Bloomberg Adviser: Sanders Said Toddlers 'Should Run Around Naked and Touch Each Other's Genitals'

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The Mother Jones article said much of it was tongue in cheek. There is a larger quote from the writing:

In a 1969 essay in the Freeman, he wrote, “In Vermont, at a state beach, a mother is reprimanded by Authority for allowing her 6 month old daughter to go about without her diapers on. Now, if children go around naked, they are liable to see each others sexual organs, and maybe even touch them. Terrible thing! If we [raise] children up like this it will probably ruin the whole pornography business, not to mention the large segment of the general economy which makes its money by playing on peoples sexual frustrations.”

It should be noted that back in the 60s and 70s many people would occasionally let their very young children run around naked at home and even at places like a park. People back then we're much less aware of pedophiles and didn't see any harm in letting small children frolic in their birthday suits. So he wasn't really talking about encouraging children to touch each other, just speculating that they might. And he wasn't talking about school.