In Silverdale, Washington, just south of the Bangor nuclear submarine base on Hood Canal, some middle school students decided to amuse themselves by engaging in oral sex on the bus while on a field trip. One girl filmed the incident with her cell phone while her friend serviced a boy sitting next to her.
Somehow, the news got around, and parents contacted the principal, who has suspended the students who were involved. In all likelihood, one of the parents saw it as sexual assault on the girl performing the act, otherwise I doubt it would have been reported. Stupidly, the case has been forwarded to law enforcement, although the only potential crime was probably the filming of the act (child porn laws).
Overpaid bureaucrat Cynthia Morris, a sexually transmitted disease education coordinator with the Washington State Department of Health, naturally sees only one thing wrong with middle school students having oral sex: STDs.
“With teenagers, especially the young ones, they don’t understand the risk and they think it’s harmless play,” Morris said. “The thing they worry most about is getting pregnant. You can’t get pregnant with oral sex, but you can get other things.”
I know there are plenty who would disagree with me, but I don’t think it’s appropriate for children to be engaging in open sex — on the bus or elsewhere. The argument that “they’re going to do it anyway” doesn’t really hold water. Not all that long ago, it was pretty rare for middle school kids to be engaging in sexual activity, but the focus on birth control and disease prevention has given them the idea that as long as it’s “safe,” sexual precocity is perfectly fine for girls (but boys will still be made out to be sex criminals at every opportunity).
