The Abstinence Clearinghouse Blog

This is a good article by Rebecca Hagelin:

Daughters Under Siege
Rebecca Hagelin
Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Recently I wrote about the trend in public schools to push an “if it feels
good, do it” brand of sex education on our kids. Those who write the “health
education” curriculum, oversee the lesson plans and have the greatest
authority in education believe that there are no taboos, and no boundaries
on a teenager’s sex life.

That they actually believe teens should engage in sex at all should be
enough to cause outrage - but it goes much further than that. Dr. Miriam
Grossman’s new book, “You’re Teaching My Child What?” documents how they
seek to shape an entire generation’s world view to support and advance a
free sex mentality that would shock even a “free love” child of the radical
60’s.

<http://magazine.townhall.com/30days>

Many educators are obsessed with promoting a promiscuous lifestyle. One
particularly disturbing tactic is to strip our little girls of their natural
inclination toward modesty and replace it with an attitude of sexual
dominance. They teach young women that the way to get ahead in the world is
not through their grace, or goodness, or intelligence - but through their
sexual power.

Combine this reality with the theme of my last two columns, which are about
the entertainment industry’s elevation of a highly sexual and crassly
powerful young female image, and we’ve created a culture in which our
precious little daughters are constantly bombarded by messages that degrade
their innate value, reducing them to nothing more than sex objects.

If our young women continue to be used and manipulated like this, what do
you think America’s families will be like in 20 years?

Make no mistake: this attack on our daughters is also an attack on the
nuclear family unit itself. It is an insidiously evil brand of radical
feminism that now pervades education and entertainment. If you can warp an
entire generation of women into believing that sex is merely a tool to be
used for advancement, then you destroy all notions of fidelity, and
commitment for both genders. By default, our sons adopt the view that they
do not need to be loyal or true in marriage either.

When you destroy the beautiful and selfless concept of committing one’s
sexuality and heart to only one person for life, then there’s no room for
the traditional family unit in our future.

We are at a crossroads in our nation and the pawn being used by those who
seek to check-mate the family - the sacred and basic building block of all
civil societies - is a little girl. She will be used and abused and then
cast aside as the next little girls are born and brainwashed with ever
increasing dangerous messages.

There are steps you must take now to protect and equip your daughter with
her own moral authority over those who would abuse her femininity.

Through deliberate parenting every day you can affirm her value as a whole
person. Find other families who share your personal values and surround her
with friends and unconditional love. Encourage and help her to find strong
female mentors who are marked by their goodness, wisdom, and sincere
committment to family. Teach her to discern and dissect the messages of
those who seek to advance a radical agenda. Help your daughter discover the
joy and peace of mind that comes with teen years that are free from the
threat of sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy, and the low self- esteem
sexually active girls report having deep in their hearts.

(Many of these timeless truths and practices, not coincidentally, also serve
our sons. I’ll expound on them next week.)

Please don’t delay in making a commitment to empower your own daughter to
have the strength, wisdom, grace and courage to tower above the mire. God
has given her honor and value. Don’t let anyone rob her of it or her full
potential.