How'd I Miss This?!?

But of course its the "West's" fault? Isn't just about everything that goes wrong in the world, these days? Authorities are worried about television programming here, in The Sandbox, because "Many Arabic TV channels have started to show sexual scenes for attracting the audience. Of late, this competition has expanded to include sex education wherein sexual issues have come to be discussed live on TV giving a go-by to the society’s ethics and undermining its culture and rules." Oh. No! "TV channels are blindly adopting the Western culture..." says [no first name given] Al-Ghaleb, a "social expert." [See? It's all the West's fault.] And, he says, "Sexual issues need not be discussed on air; there are so many specialized clinics for them where these issues can be discussed in complete privacy." There are? Where?

According to Asem Al-Hakim of Sheikh Jafer Al-Tayyar Mosque, "Sexual education on TV, or even in schools is the first step toward temptation for adultery. In America, most of the girls in their early teens start sexual relations." Well, that's quite a generalization, isn't it? And your proof that most girls in their early teens start sexual relations is??? Perhaps some do, but most?!? Come on, now. But, here, where girls get married at 13, 14 and 15 years old, that isn't the same? I guess not. Mr. Al-Hakim explains why: "Early marriage is considered the only perfect way to avoid the sexual depravity."

Right now, at the article's site there are two comments posted. The first commenter says that now the "brewing of wine" is being discussed on these same channels [what channel is this, anyway?]... The second commenter, responds to Mr. Al-Hakim directly, though, and she says, "Education doesn't cause promiscuity, ignorance does!" You are sooo right, Shana!