Oh how far we've come

Before I begin, I apologize that so many of my posts revolve around progress in terms of women's rights, but birth control is my middle name this summer since my internship involves researching the woman who pioneered birth control in America and around the world. Also I'm a history major.

Anyways, today I began my day reading about the campaign to introduce sex education in schools in Sweden during the early 20th century. The RFSU (Swedish Women's Group) argued that children had a right to be taught about sex. (They also fought to decriminalize homosexuality, and claimed that it was okay for two committed people to enjoy sex outside of wedlock, so overall, we like them!) However, they still stayed away from any graphic descriptions of intercourse i.e. no penis in vag talk or really discussed why people have sex for reasons b/c they wanted to young people to maintain their modesty and morality. So the mystery remained until children were "old enough" to engage in sexual activity. As I was reading this, I was listening to what I like to call "ass-dropping booty shaking music" (b/c it helps me concentrate oddly enough) and the song "hypnotized" came on. "You got me so hypnotized the way you're body movin' round and round...tities just bouncin' up and down." Clearly, sex is everywhere in American culture, fairly explicit sex which just amazes me. Today, it is legal for Nate and Serena to essentially bang on prime-time television (w/o actual penis in vag) and it barely causes an eye-brow raising. (Although my mother was a little scandalized). I honestly don't think that either way is better or that sex in the media will irrevocably damage America's youth. I also thoroughly enjoy my sexual freedom. But wow, has society changed since 1900. And yet, right along side the prevalence of sex in the media is that fact that many children still don't receive comprehensive sex education for the same reasons as in 1900. Sometimes, I just have to stop and think about the complex entity that our society has become (since I'm a total nerd).

Lots of Love,
Lady Lola