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The problem with American conservative Christians and sex is that no one wants to be the first to admit there needs to be a more open dialogue. Trust me, most conservative Christian couples have a healthy, enjoyable sex life. They’re scared that a more open dialogue about sex will lead down the slippery slope to advocating pre-marital sex. No one, myself included, has figured out the appropriate balance.

I agree about Christian schools not accepting this book. They are, from what I can see, just too anti-sex to even consider it or its message of fun sex.

On the other hand, I WOULD recommend this book in teaching people honestly about sex.

I personally think that sex is not well handled in Western media culture. I, myself, am an example.

Through a lack of understanding and self-confidence, I absolutely terrified by the concept of sex for a VERY LONG TIME (this still somewhat exists).

After a long relationship with my present partner, I made a decision that we should loose out virginity together.

Thanks to this book, I went into starting a sexual relationship feeling a bit more prepared emotionally and intellectually.

There is nothing like seeing what to expect.

IN SHORT, this is not sex education for children. However, it may suit virgins who intend in started a sexual relationship or couples already in happy relationships.

I hope other people can be educated by this work!

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But really what could/should happen is more Christians taking these types of opportunities and talking with each other about.

It’s a great idea.
Maybe with like teddy bears ha…

I didn’t mean for my response to sound circular. It’s more complicated than that. Like any subculture there are unwritten rules of behavior. A Christian version of the Manga Sutra would violate some of those rules. I think privately I could find several conservative Christians who would find a sex ed comic book to be a good idea and might even like Manga Sutra. However, publicly I’d be lucky to find half a dozen that would actually voice that opinion. A Christian version of the Manga Sutra would violate some of the unwritten rules.

I could go into more detail, but I don’t think this is the forum for that discussion.

This is some oddly circular logic. The reason your fellow conservative Christians haven’t created something like this is because they don’t want to use something like that, not because it hasn’t occurred to them.

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Actually, I’m being serious. I’ll admit that my recommendation is a little controversal, but I am a member of the religious right. Now, I’ve never attended a Christian high school or a Christian college, so I can’t speak about what kind of sex ed programs they use. I did work in a Christian book store and can tell you that the only Christian sex books I saw were ones at already married couples. I didn’t see anything that dealt with issues of what it would be like your first for either men or women.

I can’t see any of my fellow conservative Christians creating a sex ed comic book like this or any Christian publisher wanting to touch one that did exist. So since this already exist, I say use it.

The book may not get used on the high school level, but there is hope a college or two might pick it up.

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Honestly, just the fact that it’s a comic book (that’s not explicitly Christian) is enough to mark it as evil for some folks. Mix in sex…well, forget about it. As someone who has to deal with parents vs. comics on a regular basis at our store, believe me, it doesn’t take very much at all to offend some people.

Not saying you’re wrong in that young people, in Christian schools or otherwise, could use a little honest, forthright sex education. But saying that this is the book you’d recommend for that…that just seems a little unconsidered to me, particularly given the political/social climate this country is in.

Sorry, that seems like a lot of piling on for just one or two lines of your review. But you know I wouldn’t comment if I didn’t care!