The Matt Walsh Show - Ep. 11 - Sex Ed Should Be Abolished

00:00:00.000 Welcome to the show, everybody. Thanks for watching or listening, however it is that you're consuming this. Thank you for doing that. If you are watching, you can tell already that I have chosen an especially scenic spot for my car cast, which, by the way, is what I'm calling it now, my car cast this morning.

00:00:18.700 I'm in a parking garage right next to an overflowing trash can, which I'm not sure if you can see that in the shot or not, but it's, you know, I just, I thought I'd really like some beautiful scenery this time, mixing it up a little bit.

00:00:32.960 Now, there's a protest taking shape for next Monday that I want to talk about. It's called the sex ed sit out, sex ed sit out, say that five times fast. And parents across the country are being encouraged by the organizers of this protest to keep their kids home for the day in order to make a statement about the degenerate, disgusting, perverse sex ed classes that are so common in schools nowadays.

00:00:59.380 I think it's a great idea. I like the idea of the protest. My only problem with it is that I think it's a little bit too short. I think it should last a little longer. Like, for instance, it should last forever. Maybe. I mean, yeah, keep your kids home from public school, but don't send them back the next day. Never send them back. I think is what that's that's the protest that we really need to organize.

00:01:23.620 But this is a good first step. It's a baby step. And that's good. And it's, it's very needed. It's warranted. It's about time that parents are taking a stand against this because sex ed has really devolved in our country into an abomination and no age group is safe anymore.

00:01:39.320 It used to be at least that the degenerates who come up with these, with these sex ed curricula, they, they would at least hold off until a kid was 13, 14, 15, but now they don't even do that anymore.

00:01:52.320 So kids in the age, you know, in second, third grade, sometimes younger, sometimes kindergarten, they're being indoctrinated, brainwashed into far left gender theory and everything else.

00:02:05.780 And as the kids grow older, the sex ed becomes more and more pornographic, uh, more and more disturbing because what we're doing with kids, uh, what, what, what they're doing with kids in public school, it's not, they're not educating them with sex ed.

00:02:21.740 This is about grooming. They're grooming them much like a sex predator does with a child. They're grooming, conditioning the children.

00:02:29.740 And so once they get into middle school and high school, then they're going to start school, start working with Planned Parenthood. No problem there. Right. I mean, that's not like, that's a controversial thing to do. Planned Parenthood. They only kill 330,000 babies a year, but yeah, bring them into the school. Why not?

00:02:44.440 And so Planned Parenthood comes in, hands out condoms. And, um, then the kids are taught about, uh, sex toys and masturbation, anal sex, oral sex, bondage. I mean, these are all the things that the kid, the schools are presenting to children. 1.00

00:03:00.740 Now, when I talk about this, sometimes people will accuse me of being opposed to sex ed in general. They say, well, it sounds like you don't want any kind of sex ed. Oh, have you picked up on that? Yeah. That's actually exactly how I feel. You're exactly right. I want, there should be zero sex ed in the schools. Zero. Yes. A child should learn about the basics of human reproduction.

00:03:24.960 A kid should know where babies come from when it's the right age to, uh, broach that subject that should be broached, but you can cover human biology in biology class and you can cover anatomy when human anatomy comes up. Um, so that's, and that's what, those are the realms where this discussion should be had. And it should never go beyond that. Just present the basic facts of reproduction. Leave it at that.

00:03:53.800 That's what the schools should do. They should not take one step beyond the basic facts of human reproduction. Public schools ought to be a place of just pure academics in terms of the things that they're learning. It should just be academic and nothing else. The stuff that they learn in sex ed. Now, this is not academic. It's doctrinal doctrinal. As in, these are doctrines that are being passed on to our kids.

00:04:20.260 The schools have, the schools have, it's not that the schools have an idea about the kind of knowledge that they want kids to have or the sort of information that they want kids to know. That of course is fine. No problem there.

00:04:34.620 The problem is when schools get into their heads or get an idea of the kind of people they want kids to be and to become and the sorts of belief systems and value systems that they want kids to hold.

00:04:52.220 When they get into that, that's when you go from science, like with sex and talking about reproduction, that's just a matter of, well, here's some information. Here's some information that you should know.

00:05:08.300 And just leave it at that. But when you go beyond that, then you've, you've, you've, you've left science and then you've, you've ventured into the realm of philosophy.

00:05:17.260 And so these sex ed classes are really more like philosophy classes, really strange, bizarre, gross philosophy classes, because it's a strange, bizarre, gross philosophy, but that's what it is.

00:05:30.860 So yes, it, it may be a teacher's job to tell a kid about anatomy or biology or whatever else, but it's not her job to give a sermon on her personal views about human sexuality or the proper context for it.

00:05:46.840 She may hold the personal conviction that sex is an appropriate recreational activity for a 14 year old.

00:05:54.520 She's wrong about that. But the fact that she's wrong, isn't even the point. The fact is it's a personal conviction. It's not a scientific fact.

00:06:03.160 That's just how you feel. That's your value system. It has no place in the schools. It has no place in the classroom. Leave it at home.

00:06:10.980 You can teach your own kids that God helped them, but you can't teach my kid that.

00:06:15.220 See, the, the left, uh, insists upon separation of church and state, but what we come to realize is that what they really mean is separation of the Christian church and state, but their own church, their own doctrines.

00:06:32.480 They very much want that in the schools because they do have their own, they have their church of self-worship, their church of, uh, which is really, as I've said before, leftism is really secular Satanism.

00:06:43.680 So it's really just a secular kind of a secularized church of Satan is what they ascribe to, um, do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.

00:06:53.580 That is the, that's the satanic motto. Just do what you want, you know, and that's also the motto of liberalism because it's Satanism.

00:07:00.780 And again, they're, they're free to, to have that view, but that's a religious view. Doesn't belong in the schools. 0.82

00:07:08.320 Gender fluidity is not science. It's a doctrine. Now, the fact that men have penises, women have vaginas, that's science. And yeah, we should tell our kids that. 1.00

00:07:19.340 But the idea that, well, a man can have a penis, but he feels like a woman. And so in some mysterious, incomprehensible way, he, even though physically he's a man, he still is in some way, a woman because he feels that way. 0.99

00:07:36.560 I mean, this is an intensely spiritual view. It's also intensely wrong and insane, but it's spiritual. It is not scientific. It's not physical. It's not academic in the slightest. Doesn't belong in the schools.

00:07:49.660 The idea that safe sex is better than abstinence. That's a doctrine. That's your personal view, not science. Doesn't belong in the schools.

00:07:57.600 The idea that masturbation is healthy and natural. That's a doctrine, not science. Doesn't belong in the schools. These things are doctrines.

00:08:06.200 Now, to be clear, I'm actually, I'm not advocating for abstinence education here. So-called, much of the debate about sex ed is, well, should it be abstinence sex ed or should it be this kind of sex ed?

00:08:18.500 It's basically hedonistic sex ed or abstinence sex ed. Now, if I had to choose between the two, definitely abstinence is better.

00:08:25.660 But the answer is neither. The correct answer is neither. Because, yeah, I don't want the schools teaching my kid how to have sex or when to have sex.

00:08:35.140 I also don't want the schools teaching my kid how to avoid sex. That's not something that I want to entrust to the school system. 0.75

00:08:45.020 That's not an appropriate conversation for a stranger to have with my child.

00:08:51.640 Okay, for an adult who works in the school system, it's on either end of that spectrum.

00:08:56.960 It's not an appropriate conversation for you to be having with my kid.

00:09:01.740 And, you know, the issue with abstinence education is that abstinence education has to be grounded in something deeper than just scare tactics and STD statistics.

00:09:13.740 There's a reason why, you know, there are parents who, in their homes, they try to teach abstinence and to tell their kids, oh, no, you know, you don't want to have sex at this age.

00:09:26.540 And oftentimes that message just falls on deaf ears or the kids listen to it and it just dissipates very quickly.

00:09:33.320 And I think oftentimes the reason is that the message has to be grounded in something more than that.

00:09:39.780 You can't really give that message in a totally secular way.

00:09:44.420 So for me, when I'm communicating this message to my kids when they're old enough to hear it,

00:09:50.820 the message will be grounded in my views on marriage, on love, on loyalty, self-control, virtue, and faith.

00:09:59.840 Now, I fully admit, now, the left won't admit that their views on sex are, you know, religious in nature, but they are.

00:10:08.180 I fully admit that my views on sex are informed by my religious convictions, and I make no apology for that.

00:10:16.880 And that's why, if I'm trying to explain to my kids why they shouldn't have sex before marriage, 0.81

00:10:21.340 I mean, you know, yeah, I can tell them about STDs, I can tell them about different things,

00:10:25.040 I can give them all the practical reasons, but the message will, it won't be as effective if I don't also mention,

00:10:33.920 or if it's not, in a deeper sense, grounded in the gospel.

00:10:40.020 You know, where there are a lot of reasons not to have sex before marriage,

00:10:44.280 but the real reason, the fundamental reason, is that it's a sin.

00:10:48.700 It's wrong.

00:10:49.360 It's not what God wants you to do.

00:10:50.940 And so, if you're trying to tell your kids about sex and discourage them from having it,

00:10:55.720 but you're not saying that, it's not going to work.

00:10:59.260 You haven't given them enough of an incentive.

00:11:01.520 You just haven't.

00:11:02.640 But no, I'm not saying that the school should be telling that to kids.

00:11:06.240 No, I don't want, leave that to me, I can do it.

00:11:09.440 It's not for you.

00:11:10.660 So, it's very simple.

00:11:11.960 How much sexual guidance and instruction should the government schools offer our kids? 1.00

00:11:18.300 None.

00:11:18.680 What percentage of a child's government education should be comprised of sexual enlightenment?

00:11:26.520 Zero percent.

00:11:27.480 How many times in a given day should the schools talk to the kids about sex toys or lubricant?

00:11:33.120 Zero times.

00:11:34.200 Zero point zero.

00:11:35.460 Never.

00:11:35.980 Never bring it up.

00:11:37.120 It's not for you to do.

00:11:38.740 So, instead of arguing about what the schools should tell kids on the subject of sex,

00:11:44.780 maybe we should consider the possibility that a government-controlled, mass-produced, and disseminated

00:11:52.360 curriculum about sex and intimacy isn't necessarily the best way to handle such a profound and personal

00:12:00.740 and important and intimate subject.

00:12:02.580 It's not the way to do it.

00:12:05.200 This isn't about hiding kids from sex.

00:12:07.880 It's not about, you know, I'm not saying that we should censor, you know, when they're learning art, 0.61

00:12:13.920 that we should put bars over the penis and the breasts in a work of art or anything like that. 0.88

00:12:18.800 I'm not saying that. 0.97

00:12:19.420 What I'm saying is that a lesson about sex that is rooted in someone's doctrine and personal convictions

00:12:27.940 about the proper context for sex, you know, the proper moral view of sex,

00:12:36.180 that message does not belong in the schools on either end of the spectrum.

00:12:41.680 Just leave it alone.

00:12:42.900 You know, it's interesting that if an adult came up to your child in any other context,

00:12:50.880 like let's say at the playground or something, came up to your 13-year-old,

00:12:55.280 well, your 13-year-old's probably not at the playground, but whatever.

00:12:58.760 If you're walking down the street and an adult, some strange adult comes up to your 13-year-old

00:13:04.700 and says, hey, let's talk about, are you sexually active? 0.99

00:13:09.360 Let's talk about sex toys. 0.99

00:13:11.380 Or here, do you want a condom? 0.98

00:13:13.580 Remember, practice safe sex. 0.62

00:13:15.660 If an adult did that in that context, what would you do? 1.00

00:13:17.680 You'd probably punch him in the face and then call the police.

00:13:21.600 And you'd be justified in doing so on both counts.

00:13:24.980 But we've decided that it's okay for teachers to do?

00:13:28.400 No, this subject belongs to parents.

00:13:30.440 It is their domain.

00:13:31.920 It is not domain of the schools.

00:13:34.680 And I know, you know, I often hear it argued that, well,

00:13:37.940 what if parents aren't talking about it?

00:13:41.000 What if the parents aren't doing their job?

00:13:43.260 You know, what if the parents, a lot of parents refuse to talk to their kids about sex

00:13:46.560 because it's an awkward conversation?

00:13:48.460 Well, that's unfortunate.

00:13:49.900 It truly is unfortunate that so many parents in our culture refuse to do their job.

00:13:54.960 But the school system is not a surrogate mother. 0.94

00:13:58.340 The school system is not a foster home.

00:14:01.120 It's not even a daycare center, or it shouldn't be.

00:14:04.360 These people that you send your kids to school for, they are not stand-ins for parents.

00:14:08.820 So there are certain things that if the parent isn't going to do,

00:14:13.340 well, then those things just aren't getting done, I guess, sadly.

00:14:18.080 I mean, I also happen to believe very strongly that it's a parent's job

00:14:21.680 to instill a moral foundation in the child

00:14:25.640 and to bring them up in the faith and in the gospel.

00:14:29.220 I mean, I firmly believe that.

00:14:31.200 That should be a parent's primary job is to do that. 0.99

00:14:35.120 But if the parent's not going to do it, school system can't step in.

00:14:39.160 At least a government school system can.

00:14:41.660 Sadly, in that case, that's a job that probably just isn't going to get done.

00:14:46.540 There are certain jobs that either the parent does it or really nobody does it,

00:14:50.840 or the kid just figures it out on his own, which is not ideal.

00:14:55.040 But it's even less ideal to take this subject from the home

00:15:00.140 and to place it in the hands of the state, because that's what we've done.

00:15:05.580 And one more thought about that very quickly,

00:15:07.860 because, right, if the parents won't do it, then what happens?

00:15:10.340 Well, the kids just learn it from each other, right?

00:15:12.860 Especially when it comes to sex,

00:15:14.620 they're just going to pick it up from the internet and from each other

00:15:16.980 and from peer culture,

00:15:17.880 and they'll learn it that way.

00:15:22.340 And so some people will argue that, well, you know, you can't have that.

00:15:25.560 I mean, it's like if the parents won't do it,

00:15:28.280 then they learn it from the peers.

00:15:29.880 I mean, then, yeah, you got to have the school step in,

00:15:32.460 because it's better for them to hear it from the schools than from their peers.

00:15:36.960 But as I've already said, it's still not the school's job.

00:15:39.660 But even aside from that, the message about sex,

00:15:42.980 the sex ed in the schools has become so vulgar and debased

00:15:46.700 and just devoid of any kind of sense of maturity or responsibility,

00:15:51.700 that there's really no difference between what they would hear

00:15:54.980 from their sex ed teacher in ninth grade

00:15:56.540 and what they would hear from their ninth grade classmate.

00:15:59.420 They might as well just hear it from the kids at that point.

00:16:02.760 My point is, it's not like the schools have taken this subject

00:16:06.560 and elevated it and done something more mature and responsible with it

00:16:11.940 than what the classmates would already do. 0.70

00:16:14.800 The school's message is basically, yeah, if you want to have sex, 1.00

00:16:18.300 you know, go have sex. 1.00

00:16:19.240 It's great. 1.00

00:16:19.740 Just put on a condom first. 0.77

00:16:21.200 Well, that's what the kids don't need to hear that from the school.

00:16:25.240 They'll just hear that from each other.

00:16:27.460 So by this kind of, by removing any sense of morality

00:16:32.000 or anything from the message of sex,

00:16:34.760 they've also removed any justification

00:16:37.660 for the sex ed programs even existing in the first place.

00:16:41.800 So let's just get rid of them.

00:16:43.780 Teach the kids the ABCs, one through threes,

00:16:46.060 you know, have them read Shakespeare, do all that stuff.

00:16:48.480 Science, okay, great.

00:16:50.280 The moment you pull out the condoms,

00:16:52.880 you know you veered way, way, way off track.

00:16:56.000 But of course, I'm saying all this,

00:16:57.300 I realize it doesn't matter.

00:16:58.260 However, the schools have become more and more doctrinal

00:17:02.260 as time has gone on, and that's not going to change.

00:17:05.360 So it's great.

00:17:07.980 If you send your kids to public school,

00:17:08.980 it's great that you're taking a stand.

00:17:10.040 If you are taking a stand, I would definitely recommend it.

00:17:12.200 But I think ultimately the only answer in the end

00:17:14.480 is just to get our kids away from this system

00:17:16.500 because it's just, it's not going to get any better, sadly.

00:17:20.020 And I'll leave it there on a hopeful note.

00:17:22.060 Have a great day, everyone.

00:17:22.900 I'll talk to you tomorrow.

00:17:23.440 Thank you.

The Matt Walsh Show - April 17, 2018

Ep. 11 - Sex Ed Should Be Abolished

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