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From the horse’s (Gohmert) mouth:
Let the kids be innocent. Let them dream. Let them play. Let them enjoy their life. You don’t have to force this sexuality stuff into their life at such a point. It was never intended to be that way. They’ll find out soon enough. And, in fact, … mankind has existed for a pretty long time without anyone ever having to give a sex-ed lesson to anybody. And now we feel like, oh gosh, people are too stupid to unless we force them to sit and listen to instructions. It’s just incredible.First, a little history lesson: mankind existed for a pretty long time without anyone having access to modern medicine, or clean water, or reliable transportation. Mankind existed for a pretty long time with infant mortality rates of over 50%, and literacy rates in the single digits. What does any of this have to do with anything? I don’t care how mankind existed in the past. We today don’t live in ancient Mesopotamia. Let me see Gohmert-Gohmert give up his running water and electricity, live in a mud hut for a while (without AC), and ride a mule to work, and then maybe I’ll take his statements about how mankind used to exist as a little less hypocritical (though still very quaint). After all, it’s no more fair to force the Gohmerts to enjoy the luxuries of modern life than it is to force Poor Innocent Children to (gasp!) get some evidence-based education about their bodies.
And speaking of mud huts: most of mankind existed for a pretty long time without Mommy and Daddy having their own bedroom with reasonably sound-muffling walls. For most of history, most families lived in a single room, usually sharing that room with their animals, and usually with only one bed (if that). Close relatives always stayed together. And that means, of course, that children learned about sex by watching Mom and Dad go at it regularly, because Mom and Dad regularly did it in front of them.
http://thisruthlessworld.wordpress.com/2013/06/26/the-long-1950s-behind-the-iron-curtain/
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