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meadowlander

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60. For some people, yes.

Mon Dec 19, 2022, 06:01 PM

Dec 2022

Why should asexual, trans, and intersex kids not have access to information that would assist them with having fulfilling sex lives?

What is the harm in "comprehensive" sex ed also addressing information that would assist kids with more complex sexualities than "insert tab a into slot b, orgasm"?

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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