Parallel worlds: Gun safety and safe sex

In the United States, talk comes and goes about the dangers of guns, and what to do about accidental shootings and crime. I notice a similar cycle in China, but here the talk is not about guns - it's about sex.

Yes, sex education is back in the news, with advocates and academics making their case for age-appropriate training of children and adolescents. (Why this subject is the least bit controversial in 2017 baffles me.)

Let's face it: Both guns and sex are dangerous. Either can be misused. But when it comes to sex, the greatest danger, by far, is not crime, it's Mother Nature. There is no stopping powerful teenage hormones. Like it or not, young people are going to discover their bodies and answer biology's irresistible call. That's just a fact. Anybody who thinks otherwise is daydreaming.