Have a look at the latest "children's book" to come down the pipe from Simon Pulse, a division of Simon and Schuster that handles literature for children.
I found out about this book when I read Michelle Malkin's latest column "Educational smut for kids."
The book is targeted at the 14 and up demographic and sells itself as such: "Rainbow Party addresses important and timeless issues relevant to teens, including self-esteem, peer pressure, awareness about STD protection, and making an informed and educated decision about readiness for sexual activity. It was inspired by numerous news reports about the prevalence and attitudes among teens towards certain types of sexual behavior, and is intended to engage readers in this real-life issue in a responsible and constructive fashion."
The book tells the story of a group of young teens who are preparing to attend a "Rainbow Party."
What's a "Rainbow Party" you ask? Well, it's a party where a group of boys and girls get together for GROUP ORAL SEX. The idea is that all the girls in the group wear a different color of lipstick and take turns "going down" on all the boys at the party, leaving a "rainbow" of different colored lipstick markings on each boy's penis.
The book follows a group of young teens, who are all invited to this "Rainbow Party" and the events that happen in the two hours before the party is supposed to take place. By the end of the book has the party being abandoned because of an outbreak of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in their school.
Oprah first made the concept of the "Rainbow Party" a public issue when, during a show that sought to educate parents of teens everywhere, she had a guest on who described the "Rainbow Party" to a shocked studio audience (not to mention a DAYTIME national television audience).
In defense of his teen sex-party fantasy, the author noted:
"Part of me doesn't understand why people don't want to talk about [oral sex]. Kids are having sex and they are actively engaged in oral sex and think it's not really sex. I raised questions in my book and I hope that parents and children or teachers and students can open a topic of conversation through it. Rainbow parties are such an interesting topic. It's such a childlike way to look at such an adult subject -- with rainbow colors."
I wonder why kids don't think that oral sex is sex? Could it be because the President of the United States of America at one point said "I did not have sexual relations with that the woman, Ms. Lewinsky" even though he was found to have engaged in oral sex with Ms. Lewinsky? Could it be because the President of the United States of America had to have the entire definition of Sex thrown out in order to give him enough wiggle-room to try and lie his way out of the Paula Jones accusations?
There are a lot of kids who saw this happen and heard the president say, in essence, that oral sex isn't really sex and they've turned to oral sex as a way to get out of having sexual intercourse if they don't feel ready.
Instead of books that lay out the process and the idea behind "rainbow parties" why not just educate kids that oral sex really is sex and that Bill Clinton was a lying weasel of a lawyer? Do we really want to have the "blew prints" available to young kids who are curious or experimenting anyway? Why not just tell them the TRUTH and make sure that they KNOW the risks of what they are doing and the the ONLY fool-proof way to prevent STDs and pregnancy is to not have sex at such a young age?
Unfortunately, when I was in school, the only thing getting blown at a part was a noise maker...
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