Information:
Children and adolescents need factual knowledge and
concepts (about sexuality), presented in ongoing and
age-appropriate ways.
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Values
Clarification: Children and adolescents need adults
to share their values (about sexuality) and to clarify
and interpret competing values and values systems
(about sexuality) in the surrounding culture.
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Limit
setting: Children and adolescents need adults to create
a healthy and safe (sexual) environment by stating
and reinforcing age-appropriate (sexual) rules and
limits.
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Anticipatory
Guidance: Children and adolescents need adults to
help them learn how to avoid or handle potentially
harmful (sexual) situations, and to prepare them for
times when they will need to rely on themselves to
make responsible and healthy (sexual) choices.
"The
Five Needs Paradigm makes it clear that sexuality is simply
another aspect of life and human development, not a 'special'
topic that needs to be 'kept from the kids' until they're
older," Roffman writes.
"Sexuality
is different in one important way. As parents, we are
typically less knowledgeable about the stages of healthy
sexual development (from infancy on); less comfortable
with sexual facts; less clear about the values we want
to pass on…."
"The
takeaway message here is that kids, from infancy on, are
sexual, and deserve more information, and that parents
are woefully ignorant," said Peter LaBarbera, senior
policy analyst at the Culture and Family Institute. "This
sets up a 'need' to bring facilitators into schools. The
next thing you know, groups like the Gay, Lesbian and
Straight Education Network are setting up shop, 'educating'
kids as to the joys of homosexuality and how Christians
are bigots and haters."
Advocates
for Youth is the latest incarnation of a spin-off group
from Planned Parenthood that began under the name Center
for Population Options in the late 1970s. The group's
mission was to start the school-based clinic movement.
Lately, it has been attacking President Bush's proposal
to increase federal funding for abstinence programs to
$130 million.
"This
is the group that is spearheading the anti-abstinence
effort," said CWA's Schwartz. "Advocates for
Youth knows that if there is an outbreak of abstinence,
a lot of people will lose their jobs."
More
Sex Talk for Kids
The
essay "Sex and Sensibility: A Parent's Take on Advice
from an Expert," by "a Parent, Sidwell Friends
Middle School, Washington, D.C., lists "vital elements"
learned from a visit by Advocates for Youth's Deborah
Roffman: "We are all sexual beings, from birth to
death."
Young
people get too little sex education, guidance too late,
and harmful misinformation. They hear myths and double
standards. We have to speak up about the double standard
for girls and do a better job of recognizing that boys
are vulnerable, too, and have the same need for intimacy
and closeness as girls.
The
essay "Tips for Talking with Sexually Active Teens
about Contraception," by Tamara Moss, MPH, manager
contraceptive access initiative, and Barbara Huberman,
urges parents to "Be sure that your teen has information
about contraception and condoms, regardless of sexual
orientation. Gay and lesbian teens sometimes have sexual
intercourse with members of the opposite gender in order
to hide their sexual orientation."
The
authors recommend that parents acquaint teens with all
types of contraceptives, including "emergency contraception,"
a euphemism for the "morning after pill," a
high dose of birth control bills. Nowhere are any of the
well-documented medical risks for birth control pills
mentioned. The essay references sexually transmitted infections
(STIs) but avoids any mention of Human Papillomavirus
(HPV), against which condoms are entirely ineffective.
HPV causes virtually all cases of cervical cancer, which
kills 5,000 women annually in the United States. But Advocates
for Youth promotes condoms without any caveat that they
are ineffective against HPV and substantially ineffective
against chlamydia, herpes and other diseases.
In
the section "Selected Resources for Families,"
Advocates recommends the Web site for SIECUS, which has
been promoting "child sexuality" since its founding
in the 1970s.
The
list of organizations "with Educational Resources
for Parents," is a who's who of liberal and pro-homosexual
groups, along with "mainstream" groups such
as the American Medical Association.
Likewise,
the book list includes several titles on homosexuality,
such as "Lesbian and Gay Youth: Care and Counseling";
"Two Teenagers in Twenty: Writings by Gay & Lesbian
Youth"; and "Out With It: Gay and Straight Teens
Write About Homosexuality." Teens are directed to
the Go Ask Alice! Web site, which openly promotes promiscuity
and homosexuality; Teenwire, a Planned Parenthood site
which promotes condoms and homosexuality; and OutProud,
described as "offering outreach and support to GLBT
(Gay, Lesbian, bisexual and transgendered) teens just
coming to terms with their sexual orientation or thinking
of coming out." (Emphasis added.)
Concerned
Women for America
1015 Fifteenth St. N.W., Suite 1100
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: (202) 488-7000
Fax: (202) 488-0806
E-mail: mail@cwfa.org
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