Notes from GCAPP

SEX- Do you find this word offensive? Evidently the Greensboro Grasshoppers' mangement does. The Guilford Coalition on Adolescent Pregnancy co-sponsored a ball game on Father's Day, June 21, 2009. As part of the sponsorship, we were allowed some public service announcement opportunities - three verbal and three visual (on the scoreboard). One of our verbal announcements said, "Talk with your children about sex.... everyone else does." The Grasshopper management said, and I quote "we are a little hesitant to use the word “sex” during our games. Would it be okay to alter that to say “talk to your kids about pregnancy prevention”?

I objected to the change because the message was not meant to imply only pregnancy prevention but disease prevention, loss of reputation, etc. The Greensboro Grasshoppers' Management decided that saying the word "sex" out loud was just too precocious for ball park attendees. Do they watch TV especially ABC Family TV?

This is what is wrong with our society. We throw constant sexual messages at our children which are filled with falsehoods but refuse to educate them. No wonder teenage pregnancy rates are soaring in this country!