Do you teach in a private school? The Internet tells me OWL is published by the UCC, and I do not feel it is ethical that public, secular schools buy materials from a religious organization.
It's published by the Unitarian Church (UUA). It's probably one of the most comprehensive available and their religious pieces are optional/available as add-ons, not as an underlying tenet of the curriculum if that makes sense. I can understand not wanting to partner with any religious organization to draw a clear line in the sand on principle but the program is pretty awesome.
Yes, all of this. I teach in a friends school but I brought it with me from a public school. I don't use any of the religious pieces.
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Post by Queen Mamadala on Mar 22, 2016 22:30:26 GMT -5
What if we went the other way? What if we spoke to kids about sex more instead of less, what if we could normalize it, integrate it into everyday life and shift our thinking in the ways that we (mostly) have about women’s public roles? Because the truth is, the more frankly and fully teachers, parents and doctors talk to young people about sexuality, the more likely kids are both to delay sexual activity and to behave responsibly and ethically when they do engage in it.
Exactly what we're doing with our older two. My 9 year old daughter isn't at the point where she actually cares, but the dialog is there. My 11 year old gets it, and we talk about sex, openly, casually, more often as she approaches puberty. We've spoken about consent, mutual trust and respect, bodily autonomy, the fact that sex isn't just for procreation, that it feels good. Heck, I even showed them John Oliver's Sex-Ed video when it aired. I have it bookmarked for repeat viewings.
My mom took a similar approach. She was extremely breezy and open about sex. She took me to get implant birth control at 16 like it was no big deal. She talked about oral sex, orgasms, positions, etc. She knew it was a possibility I'd start having sex in high school and wanted to arm me with the tools I needed to practice safe sex and to understand and treat it as a normal, enjoyable act between willing parties.
I didn't live with my father apart from school breaks and weekend visitation for a period of time. He is extremely religious, so his views are colored in this light, a very conservative view. It just wasn't one I was exposed to by the time I was sexually active. But he did do like the article states, joked about it, or talked, quite openly and matter-of-factly, to be wary of men, and how many men are only after one head. He'd reference his military days and how sex was often the main topic of conservation between comrades.
Needless to say, his approach is nowhere on our radar.
Post by lyssbobiss, Command, B613 on Mar 23, 2016 16:16:00 GMT -5
I think if we could learn sex from feminist porn, it would be more ideal, where women's bodies are different without fetishizing those differences, focus is on pleasing a woman, people are more often using protection, sex acts are more realistic, and not every lady has a completely hairless vagina. Unfortunately, that kind of porn isn't as prevalent and often not free like the bullshit you get on your typical porn dump sites.
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