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Daughters Under Siege
Townhall.com ^ | September 1, 2009 | Rebecca Hagelin

Posted on 09/01/2009 4:46:03 AM PDT by Kaslin

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.

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 committment 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.


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1 posted on 09/01/2009 4:46:03 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
There are steps you must take now to protect and equip your daughter

Don't forget the steps in front of your house of worship. There really aren't that many! :)

2 posted on 09/01/2009 5:00:01 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Rebellion is not brewing. Frog is brewing.)
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To: Kaslin

Eventually, men will remember that they can physically dominate the women that are trying to emasculate them, and then we’re all going to be in a world of crap.

When the pendulum swings, it’s going to swing hard.


3 posted on 09/01/2009 5:10:47 AM PDT by LongElegantLegs (You know how it is: you wait ages for a good sperm story and then they all come at once.)
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To: Kaslin

Reason elevty bajillion why both of my daughters are in a private Christian school. My 9 year old had to write a poem recently about who she is and one of the lines said “I believe their is one true God.” She would have been kicked out of public school for that...


4 posted on 09/01/2009 5:14:02 AM PDT by Wyatt's Torch (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
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To: Wyatt's Torch

their = there

My typo...


5 posted on 09/01/2009 5:14:47 AM PDT by Wyatt's Torch (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
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To: LongElegantLegs
Eventually, men will remember that they can physically dominate the women that are trying to emasculate them, and then we’re all going to be in a world of crap.

I think "traditional" men will simply disregard such women as nothing more than playthings until they are ready for marriage, when they will ditch them in favor of a rural, more tradition women or possibly someone from a nation where women play a more traditional role in support of a family.

That doesn't complete discount American women of quality, it favors them while relagating the other "lot" to the bitter realities spinsterhood.

In SoFlo, many of the Latin women I met seemed far more traditional in the way they treated men, towards the end of fawning over them. It was pretty difficult to miss or ignore compared to the non-traditional American girls, who competed with men in business and other areas. That's fine, but I want to go home to a wife and family, not a business partner and our conglomerate. ; )

Now some women can pull off both roles. More power to them, but the ones I'm trying to teach my son to avoid are the ones raised on "MTV Culture". If you know where I'm coming from I think you'll understand why I feel that way.

6 posted on 09/01/2009 5:27:58 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Kaslin
There was a book published maybe 20+ years ago called, Fathers and Daughters. I read it when my daughter was 2 she is now 24. It said one of the most important self esteem builders for girls was a very strong and involved Father. The book said the Fathers need to involve their daughters in everything they do, working on cars, fixing the lawn mower, target practice, watching football, fishing and hunting. Without a strong and involved Father figure, the daughters will try to find one in a boyfriend and are more vulnerable of being mistreated.

If you cannot keep them out of public schools then super supportive family unit, Fathers totally involved and a moral upbringing (Christian)they can survive the lies and immorality of the world.

7 posted on 09/01/2009 7:01:26 AM PDT by thirst4truth (www.Believer.com)
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To: Caipirabob
I think "traditional" men will simply disregard such women as nothing more than playthings until they are ready for marriage, when they will ditch them in favor of a rural, more tradition women or possibly someone from a nation where women play a more traditional role in support of a family.

And that's why decent women have to be vaccinated for HPV: because "traditional" men think screwing around is A-OK, *for themselves*.

8 posted on 09/01/2009 8:33:37 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("Much of political rhetoric serves as a substitute for reasoning." ~Thomas Sowell)
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To: Kaslin

Lefty death education “for the children”...


9 posted on 09/01/2009 8:45:16 AM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: Tax-chick

TMINOs?


10 posted on 09/01/2009 9:06:50 AM PDT by Campion ("President Barack Obama" is an anagram for "An Arab-backed Imposter")
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To: Campion

Or “traditional” instead of morally upright or chaste. It is, indeed, somewhat “traditional” for a man to pass his “free” time with loose women, while nonetheless expecting a good woman to count herself lucky to get him when he’s “ready,” in spite of any aborted children in the past or std’s in the present.

Since women, as a class, aren’t stupid, this “tradition” is one of the forces that precipitated modern feminist ideology. In the wrong direction, unfortunately, pulling down the behavior and expectations of women, rather than elevating that of men.


11 posted on 09/01/2009 10:11:29 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("Much of political rhetoric serves as a substitute for reasoning." ~Thomas Sowell)
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To: Tax-chick

“Wymon’s consciousness raising” is a faulty premise. The female matures earlier than the male.

What is needed is raising the male awareness of his role in life.


12 posted on 09/01/2009 10:52:10 AM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
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To: Kaslin
The War Against Boys
13 posted on 09/01/2009 10:58:57 AM PDT by blam
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To: SaraJohnson

Leftists are openly working for their “father”. (John 8:44)

This “sex positive” agenda, and the targeting of little girls, is but another spearhead in the attack on the family as an institution - and there are MANY such spearheads.

Homosexual agenda, promoting promiscous behavior, the denegration of the father in the home, welfare instead of fathers, feminism, the rejection of patriarchy, global warming, carbon footprints, child safety seats, CAFE standards, abortion, denegration of large families - just to name a very small percentage of the attacks.


14 posted on 09/01/2009 11:05:26 AM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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To: Tax-chick
pulling down the behavior and expectations of women, rather than elevating that of men

You've just stated the core of "feminism".

15 posted on 09/01/2009 11:06:47 AM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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To: MrB

Good observation.


16 posted on 09/01/2009 11:59:44 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("Much of political rhetoric serves as a substitute for reasoning." ~Thomas Sowell)
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To: GladesGuru

And women have the role of “sexual gatekeeper” -

ie, you ain’t gettin’ any unless you’re worthy.


17 posted on 09/01/2009 12:01:09 PM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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