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I am a single mom with 3 boys. I am sensitive to the fact that I am the sole woman in a household of young men. I’m concerned about teaching them about sex, body functions, and self control in sexuality. When they were little boys, I was comfortable with explaining some of the preliminary facts, but as they approach the preteen years, I feel totally out of my element. How can I guide them through these challenging subjects? Is it even appropriate for a woman to train her teenage sons about sexuality?
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mltuiple times now, you haven't ever proven a "sexual basis" for marriage. Secondly, maybe you really don't understand the "sexual basis for the marital presumption of paternity". The law means that it doesn't matter who you have sex with, or who you procreate with, the family you create in marriage is more important. So basically it's saying that "parenthood" is not dependent on sexual activity. If you're using that as an argument for "sexual basis of marriage", then you're really grasping at straws now.And again, your entire post misses the point. Interracial marriages did not have to explain how they were different from other groups that were being restricted, they simply had to show that there wasn't a good reason to continue to apply that certain restriction. That is all we must do as well. You try to attack our position by saying that we haven't done all sorts of things that aren't required of us. If you are really unable to continue having this conversation without bringing up other restrictions, then I think I'll just be done with it. You're deflecting direct points by bringing up completely unrelated topics. Let me try this again. – Can you give any real evidence that procreation or uniting the sexes is the core meaning of marriage? Just saying so does not count. Presumption of paternity literally overrides sexual activity and so almost works against your argument. The mother and father argument, I think maybe you should re-read some transcripts from the court, or provide reliable evidence for what you're saying.- Can you provide any evidence that commitment and family are not core meanings of marriage? – Or can you provide any reason that these meanings would "destroy" marriage (as you said)?"- Do you agree that lifting the restrictions on interracial marriages did not change the core meaning of marriage? (Even though the majority of the country would have disagreed at the time)- Can you do any of this without bringing up the other restrictions which have nothing to do with the issue at hand?
I am completely baffled by your comment and wonder if perhaps you meant to respond to a different post? I can see that this is an issue that you feel passionately about however it is not an issue that is addressed at all in this video. This is a discussion of how a single parent can talk to her sons about sex. It sounds like you are making direct references to another conversation altogether.