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25. Why not both?

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Mon Dec 19, 2022, 12:04 PM

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Do sex toys belong in 'comprehensive sex education' for high school students? [View all] marmar Dec 2022 OP

I don't see why not. nt Laffy Kat Dec 2022 #1

Hmmm, why not have Marge weigh in on this one? Zambero Dec 2022 #2

I swear people have forgotten about what it was like to be in high school NutmegYankee Dec 2022 #3

I didn't know about those things when I was in high school Ocelot II Dec 2022 #9

✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ n/t msfiddlestix Dec 2022 #77

I didn't know about any of it. Wingus Dingus Dec 2022 #19

I'd have perished of embarrassment, as most of my classmates would have done. Ocelot II Dec 2022 #41

Yep, same. Nervous giggles and red faces just at the plumbing illustrations, when Wingus Dingus Dec 2022 #57

No. Archae Dec 2022 #4

Does it say they were showing them how to use them? Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2022 #10

I think I would have died of embarrassment at that age Ocelot II Dec 2022 #12

THIS Dorian Gray Dec 2022 #75

Those kids should learn about sex the way we did. leftyladyfrommo Dec 2022 #5

"The way we did things in 1960" Act_of_Reparation Dec 2022 #27

It was pretty bad. I had a friend who was a senior leftyladyfrommo Dec 2022 #31

Kids today have it so easy. MichMan Dec 2022 #30

sure... myohmy2 Dec 2022 #6

How come the cis/straight kids didn't get to see the sex toy presentation? Not... LAS14 Dec 2022 #7

That's what's really irking me about this story Sympthsical Dec 2022 #15

Thank you for this perspective Dorian Gray Dec 2022 #76

I think you're misreading it. Ms. Toad Dec 2022 #44

Some people have a more complex sexuality meadowlander Dec 2022 #52

I don't think the "some people" are necessarily better represented in the lgbtq community. nt LAS14 Dec 2022 #53

No, but there are obvious intersects, meadowlander Dec 2022 #54

Combined with info about pleasure and consent, absolutely. Why not? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2022 #8

Sex toys might prevent pregnancy. LakeArenal Dec 2022 #11

Yes, I think so. LuckyCharms Dec 2022 #13

Of course not. I taught sex ed my first few years of teaching in an all boy's school. We taught Demsrule86 Dec 2022 #14

Or create drama from thousands of miles away LeftInTX Dec 2022 #49

Why anyone would even consider such a thing...it would inevitably cost us votes and elections. Demsrule86 Dec 2022 #80

"If we don't teach teenagers about sex, they won't do it." This was a direct niyad Dec 2022 #16

Jesus Christ, we keep inventing new ways to lose local elections. Wingus Dingus Dec 2022 #17

Voluntary attendance by near adult, many sexually active already, high schoolers after hours... Freethinker65 Dec 2022 #18

Politically it would be a disaster and I consider it none of our business. Demsrule86 Dec 2022 #29

Yeah. Puritanism runs deep in the US. Freethinker65 Dec 2022 #40

If for no other reason than to talk safety Lars39 Dec 2022 #20

I remember when Joycelyn Elders was surgeon general Walleye Dec 2022 #21

I hated how maligned she was Mad_Machine76 Dec 2022 #43

Well she was a Black woman so... Walleye Dec 2022 #45

No NickB79 Dec 2022 #22

Knowledge is power. peacefreak2.0 Dec 2022 #23

Is it more important to know about a butt plug than civics or history? milestogo Dec 2022 #24

Why not both? LuckyCharms Dec 2022 #25

You could incorporate them in all other kinds of lessons too. MichMan Dec 2022 #26

Right, civics and history are the only things people need to know about. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2022 #28

The point is that our educational system has been dumbed down for years. milestogo Dec 2022 #34

Was going to say nobody ever got an infection from not using civics or history correctly... meadowlander Dec 2022 #56

This isn't an either/or thing Blue_Adept Dec 2022 #64

Project Veritas, eh? Act_of_Reparation Dec 2022 #32

It doesn't surprise me. LeftInTX Dec 2022 #50

Amen inthewind21 Dec 2022 #63

I bought a paperback copy of "Our Body, Ourselves" to put on the living room coffee table without CTyankee Dec 2022 #33

Yay You! Seriously. MineralMan Dec 2022 #47

Ummm.... sure... why not? Happy Hoosier Dec 2022 #35

so now we restrict high school curricula based on whether Project Veritas can make it look bad? DBoon Dec 2022 #36

The answer is "yes" , but reality sometimes has... Shipwack Dec 2022 #37

With abortion and health care going the way they are... AngryOldDem Dec 2022 #38

I would rather see schools teach young folks how to handle their finances. Midnight Writer Dec 2022 #39

I honestly can't get worked up over this Mad_Machine76 Dec 2022 #42

It seems necessary sarisataka Dec 2022 #46

It appears the demise Mr.Bill Dec 2022 #48

Depends on what the end game is Polybius Dec 2022 #51

sure Kali Dec 2022 #55

Are sex toys necessary for sex? brooklynite Dec 2022 #58

For some people, yes. meadowlander Dec 2022 #60

I men, men aren't "necessary" for sex. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2022 #62

indeed they are not Celerity Dec 2022 #65

Yes we should AntivaxHunters Dec 2022 #59

If they teach, how about including the impact of the recent SCOTUS Ruling? NowsTheTime Dec 2022 #61

That's up to the Community WarGamer Dec 2022 #66

Trans kids exist in rural communities too. meadowlander Dec 2022 #68

School Counselors? Google? School Support Groups? WarGamer Dec 2022 #70

And why aren't cis kids told to just rely on those things? meadowlander Dec 2022 #72

I'm just an old fuddy duddy Mossfern Dec 2022 #67

exceptionally comprehensive prodigitalson Dec 2022 #69

When I was a college freshman in the 70's, the student activities group would show XXX rated films MichMan Dec 2022 #71

How long before those Project Veritas creeps, in search of a "scoop", start showing... LudwigPastorius Dec 2022 #73

Considering how so many people here bought this crap hook line and sinker... Act_of_Reparation Dec 2022 #81

It seems a bit much to me. But nothing outrageous. Iggo Dec 2022 #74

No... Peacetrain Dec 2022 #78

NO. msfiddlestix Dec 2022 #79

And EVERY other kid has a smartphone with a high resolution screen and mackdaddy Dec 2022 #82