November 12, 2009

Lady of Spain I adore me; or, one way to master sex education; or, ecch in Extremadura

     See the Guardian, Spanish region takes hands-on approach to sex education: Officials launch campaign to teach young people about ’sexual self-exploration and discovery of self-pleasure’,

     It is a subject that would make most governments blush, but officials in the Spanish region of Extremadura have launched a major programme to encourage what could be described as a more hands-on approach to sexuality.
     The region’s socialist government has launched a €14,000 (£12,600) campaign aimed at teaching young people how best to set about “sexual self-exploration and the discovery of self-pleasure” – or to put it less delicately: masturbation.
     “Pleasure is in your own hands” is the slogan of a campaign that has sparked political controversy and challenges traditional Roman Catholic views on people having sex, even on their own, for non-reproductive reasons.
     “This is an intimate subject that should be dealt with at home,” complained local opposition leader Hernández Carrón of the rightwing People’s party. “We have become the laughing stock of Spain.” …
     Commentators questioned why the poorest region in Spain was paying for a campaign to promote onanism.
     “Extremadura should be pleased with itself,” sniped Pilar Rahola, a columnist in the Barcelona-based La Vanguardia newspaper. “It may have the most unemployed young people in Spain, but they will be the best at masturbation.”

     A Pilar of the community. Give her a listen.

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November 11, 2009

Veterans Day

     Semper Fi.

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