Chemistry, like Life, is all about Love...
I reproduce a post I made on another local forum, about
"single-sex schools vs co-ed schools".
Even in the military, eg. SAF, there are at least some female
regulars (not just the older chief clerks, but younger NSF-age
girls as well). Even then, the military is already psychologically
unhealthy in the sense of a severely unbalanced sex ratio.
What more in single-sex schools. Sexuality (as a psychology, not
necessarily the physical act) is a natural component of the human
psyche. Single-sex schools, eg. convent schools, are extremely
unhealthy to the teen psyche, and exist only out of dogmatic,
fear-based parents who erroneously think sexuality is 'sinful' and
that they must control their child's feelings/thinkings/behaviours,
for his/her own good, by eliminating contact with the opposite sex
and 'focus on studies'.
Single-sex schools, invariably, inevitably and naturally result in
increased incidence and tendencies towards homosexuality (including
lesbianism). Now, I have nothing personal against LBGTs (especially
since at a spiritual level, I recognize all souls are
simultaneously male and female, and every human on the planet,
everyone reading this thread, has many past lives as both man and
woman; hence, LBGT behaviour can be understandable, as long as it
is not unethical and does not involve coercion, exploitative
manipulation, rape or worse).
My issue, is with the enforced, involuntary and cruelty associated
when you force a teen to enter a single-sex school against his/her
own will, thinking it's for his/her own good (when it's
never for his/her own
good, whether he/she is heterosexual or homosexual). Although it's
only for a few years (since all ITEs, JCs, Polys and Unis are of
course, co-ed) in the primary and secondary schools, it is those
precious few years in primary or secondary school that are the
relevant years in nuturing the healthy growth of a teenager's
psyche (in all aspects, including sexuality).
In a single-sex school, the child will experience a lack of
opportunities for interaction with members of the opposite sex of
the same age (which is the cruel intention of the misguided
parents), which will not only lead to stunted sexuality
development, but the child may also fall victim to other aggressive
schoolmates with homosexual or bisexual tendencies, which may
either traumatize the child, and/or leave a permanent mark or undue
influence on his/her psyche at a tender young age.
We cannot blame the aggressive classmates with LBGT tendencies,
because they too, are (while partly the perpetrators, are also) the
victims of a cruel, severely imbalanced and destructive (to the
psychological growth of a child) unnatural institution of a
single-sex schools. The heterosexual students feel frustrated (at
lack of interaction with the opposite sex) and may either feel
tempted to try out alternative sexual orientations, or have
aggressive schoolmates force themselves (not necessarily
physically, but socially) unto the child.
Again, I'm not blaming the LBGT community (I have sympathy and
empathy for them, especially as they themselves often feel
persecuted by societial and religious dogma, as all of them (the
LBGTs, society and religious folks) are mostly without the deeper
understanding of sexuality in the deeper spiritual context of the
soul, past lives, and reincarnation), I'm blaming the unnatural,
unenlightened, severely imbalanced and destructive institution of
single-sex schools (or by extension, any single-sex organizations
or institutions, including religious ones).
Epilogue :
In case anyone is wondering, very thankfully my own primary,
secondary and JC schools were all co-ed. A natural, balanced
interaction with the opposite sex, most definitely helped my
studies a lot, both in terms personal motivation in personal BGR
relationships, as well as having a healthy sense of natural balance
in one's learning environment, and being delighted to go to school
everyday. 