I gave real-life examples of teens who became pregnant or who contracted STDs even with the use of condoms one of those persons was a close friend of mine. I also wanted to make these girls aware of the physical dangers of pre-marital sex. I asked Kathy and Michelle if they thought the relationship was worth continuing, and they both said, "No, he does not love you if he won't wait for you." I was proud of their answer. Their awareness was evident in their response to my disclosing that I recently told my boyfriend that I wanted to abstain from sex from now on and he said he could not do this. These two young girls developed a new awareness of how truly loving relationships and commitments develop and are sustained. We talked about the self-respect and courage involved in leading sexually abstinent lives until marriage. I then told them about my having pre-marital sex, and how I wished these relationships had never occurred and that the only true way to find out if a guy loves you is to make him wait until marriage. We also talked about girls' feelings when they are rejected after giving part of themselves to another person. We first tackled the issue of sex as "showing love" or "keeping a boyfriend." I used the girl they were talking about as an example of how boyfriends come and go whether girls have intercourse with them or not. They also assumed that condoms would protect them from disease and pregnancy and that having sex had no implications for their future adult lives. Kathy said, "She's trying to keep a boyfriend." They assumed that having sex was a way of holding onto a boyfriend and showing love for one another. I asked them why they considered her a slut, and Michelle responded: "She has slept with at least eight guys already, and she is easy." I asked them to think about why this girl is so promiscuous. I started these discussions when I accidentally overheard my sister Kathy, and her friend, Michelle, talking about a "slut" that one of their friends was dating. Also, she is a virgin (her friend is, too), so I wanted to show her how important it is to hold onto that purity. I felt that it was my responsibility to pass the philosophy of abstinence on to my sister because I know that she will not get it in the "going to do it anyway" program that is used at her high school. Sure, I have always known what the word meant, but I had never considered it an option for me, until recently. I wanted to inform my 14-year-old sister Kathy about something that I unfortunately just began to take seriously: abstinence. Lawyer Yanika Camilleri defended the accused.I recently completed a graduate course in character education in which we were required to carry out an "action project." For my project I chose to use character-based sex education to try to instill in my younger sister and her friend the self-respect, self-control, and courage needed to lead moral, fulfilling, and healthy lives. The name of the father is not being released to protect the identity of the boy. Protection orders were made against the father from approaching his son or the women. The father pleaded not guilty but did not request bail.
The boy is currently being kept in a care home. The boy was approached by the police in the presence of a social worker where they were told that the father had bought his silence by threatening him he would put him in a home if he spoke up.ĭrugs were also taken in the presence of the child, the inspector said. The man reasoned out that he did not want his son to be gay because he already had two gay cousins, the court heard. The father also wanted to involve his son in joint sex acts with the woman. The accused would take a prostitute friend to Marsa, the court heard but he sometimes also forced her to have sex with his son. The incidents allegedly happened in Marsa and at his home last year when the boy was six years old, the court heard.Īlthough the two women were involved in prostitution and drugs they felt they had no choice but to alert the authorities about the case. It was the prostitutes themselves who anonymously reported the case to child protection agency Appogg, police inspectors Joseph Busuttil and John Spiteri told Magistrate Natasha Galea Sciberras. A 60-year-old man was charged in court this morning with engaging prostitutes with his young son to "prevent him from becoming gay".