Sex exhibition aimed at teens in Ottawa museum

[mindyrbusiness]

Sex exhibition aimed at teens set to open in Ottawa museum
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by Thaddeus Baklinski/Tue May 15, 2012 16:31 EST

OTTAWA, May 15, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A sex exhibit opening this week at the Canada Science and Technology Museum is receiving heat from conservative commentators, who say that, despite its claims of being “scientific” and objective, it is disturbingly explicit and promotes a vision of sexuality that is anything but moral.

Conservative journalist Patrick Meagher, who recently attended a preview of “Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition,” told LifeSiteNews that included in it are graphic presentations of masturbation, nudity, and condom use.

“The exhibit includes nude images and an animated video of masturbation. Other videos include a woman who says she approves of multiple partners, a young woman who shares sexual favours among friends, and a video on sexual orientation in which not one of the 12 people interviewed are heterosexual,” Meagher said.

“Another station answers questions on what to do about an unwanted pregnancy. The option of adoption or keeping the child is not mentioned. The advice is to have an abortion as soon as possible.”


According to Meagher, when asked why such a heavy focus on sex for children, the museum’s director of public affairs, Yves St.-Onges, said that experts have found that the earlier you tell children about sex the later they will engage in sex.

“When immediately told that his conclusion was not true and that research says the opposite,” Meagher observed, “St.-Onges had nothing to say.”

The exhibit was created by Louise Bertrand at the Montreal Science Centre in 2010 and had a short stint in Regina before moving to Ottawa. While the Montreal Museum opened the exhibit without restrictions to adolescents 12 and older, according to its website the Ottawa museum will require that youth under 16 be accompanied by an adult. The exhibit is scheduled to remain at the museum until January 2013.

Bertrand was quoted by the Ottawa Citizen to say the reason behind the creation of the exhibit was that children do not get correct sex information.

(Watch an introductory video about the exhibit here.)
http://www.montrealsciencecentre.com/ex ... ition.html

“We felt we had to give them the right information, because what they have access to is the web or the schoolyard” with information “that is maybe a bit doubtful. So the science centre is a safe place to learn about sex,” Bertrand said.

A Q&A on the museum’s website says the exhibit “imparts what science has to say on the topic, conveys a positive image of sexuality and, ultimately, helps young people hone their judgment skills so they can make responsible and informed decisions.”

But Barbara Kay of the National Post said she has “no idea why this exhibition was thought to be necessary. Our children are bombarded by sexual content in their lives from a too-early age. Some of it is informative and appropriate; much of it is intrusive and unwholesome. The last thing students need is more sexual graphics, more full-frontal life-size nudity, another invitation to early experimentation.”

Kay observed, “Unlike animal sex, human sex is a private activity. When it goes public, it is always a trigger to the prurient side of our natures. Please, Mr. Sophisticated Curator, don’t tell us this is ‘educational.’ Where I come from, that’s soft porn.”

Conservative blogger John Pacheco of Socon or Bust is urging concerned people to call or email the museum’s acting director, Luc Fournier.

“As a scientific exhibit, the museum has irresponsibly represented moral issues as scientific fact,” Pacheco wrote. “Nowhere does this exhibit express a Christian perspective of sexuality, that of procreation within marriage, never mind the fact that many of us find contraception, masturbation and homosexuality to be gravely, morally offensive, … topics which are highlighted in this exhibit.”

“We urge you to send an email to Luc Fournier at lfournier@technomuses.ca to file a complaint about this exhibit and forward this email to friends and family. The museum needs to hear that we don’t want our children exposed to this!”


Contact Information:

Canada Science and Technology Museum
P.O. Box 9724, Station T
Ottawa, Ontario K1G 5A3
Phone: 613 991-6090
Fax: 613 990-3636

Luc Fournier, Acting Director
Email: lfournier@technomuses.ca

Denise Amyot, President and CEO
Email: damyot@technomuses.ca

James Moore, Canadian Heritage Minister
(responsible for the Canada Science and Technology Museum Corporation)
Email: min.moore@pch.gc.ca

[T.G.]

The perverts are at it again, I see.

[backhoe]

Gee, it's almost like they have an agenda, or sump'thin'...

[Edward Kennedy]

Liars, liars and more liars...

[FiscalConservative]

Sex exhibition aimed at teens set to open in Ottawa museum
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by Thaddeus Baklinski/Tue May 15, 2012 16:31 EST

OTTAWA, May 15, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A sex exhibit opening this week at the Canada Science and Technology Museum is receiving heat from conservative commentators, who say that, despite its claims of being “scientific” and objective, it is disturbingly explicit and promotes a vision of sexuality that is anything but moral.

Conservative journalist Patrick Meagher, who recently attended a preview of “Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition,” told LifeSiteNews that included in it are graphic presentations of masturbation, nudity, and condom use.

“The exhibit includes nude images and an animated video of masturbation. Other videos include a woman who says she approves of multiple partners, a young woman who shares sexual favours among friends, and a video on sexual orientation in which not one of the 12 people interviewed are heterosexual,” Meagher said.

“Another station answers questions on what to do about an unwanted pregnancy. The option of adoption or keeping the child is not mentioned. The advice is to have an abortion as soon as possible.”


According to Meagher, when asked why such a heavy focus on sex for children, the museum’s director of public affairs, Yves St.-Onges, said that experts have found that the earlier you tell children about sex the later they will engage in sex.

“When immediately told that his conclusion was not true and that research says the opposite,” Meagher observed, “St.-Onges had nothing to say.”

Ok, so where is the evidence that this conclusion is not true?

The exhibit was created by Louise Bertrand at the Montreal Science Centre in 2010 and had a short stint in Regina before moving to Ottawa. While the Montreal Museum opened the exhibit without restrictions to adolescents 12 and older, according to its website the Ottawa museum will require that youth under 16 be accompanied by an adult. The exhibit is scheduled to remain at the museum until January 2013.

Bertrand was quoted by the Ottawa Citizen to say the reason behind the creation of the exhibit was that children do not get correct sex information.

(Watch an introductory video about the exhibit here.)
http://www.montrealsciencecentre.com/ex ... ition.html

“We felt we had to give them the right information, because what they have access to is the web or the schoolyard” with information “that is maybe a bit doubtful. So the science centre is a safe place to learn about sex,” Bertrand said.

A Q&A on the museum’s website says the exhibit “imparts what science has to say on the topic, conveys a positive image of sexuality and, ultimately, helps young people hone their judgment skills so they can make responsible and informed decisions.”

But Barbara Kay of the National Post said she has “no idea why this exhibition was thought to be necessary. Our children are bombarded by sexual content in their lives from a too-early age. Some of it is informative and appropriate; much of it is intrusive and unwholesome. The last thing students need is more sexual graphics, more full-frontal life-size nudity, another invitation to early experimentation.”

Kay observed, “Unlike animal sex, human sex is a private activity. When it goes public, it is always a trigger to the prurient side of our natures. Please, Mr. Sophisticated Curator, don’t tell us this is ‘educational.’ Where I come from, that’s soft porn.”

Wouldn't you rather your children have information rather than content? Honestly, you're up against a marketing juggernaut that sells thongs to 8 year olds, teaching them about sex is better than them learning about it due to peer pressure and misinformation.

Conservative blogger John Pacheco of Socon or Bust is urging concerned people to call or email the museum’s acting director, Luc Fournier.

“As a scientific exhibit, the museum has irresponsibly represented moral issues as scientific fact,” Pacheco wrote. “Nowhere does this exhibit express a Christian perspective of sexuality, that of procreation within marriage, never mind the fact that many of us find contraception, masturbation and homosexuality to be gravely, morally offensive, … topics which are highlighted in this exhibit.”

“We urge you to send an email to Luc Fournier at lfournier@technomuses.ca to file a complaint about this exhibit and forward this email to friends and family. The museum needs to hear that we don’t want our children exposed to this!”

And you would have them represent scientific issues as ones that are dictated by Christian morality. Have you read the Song of Solomon? That's got more sexual content in it than 18 of these exhibits.

[Brown envelope]

The perverts are at it again, I see.

You got that right, and as usual the perverts are doing it the taxpayer dime. I'm never going to that museum again.

[Edward Kennedy]

Sex exhibition aimed at teens set to open in Ottawa museum
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by Thaddeus Baklinski/Tue May 15, 2012 16:31 EST

OTTAWA, May 15, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A sex exhibit opening this week at the Canada Science and Technology Museum is receiving heat from conservative commentators, who say that, despite its claims of being “scientific” and objective, it is disturbingly explicit and promotes a vision of sexuality that is anything but moral.

Conservative journalist Patrick Meagher, who recently attended a preview of “Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition,” told LifeSiteNews that included in it are graphic presentations of masturbation, nudity, and condom use.

“The exhibit includes nude images and an animated video of masturbation. Other videos include a woman who says she approves of multiple partners, a young woman who shares sexual favours among friends, and a video on sexual orientation in which not one of the 12 people interviewed are heterosexual,” Meagher said.

“Another station answers questions on what to do about an unwanted pregnancy. The option of adoption or keeping the child is not mentioned. The advice is to have an abortion as soon as possible.”


According to Meagher, when asked why such a heavy focus on sex for children, the museum’s director of public affairs, Yves St.-Onges, said that experts have found that the earlier you tell children about sex the later they will engage in sex.

“When immediately told that his conclusion was not true and that research says the opposite,” Meagher observed, “St.-Onges had nothing to say.”

Ok, so where is the evidence that this conclusion is not true?

The exhibit was created by Louise Bertrand at the Montreal Science Centre in 2010 and had a short stint in Regina before moving to Ottawa. While the Montreal Museum opened the exhibit without restrictions to adolescents 12 and older, according to its website the Ottawa museum will require that youth under 16 be accompanied by an adult. The exhibit is scheduled to remain at the museum until January 2013.

Bertrand was quoted by the Ottawa Citizen to say the reason behind the creation of the exhibit was that children do not get correct sex information.

(Watch an introductory video about the exhibit here.)
http://www.montrealsciencecentre.com/ex ... ition.html

“We felt we had to give them the right information, because what they have access to is the web or the schoolyard” with information “that is maybe a bit doubtful. So the science centre is a safe place to learn about sex,” Bertrand said.

A Q&A on the museum’s website says the exhibit “imparts what science has to say on the topic, conveys a positive image of sexuality and, ultimately, helps young people hone their judgment skills so they can make responsible and informed decisions.”

But Barbara Kay of the National Post said she has “no idea why this exhibition was thought to be necessary. Our children are bombarded by sexual content in their lives from a too-early age. Some of it is informative and appropriate; much of it is intrusive and unwholesome. The last thing students need is more sexual graphics, more full-frontal life-size nudity, another invitation to early experimentation.”

Kay observed, “Unlike animal sex, human sex is a private activity. When it goes public, it is always a trigger to the prurient side of our natures. Please, Mr. Sophisticated Curator, don’t tell us this is ‘educational.’ Where I come from, that’s soft porn.”

Wouldn't you rather your children have information rather than content? Honestly, you're up against a marketing juggernaut that sells thongs to 8 year olds, teaching them about sex is better than them learning about it due to peer pressure and misinformation.

Conservative blogger John Pacheco of Socon or Bust is urging concerned people to call or email the museum’s acting director, Luc Fournier.

“As a scientific exhibit, the museum has irresponsibly represented moral issues as scientific fact,” Pacheco wrote. “Nowhere does this exhibit express a Christian perspective of sexuality, that of procreation within marriage, never mind the fact that many of us find contraception, masturbation and homosexuality to be gravely, morally offensive, … topics which are highlighted in this exhibit.”

“We urge you to send an email to Luc Fournier at lfournier@technomuses.ca to file a complaint about this exhibit and forward this email to friends and family. The museum needs to hear that we don’t want our children exposed to this!”

And you would have them represent scientific issues as ones that are dictated by Christian morality. Have you read the Song of Solomon? That's got more sexual content in it than 18 of these exhibits.

Your observations/presuppositions are so ridiculous as to be unworthy of any serious consideration.

[styky]

Children are not forced to view this. With every field trip comes a permission slip.................DON'T SIGN IT. There, problem solved.

[FiscalConservative]

Sex exhibition aimed at teens set to open in Ottawa museum
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by Thaddeus Baklinski/Tue May 15, 2012 16:31 EST

OTTAWA, May 15, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A sex exhibit opening this week at the Canada Science and Technology Museum is receiving heat from conservative commentators, who say that, despite its claims of being “scientific” and objective, it is disturbingly explicit and promotes a vision of sexuality that is anything but moral.

Conservative journalist Patrick Meagher, who recently attended a preview of “Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition,” told LifeSiteNews that included in it are graphic presentations of masturbation, nudity, and condom use.

“The exhibit includes nude images and an animated video of masturbation. Other videos include a woman who says she approves of multiple partners, a young woman who shares sexual favours among friends, and a video on sexual orientation in which not one of the 12 people interviewed are heterosexual,” Meagher said.

“Another station answers questions on what to do about an unwanted pregnancy. The option of adoption or keeping the child is not mentioned. The advice is to have an abortion as soon as possible.”


According to Meagher, when asked why such a heavy focus on sex for children, the museum’s director of public affairs, Yves St.-Onges, said that experts have found that the earlier you tell children about sex the later they will engage in sex.

“When immediately told that his conclusion was not true and that research says the opposite,” Meagher observed, “St.-Onges had nothing to say.”

Ok, so where is the evidence that this conclusion is not true?

The exhibit was created by Louise Bertrand at the Montreal Science Centre in 2010 and had a short stint in Regina before moving to Ottawa. While the Montreal Museum opened the exhibit without restrictions to adolescents 12 and older, according to its website the Ottawa museum will require that youth under 16 be accompanied by an adult. The exhibit is scheduled to remain at the museum until January 2013.

Bertrand was quoted by the Ottawa Citizen to say the reason behind the creation of the exhibit was that children do not get correct sex information.

(Watch an introductory video about the exhibit here.)
http://www.montrealsciencecentre.com/ex ... ition.html

“We felt we had to give them the right information, because what they have access to is the web or the schoolyard” with information “that is maybe a bit doubtful. So the science centre is a safe place to learn about sex,” Bertrand said.

A Q&A on the museum’s website says the exhibit “imparts what science has to say on the topic, conveys a positive image of sexuality and, ultimately, helps young people hone their judgment skills so they can make responsible and informed decisions.”

But Barbara Kay of the National Post said she has “no idea why this exhibition was thought to be necessary. Our children are bombarded by sexual content in their lives from a too-early age. Some of it is informative and appropriate; much of it is intrusive and unwholesome. The last thing students need is more sexual graphics, more full-frontal life-size nudity, another invitation to early experimentation.”

Kay observed, “Unlike animal sex, human sex is a private activity. When it goes public, it is always a trigger to the prurient side of our natures. Please, Mr. Sophisticated Curator, don’t tell us this is ‘educational.’ Where I come from, that’s soft porn.”

Wouldn't you rather your children have information rather than content? Honestly, you're up against a marketing juggernaut that sells thongs to 8 year olds, teaching them about sex is better than them learning about it due to peer pressure and misinformation.

Conservative blogger John Pacheco of Socon or Bust is urging concerned people to call or email the museum’s acting director, Luc Fournier.

“As a scientific exhibit, the museum has irresponsibly represented moral issues as scientific fact,” Pacheco wrote. “Nowhere does this exhibit express a Christian perspective of sexuality, that of procreation within marriage, never mind the fact that many of us find contraception, masturbation and homosexuality to be gravely, morally offensive, … topics which are highlighted in this exhibit.”

“We urge you to send an email to Luc Fournier at lfournier@technomuses.ca to file a complaint about this exhibit and forward this email to friends and family. The museum needs to hear that we don’t want our children exposed to this!”

And you would have them represent scientific issues as ones that are dictated by Christian morality. Have you read the Song of Solomon? That's got more sexual content in it than 18 of these exhibits.

Your observations/presuppositions are so ridiculous as to be unworthy of any serious consideration.

But just enough to warrant your commentary? If you commented to simply insult my thoughts as ridiculous, fine, say so, but your passive aggressive approach is cowardly. I'd also like to ask when is the last time you had a "sex talk" with one of your children? I've had them with mine, and I wouldn't be afraid to bring any of my children to this exhibit. You think everyone should be trained in firearms use, why not have children trained in understanding their own sexuality??? A pregnancy has way more consequences than a bullet hole.

[Edward Kennedy]

Sex exhibition aimed at teens set to open in Ottawa museum
http://www.lifesitenews.com/images/size ... 40x408.jpg

by Thaddeus Baklinski/Tue May 15, 2012 16:31 EST

OTTAWA, May 15, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A sex exhibit opening this week at the Canada Science and Technology Museum is receiving heat from conservative commentators, who say that, despite its claims of being “scientific” and objective, it is disturbingly explicit and promotes a vision of sexuality that is anything but moral.

Conservative journalist Patrick Meagher, who recently attended a preview of “Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition,” told LifeSiteNews that included in it are graphic presentations of masturbation, nudity, and condom use.

“The exhibit includes nude images and an animated video of masturbation. Other videos include a woman who says she approves of multiple partners, a young woman who shares sexual favours among friends, and a video on sexual orientation in which not one of the 12 people interviewed are heterosexual,” Meagher said.

“Another station answers questions on what to do about an unwanted pregnancy. The option of adoption or keeping the child is not mentioned. The advice is to have an abortion as soon as possible.”


According to Meagher, when asked why such a heavy focus on sex for children, the museum’s director of public affairs, Yves St.-Onges, said that experts have found that the earlier you tell children about sex the later they will engage in sex.

“When immediately told that his conclusion was not true and that research says the opposite,” Meagher observed, “St.-Onges had nothing to say.”

Ok, so where is the evidence that this conclusion is not true?

The exhibit was created by Louise Bertrand at the Montreal Science Centre in 2010 and had a short stint in Regina before moving to Ottawa. While the Montreal Museum opened the exhibit without restrictions to adolescents 12 and older, according to its website the Ottawa museum will require that youth under 16 be accompanied by an adult. The exhibit is scheduled to remain at the museum until January 2013.

Bertrand was quoted by the Ottawa Citizen to say the reason behind the creation of the exhibit was that children do not get correct sex information.

(Watch an introductory video about the exhibit here.)
http://www.montrealsciencecentre.com/ex ... ition.html

“We felt we had to give them the right information, because what they have access to is the web or the schoolyard” with information “that is maybe a bit doubtful. So the science centre is a safe place to learn about sex,” Bertrand said.

A Q&A on the museum’s website says the exhibit “imparts what science has to say on the topic, conveys a positive image of sexuality and, ultimately, helps young people hone their judgment skills so they can make responsible and informed decisions.”

But Barbara Kay of the National Post said she has “no idea why this exhibition was thought to be necessary. Our children are bombarded by sexual content in their lives from a too-early age. Some of it is informative and appropriate; much of it is intrusive and unwholesome. The last thing students need is more sexual graphics, more full-frontal life-size nudity, another invitation to early experimentation.”

Kay observed, “Unlike animal sex, human sex is a private activity. When it goes public, it is always a trigger to the prurient side of our natures. Please, Mr. Sophisticated Curator, don’t tell us this is ‘educational.’ Where I come from, that’s soft porn.”

Wouldn't you rather your children have information rather than content? Honestly, you're up against a marketing juggernaut that sells thongs to 8 year olds, teaching them about sex is better than them learning about it due to peer pressure and misinformation.

Conservative blogger John Pacheco of Socon or Bust is urging concerned people to call or email the museum’s acting director, Luc Fournier.

“As a scientific exhibit, the museum has irresponsibly represented moral issues as scientific fact,” Pacheco wrote. “Nowhere does this exhibit express a Christian perspective of sexuality, that of procreation within marriage, never mind the fact that many of us find contraception, masturbation and homosexuality to be gravely, morally offensive, … topics which are highlighted in this exhibit.”

“We urge you to send an email to Luc Fournier at lfournier@technomuses.ca to file a complaint about this exhibit and forward this email to friends and family. The museum needs to hear that we don’t want our children exposed to this!”

And you would have them represent scientific issues as ones that are dictated by Christian morality. Have you read the Song of Solomon? That's got more sexual content in it than 18 of these exhibits.

Your observations/presuppositions are so ridiculous as to be unworthy of any serious consideration.

But just enough to warrant your commentary? If you commented to simply insult my thoughts as ridiculous, fine, say so, but your passive aggressive approach is cowardly. I'd also like to ask when is the last time you had a "sex talk" with one of your children? I've had them with mine, and I wouldn't be afraid to bring any of my children to this exhibit. You think everyone should be trained in firearms use, why not have children trained in understanding their own sexuality??? A pregnancy has way more consequences than a bullet hole.

Just as an example of your further vapidity, you claim that a pregnancy has way more consequences than a bullet hole? Really? Bullet holes take life, pregnancies create life. Do you not understand English, my words did indeed insult your thoughts but did so diplomatically but if you want me to say it, okay, your comments were/are outrightly stupid.

Cowardly? That is rich, really, from someone hiding behind a pseudonym as opposed to me using my real identity...it is plain who the real coward is. Sex talk? Had one today but my children are grown anymore. So what do you want for the sex talks you had with your children? A medal, or perhaps a chest to pin it on. What did they teach you anyway?

As to the exhibit, perhaps your children are mature enough but I doubt you are so you should not be exposed to it.

What is there to understand about sexuality? I am available by PM if you need any questions answered.

[FiscalConservative]

Well, some other people disagree with resident Sexpert Edward Kennedy.

http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Tor ... story.html

[Edward Kennedy]

Well, some other people disagree with resident Sexpert Edward Kennedy.

http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Tor ... story.html

But then again, there are some that think the Earth is flat and that playing road hocley on an I series freeway on the opening night of a long weekend is a safe pursuit.

[Charles J. White]

Much ado about nothing, I remember when I sat down my son when he was in grade 2 and explained how condoms, penis, and vagina works. The best thing I ever did, I was very proud of him and he learned early on not to get himself in trouble.

Too bad people don't get angry about 10 year old boys being breastfed...

[InTouch]

One good thing about this exhibit is that no one is forcing another person to go. I for one, wish I lived closer so I could take my teenaged (16 and over) grandchildren to see it.

[Edward Kennedy]

One good thing about this exhibit is that no one is forcing another person to go. I for one, wish I lived closer so I could take my teenaged (16 and over) grandchildren to see it.

Problem is though is that it is a tax funded waste of money, as many things are and I do not care to see my money wasted pushing a lefturd aganda.