November 14, 2009

Education in Spain: Learning how to use your hands -- to do job

Spain is still more religious than most other Western European countries as the Catholicism faith is still influential in the daily life for majority of the population. Most people go to church on Sundays, and they pray before meals, which is no longer the case in many other nominally Christian countries. On social issues, Spain is also more conservative. I remember Maria told me about the prohibition of oral sex, which sounds nothing but ridiculous in a non-Muslim country in 21th century.

But recently, Extremadura government launched a campaign to educate children about masturbation, based around the slogan "pleasure as in your own hands". Leaflets will be distributed, and workshops will be hold for students from 14 to 17 years old. This is no wonder hugely controversial. Social conservatives were extremely angered. (BBC)

I'm not sure about the benefit of this education, though not from a religious perspective. Probably most of the students have already become experts and the education would only reduce their level of enjoyment compares with the self-exploration process. But this is an interesting idea and I would love to know how it's implemented and the reaction of the students.

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