Column: Sex education, as always, still important
Teens should be free to talk about, you know, doing it.
Published April 13, 2009
Bristol Palin,
I just heard that you and Levi Johnston split, and I wanted to take a moment to talk to you, one-on-one, on your level.
So, like, if you could, you know, listen, and stuff, that would be awesome.
I have some other questions for you. I, like, totes apologize if they seem, you know, hard and stuff but I figure since you're all grown up with a baby and everything and you gave that interview on Fox, that you can handle a few more questions.
So, like, are you gonna stop having sex for 10 years? Because you keep saying people should wait 10 years before doing sex stuff because it's just, like, so much easier. Although abstinence is totally unrealistic to you, right? I mean, like you said, we're not in the 19th century! LOL.
But I've been thinking, like, a lot about it, and, like, maybe the point of it all is there's no one rule that works for everyone. If you want to be abstinent, that's cool; you can look for acceptance from family, friends, faith and stuff. And if you want to, you know, "do it," that's cool too; you can look for acceptance from family, friends, faith and stuff. It seems more important that young women and men have the freedom to talk openly about how they conduct themselves sexually, and they have the right to honest information and contraceptives to make sure they're healthy, physically and emotionally when making these important decisions.
OMG, I'm sorry, I just used so many big words! Sorry!
OK, one more thing. Like, why do you think you're an advocate for teen moms? Or, like, teenagers in general? Because I have a sister who's a year younger than you, and I don't think I want her to be all like, "Ooh, I don't wanna get into stuff like contraception because it will make my mom look bad and stuff." Cuz then she'd be all like, "OMG! I'm pregnant! The first thing I need to do is call my high school dropout baby daddy and my BFF to figure out what to do." And then she'd be all like, "I'm gonna keep my baby and let myself become a political pawn."
My sister is smarter than that. She knows that it's, like, wrong to use real family issues for superficial facetime. She knows her choices with her body are her choices and would, like, never push them on other people. And she would be smart enough to make sure she had an education and a job and stuff to, you know, support her kid.
I don't want to get into all of it, but my sister is sooo much better than you, and if she'd been put on national television for an interview, probably would have delivered at least some intelligent responses.