4.05.2007

That's 'Ms' Tape to you

Goodness! I've been a cow, I've been a house and a pretty pretty flower. And now I'm a piece of tape. At least according to Jennifer Waters, the Sex Lady.

The Sex Lady teaches abstinence to American schools and church groups. Now, if you're wondering what you can teach about abstinence that goes any further than saying, "kids, don't do it", well the answer is nothing at all. But you can have fun saying it. Ms Waters likes to demonstrate her message with her friend Miss Tape.

She slaps a piece of clear tape across Julian’s arm. He winces.
“It’s gonna hurt when I take it off,” the lanky boy protests.
“But it’s fine now, isn’t it?” Ms. Waters whips back.
The puzzled looks on 18 eighth-graders at Carrollton’s Arbor Creek Middle School
brighten. The Sex Lady has made her point: Bad relationships hurt.
Not letting the boys off the hook here at all. Good on you Sex Lady.

The Sex Lady tells Julian to break up with Miss Tape.
"I don't wanna,"
Julian screeches before obeying. He cradles his arm as he sits down.
Poor Julian has just been dumped by that hussy Miss Tape. And it hurts.
Ms. Waters shows Miss Tape to the class before calling up another boy, Spencer.
"We got some skin, Julian's hair," she says. "Spencer, did you get a good
look at Miss Tape?
"You bond with Miss Tape," she says, slapping the strip
onto Spencer's arm. "Everything Julian had has now been passed on to you."
That slut Miss Tape (her first name is probably Debbie) has just given Spencer the clap, which she got from Julian. Thanks a lot Julian!
Ms. Waters does this again with a third boy, Jonathan. This time, when they break up, the tape comes off pretty easy.
"What happened to the bond?" Ms. Waters asked the class.
"It didn't hurt as much," a girl replies.
Debbie tape has lost all her sticky by now, so she doesn't have the power to hurt the boys anymore, (unless she's slept with Julian and given everyone the clap) and is pretty useless as far as tape goes so she's fit only for Mr Rubbish Bin.

Moral of the story being. Girls are evil and want to cause you pain, so boys, only fuck the sluts, because breaking up with them doesn't hurt so much, and you get the fun of tossing them in the trash like they deserve. When you like a "nice" girl don't fuck her until you marry her. And if you give her the clap because you slept with Miss Tape who slept with Julian.. well, that's just tough.

Girls, you're an evil piece of tape. You have the power to hurt a man by ripping all his hair out by the roots, until you've had sex a couple of times that is. By then you've lost all your sticky, and therefore pretty useless as far as pieces of tape go, so you're worthy only for the bin.

11 comments:

El Cuervo said...

and that's what the future of this country are learning... I'm so glad my taxes are paying for that crap!

Michelle said...

Actually, this woman works for free, she's just really dedicated. Of course, if I've ever come across an argument that free is too high a price then I think this is it. And that's not even getting into a debate about children's educations not being important enough to actually pay for stuff for..

Ronald said...

What vile minds these people must have to devise such inappropriate and simple-minded analogies. It's tantamount to lying, and is typical of the lengths people go to meet their own agendas. I'm sure it doesn't work though. It's my guess the kids will think, "sex is great, but be sure to avoid those teachers -they're poison!".

Michelle said...

I'm hoping you're right Don. The only good thing about all this so-called education is that it's so stupid that most of the kids will sit through it and probably snicker about it afterwards. The worst thing would be if any of them actually took this shit seriously.. I do have a little more faith in our youngsters than that though :)

Anonymous said...

I would like to know how many of the people commenting here have had sex and are angry because you KNOW that you've given over your rights to another person. Thank goodness there is someone willing enough to put herself out there (and this is a difficult thing to talk about) to let students that are very vulnerable to see the consequences of decisions. Taking apart the fact that sex is precious is all the "vile" STDs out there that they can get from that one decision. You people should try and consider what youth need to hear and stop bashing those that are attempting to make a difference in their lives.

Michelle said...

Anonymous. I think "us people" are just looking at things realistically and are aware that this sort of "education" provides nothing of value and has the potential to be very damaging. I have thought very much what youth need to hear. And they very much need to hear the biological facts of sex, and how to avoid pregnancy and stds. They also need to be treated like autonomous individiuals who have half a brain in their head, people who can decide for themselves, for their own reason if they wish to be abstinent or not. Yes, they should be told that they need to be responsible, and not let anyone force or coerce them into anything, that they need to respect the feelings of others. What they very much don't need to hear is this shit. I take it all humorously in the post but I despair that there is this sort of thing happening masquerading as education. And I despair of the fact that there are actually people out there willing to defend this disgrace, which is nothing more than what it is.

Anonymous said...

Michelle - I am a counselor in an educational setting. I highly recommend that you go look at the statistics to programs that teach children the harmful effects of sex in the teen years and let them know what is out there. Don't take my word for it - go look it up yourself. The number of teens that decide to wait after being taught THE FACTS drops dramatically in schools that promote abstinence. That prohibits the further spread of STDs and drops pregnancy rates. There are ton of journal articles supporting that these types of "wow" factors are the only things that grab this generation children's attention. Yes, they have a brain and should think for themselves. I agree totally - my job revolves around getting students to think for themselves. But if I can help them now to make the decision to not have sex for health reasons, then bring on Miss Tape!! I think the majority of people reading this article read it with a closed mind - not thinking of how damaging sex can be between two teenagers that don't have a CLUE about what they are doing. The media (tv, music, internet, movies) make it look lovely, wonderful, and no risk - that's bullcrap. Students want to know the truth - I think that's what this lady does. Then if they decide to have sex, it's their life and their decision. They make a more logical decision when they know what's out there. Absolutely - let them think for themselves with all the facts, that they could have an STD or something worse for the rest of their life. That's the harmful effect of sex as a teenager.

Michelle said...

Anonymous. I understand what you're saying. I still don't agree. First of all if teenagers don't have a clue what they're doing, then teach them about it, that's what sex education should be about. And it might seem like a strange thing to you, but I don't think sex is a bad thing in and of itself, it's only a bad thing when teenagers don't have a clue what they're doing.. see how that works? And no, to give students the "wow" factor in order to scare them away from sex, then you're doing something wrong. This kind of education can do no good. Something that teaches, even in a vague way that girls who have had sex, or more sex than others are in any way equivalent to used tape that's to be thrown away is a bad thing, and nothing good that comes of it (teens not having sex, in your view) in no way comes anywhere near for making up for this. As I said this sort of "education" is a disgrace. It's a terrible, terrible thing. There is no other way to look at it realistically.

Anonymous said...

Michelle - We will have to agree to disagree. It is nice to read another side to things like this. Unfortunately you are in the minority, but those like me don't speak up enough for the conservative viewpoint.

I myself am 30 years old, a virgin, hoping to be married one day, and have lived a wonderful life free of disappointments and sadness in regards to this area. You would not look at me and think this - which is why I have a strong pull among the teenagers that I work with. I've lived a life of purity and integrity, and am very proud of it. I'm not oblivious to the world and for my part... I've probably seen too many friends struggle with babies out of wedlock and STDs.

People think those of us who decide to remain a virgin until we are married are prudent and out of date. I have chosen to do this because I have first hand experience from friends the harmful effects that sex can have when it's viewed as the world does - no risk. Education does work, especially in this area. When you give kids all the facts about what can happen (including uses simple analogies that get their attention) it works. Do your own research, and make sure the study is reliable and not one the liberal media will use to prove it's point.

Good luck to you and thanks for engaging in this conversation.

Michelle said...

Yes, we are going to have to agree to disagree on this one. I can see more from where you're coming from with more details about you. It must be difficult being an older virgin in today's atmosphere and I'm sure you get a lot of people telling you your choices are wrong, or weird. I certainly don't agree with that, and do admire people who do things their own way in spite of what they're being told, but the good thing about your choice is it's exactly that. A choice. It's what's right for you and it's great that you're deciding for yourself how to live, in spite of what you hear around you. In no way is your choice the only right one, or is it superior to anyone else's choice. That's my point really. People are different and telling kids there is only one right way is absolutely wrong. Even if it "works" as you say, it doesn't work because it doesn't teach them anything, it doesn't improve their lives and doesn't help them deal with the very complicated subject of sex. I will stop now as we are obviously in disagreement about this and always will be, but don't make the mistake of thinking I just haven't thought this through, or that I don't know what I'm talking about.. I've thought about this very carefully and just come to a different conclusion to you.

R Nicolas said...

I realize that this is an old post, but I would like to comment on the remarks from the anonymous fire breather.

There are many studies that show that the stupid abstinence programs pushed by tape lady and the like have absolutely no effect on reducing teen sex, and may in fact lead to risky behavior such as unprotected sex which in turn leads to teen pregnancy and STDs, because of a lack of information about safe sex practices. There are absolutely no legitimate studies showing otherwise.

The anti-success of these ignorant and harmful programs are being born out by the rise in teen pregnancy and teens with STDs over the last few years which coincides with the rise in faith-based abstinence programs under Jesus Bush. These statisticts are even more troubling when you see that such things were on a sharp decline in the 90's before fanatic evangelicals got their buddy in the White House.

Tape lady, anonymous, and their ilk should be slapped repeatedly upside the head for the harm they are doing to children in this country.

Sorry to preach on your site Michelle. I think I'll go find a piece of tape and have a few drinks with her.