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bemildred

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5. I concur.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2015, 12:55 PM

Apr 2015

If we are to get control of our sexuality, we must demystify it and become informed about ourselves. And the sooner the better, this notion that children cannot handle the facts is bullshit, what children cannot handle is parents that freak out when the subject comes up.

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Porn belongs in the classroom, says Danish professor [View all] brooklynite Apr 2015 OP

You could do the same with all sorts of 'unreality' media. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #1

A very good idea. nt bemildred Apr 2015 #6

why is sex considered porn guillaumeb Apr 2015 #2

Because you can't see the naughty bits Major Nikon Apr 2015 #3

DU doesn't handle deep questions such as yours very well. Trillo Apr 2015 #7

to be honored guillaumeb Apr 2015 #9

When I took a course entitled PCIntern Apr 2015 #4

I concur. bemildred Apr 2015 #5

Agreed Sherman A1 Apr 2015 #8

And coercion, you have to make that clear too, that coercion is not acceptable. bemildred Apr 2015 #10

Precisely Sherman A1 Apr 2015 #12

Indeed. bemildred Apr 2015 #13

Unless you show them "real sex" in the classroom, too Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #11

Only if I can take home videos of some corduroy-clad bald guy lecturing on quadratic equations Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #14

+1. nt bemildred Apr 2015 #15