expat, expat, its the way YOU read what i said that is the problem, not what i said.
I myself made NO assumptions about the cause of Jades cancer,YOU decided this is what I meant and instead of asking me to clarify went OTT in your abuse, instead of engaging in a grown up debate about HOW we should best educate OUR KIDS (male and female)so they are equipped/empowered (I hate that word!) to make their decisions about what they do with their bodies. None of my business how they do it, with whom or at what age, and I never said it was, BUT it is my responsibility and yes, my job, in part, to give them the FACTS, not to brainwash them, not to judge them. I treat this in the same detached way i treat teaching them what smoking can do to your lungs, or fatty foods can do to your heart.
I have had many pupils and parents THANK me for my support/patience/one to one chats on all sorts of matters relating to sex and health - many parents feel ill equipped or embarrassed and are glad to have some help
Life style choices in all sorts of behaviours CAN reduce/increase the risks of various diseases (again please note I am not and have never said X,Y or Z will stop you getting it and A, B and C means you will)
I am not saying that if you are monogamous and delay sex till you are older, you won't get it, anyone who thinks that is deluded, just as if they said you will never get lung cancer if you don't smoke
I did not say Jade should be a poster child, but meant that if she decided use her experience in a positive way, that would be a good thing
And can you guess what all the kids were talking about in school after Jades news broke?? Don't you think they would rather listen to her - a real life sufferer, rather than a "boring old prof"?? (Actually I'm quite hip and trendy LOL)