Althouse: Teach your children that sex is "a beautiful thing, and it is magic, and it’s when you connect with somebody."

May 23, 2012

Teach your children that sex is "a beautiful thing, and it is magic, and it’s when you connect with somebody."

Says Miley Cyrus — who's 19, and therefore able to display her insight into intercourse.

41 comments:

Tom Spaulding said...: I bet the 30 dependents of this guy remember him fondly on Father's Day...and the beautiful and magical connection he had with 11 very special partners: http://nyp.st/KfX61M; 5/23/12, 9:13 AM
Nathan Alexander said...: How do you "teach" your children this, exactly?

You can tell them this, but teaching usually involves some sort of proof, demonstration, hands-on practice, etc.

Some people need to realize that while sex is a very powerful urge, it is only one small aspect to your entire being, and should be controlled, lest it become your master.; 5/23/12, 9:15 AM
bagoh20 said...: At 19 sure, but later blogging will serve those needs.; 5/23/12, 9:15 AM
ndspinelli said...: The new Britany Spears. We had to raise our daughter when that hoochie mama was the idol. This bimbo may make it even tougher on parents; 5/23/12, 9:16 AM
Nathan Alexander said...: Speaking of the 30 dependents guy:

Doesn't that just starkly emphasize how much liberals have messed up our society, how unfair they have made it?

One man contributes to 30 new people on the planet: he is basically financially hosed for the next 20 years. No one will have any sympathy for him at all.

If one woman had 30 children, she would be rolling in govt money, PLUS all the child support she could extort from the father(s), if she wasn't married.

I'm not saying a man shouldn't be responsible for his children. I'm not saying a man's contribution to the birth of a child is the same as a woman's.

But liberals have developed a seriously f'd up incentive system, where fathering = economic slavery, but giving birth = financial windfall (if she plays her cards right).; 5/23/12, 9:20 AM
wyo sis said...: What economic slavery? If it really was economic slavery this ne'er-do-well wouldn't have 30 children. The welfare state that gives support to the mother is replacing his contribution.; 5/23/12, 9:26 AM
MadisonMan said...: If one woman had 30 children

I doubt this would be biologically possible.

I know of a family with 22 kids. The Duggars have somewhere near there, don't they? But 30? Nope.

But then I go to all-knowing google. And in the 1700s, a Russian Peasant had *67* kids that survived infancy over the span of 40 years! Holy Cow!; 5/23/12, 9:27 AM
bagoh20 said...: I hear ya Nathan. It's the age of the Succubus, a horrible creature that liberals have fashioned out of the once heroic pedestal inhabiting American woman.; 5/23/12, 9:29 AM
Tom Spaulding said...: Didn't mean to OT the thread. Just wanted to post what can happen when "beautiful, magical sex for 19-year olds" goes from recreation to procreation.

Teach your kids that, Miley.; 5/23/12, 9:29 AM
madAsHell said...: Smiley Virus; 5/23/12, 9:33 AM
damikesc said...: Man, Billy Ray needs to shut her up. Without Disney behind her, nobody gives the first bit of a rats ass what she thinks about anybody.; 5/23/12, 9:34 AM
Dust Bunny Queen said...: "So it’s ignorant not to talk to your kids about it or [not] make it seem as magical or cool as it actually is,"

FIXED: So it’s ignorant not to talk to your kids about it or [not] make it to be the serious commitment it actually is.

The abdication by parents of their responsibility of sex education to the government and removing the parents who instill their moral and religious values to their children from the process, is one of the main reasons for our decline as a people.

Parents are guilty of shirking their duty and this is why we get the schools indoctrinating 3rd graders about transgenderism, homosexuality, how to put a condom on and that fisting is a normal sexual procedure. Then they wonder why their children are confused, are sexually active at ever younger ages and grow up to have temporary, broken, unsatisfactory personal relationships.

Take charge parents! Remove the government from teaching your children things that go against your principles...IF you still have any yourself after generations of progressive indoctrination.; 5/23/12, 9:34 AM
Kirk Parker said...: Am I supposed to know who this person is?; 5/23/12, 9:36 AM
wyo sis said...: There is another way to connect with another person that is much less literal and doesn't result in offspring, but it's also much less stimulating and magical in a tingly way than sex, so I suspect it's not going to be as popular.
It might be just me, but the progress through holding hands, first kiss, getting to know one another, infatuation without sex, anticipation, growing love and commitment before indulging in sex was pretty magical for me. It takes longer and extends the enjoyment over a lifetime if you do it right.; 5/23/12, 9:38 AM
wyo sis said...: DBQ in the case of Miley it's not even the government teaching things that go against your principles, it some slutty teen queen who grew up without principles giving screwed up BS to parents as if she discovered magical sex and patented it.; 5/23/12, 9:42 AM
cubanbob said...: Without welfare the dude with 30 kids would not have bred so prodigously. As for Cyrus: Disney ought to be banned from ever employing a child actor, they all seem to wind up seriously screwed in the head.; 5/23/12, 9:46 AM
Michael said...: This is actually pretty deep thought from a Hollywood perspective. At least she is preaching about something she knows something about and isn't raving on about politics or trade with Cuba. Although that will be next. Very poorly educated people these Hollywood types.; 5/23/12, 9:51 AM
Eric the Fruit Bat said...: It looks like they made her mouth into a duckbill.; 5/23/12, 9:52 AM
DADvocate said...: Miley's dad is from Flatwoods, KY. Teaching you kids about sex has a literal meaning in KY and is, technically, illegal.

What's a 12 year old virgin called in Flatwoods?

A track star.; 5/23/12, 9:54 AM
pdug said...: ""It’s the only way we create, and it’s the only way the world keeps going."

Homophobe; 5/23/12, 9:56 AM
MayBee said...: I can't think of anything that would put most kids off sex more than their parents teaching them how magical sex is.; 5/23/12, 9:57 AM
Ipso Fatso said...: Insight Into Intercourse!!! That would be a great name for a prono movie.; 5/23/12, 9:59 AM
Ipso Fatso said...: correction: porno movie.; 5/23/12, 10:01 AM
ricpic said...: That's right, listen to Miley and teach your children, especially your girls, that sex is magic. Don't be a square puritan and teach them that sex is dynamite. Oh no, never that. Teach them that sex is magic so that they can ruin their lives, their children's lives and your lives, all in one swoop. Now that's magic.; 5/23/12, 10:01 AM
roesch/voltaire said...: Well at her age most folks find sex to be cool and magical, but the trick is to still find it that way at sixty or beyond other wise the old turn on the young with bitterness over what they have lost.; 5/23/12, 10:03 AM
Eric the Fruit Bat said...: Sex is, in fact, magic. You should see how fast it can make my money disappear.; 5/23/12, 10:04 AM
paul a'barge said...: Now, ask her how old she was when she first had sexual activity with another person and how old was that person at the time.; 5/23/12, 10:13 AM
damikesc said...: Funny, without Disney, nobody cares about Miley and she is working so hard to insure Disney never wants to be associated with her ever again.

I can't think of anything that would put most kids off sex more than their parents teaching them how magical sex is.

How about a girl who is approaching Sarah Jessica Parker levels of horse-facedness telling them that?; 5/23/12, 10:45 AM
TWM said...: This makes those Vanity Fair photos with Miley and Billy Ray even creepier.; 5/23/12, 11:12 AM
William said...: Could be worse. She could be into politics.....She should take into account that not every one on earth is blessed with her good looks and access to high quality drugs. Sex isn't magical when you're homely, sweaty, and sober.; 5/23/12, 11:31 AM
traditionalguy said...: The moralists are missing the point here.

A 19 year old beautiful woman who loves having sex is to be praised by all males. The women may find fault if they must, but that is jealousy.

As a man, I staunchly approve of this glorious creature and all those like her.

She could solve most 19 to 23 year old young men's socialization problems overnight, or over the weekend. And with any luck grandchildren will appear like magic in a year or so.; 5/23/12, 11:35 AM
Eric the Fruit Bat said...: "I believe that sex is a beautiful thing between two people. Between five, it's fantastic."

-- Woody Allen; 5/23/12, 11:36 AM
damikesc said...: So, William, missed her song re-purposed to praise OWS?

It was pretty terrible...as all of her work is.; 5/23/12, 11:37 AM
Mary Beth said...: She seems to be saying that you should teach your kids that sex can be a beautiful thing so that they will appreciate and value it, not in order to cheapen it or to make girls promiscuous.

Cyrus went on to explain that sex should not be used as currency.

“The girls that really base how much they’re worth on the sexual favors they can do for somebody, that makes me really sad,” she said.

"Your worth isn’t based on [sex]," she added. "Your worth is based on how you feel about yourself.”; 5/23/12, 12:37 PM
Saint Croix said...: Sex isn't magical when you're homely, sweaty, and sober.

Yes it is!; 5/23/12, 12:47 PM
Saint Croix said...: while sex is a very powerful urge, it is only one small aspect to your entire being, and should be controlled, lest it become your master.

Controlled and then unleashed! Like a wild dog!; 5/23/12, 12:50 PM
Saint Croix said...: That's right, listen to Miley and teach your children, especially your girls, that sex is magic. Don't be a square puritan and teach them that sex is dynamite.

I think dynamite is a good metaphor for male sexuality. Yes, that's right, we explode. Watch out!

Magic, on the other hand, is a good metaphor for female sexuality.

The women who get me to do things just by asking, holy crap.; 5/23/12, 1:02 PM
RecChief said...: I'd rather teach my kids to be like Lolo Jones; 5/23/12, 2:34 PM
RecChief said...: Here is what I was talking about in relationship to Lolo Jones

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/2012-heavy-medal-london/post/hurdler-lolo-jones-virginity-has-been-harder-than-training-for-london-olympics/2012/05/23/gJQAOQo7kU_blog.html; 5/23/12, 2:39 PM
Roger J. said...: Did I ever tell you about the worst sex I ever had? It was WONDERFUL

That said, Ms Cyrus is a bit out of her league in this discussion.; 5/23/12, 3:17 PM
Jason said...: Life Imitates The Onion

http://www.theonion.com/articles/college-sophomore-thinks-she-would-make-a-good-sex,1224/; 5/23/12, 3:42 PM