And you think that eliminating any discussion of actual sex from sex ed is a way to relieve this pressure? Lol I grew up in a *fortress* of the kind of "safeguarding" you advocate -- nothing but dire warnings about pregnancy and STIs -- and it didn't work out that way
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Replying to @arthur_affect @halford_rosie and
Hello strawman! I am strongly in favour of them learning about "actual sex". But there are an unlimited number of sexual practices. Clearly we are not going to teach children about the vast majority. The question is what is age-appropriate. You can't understand girls' views.
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Replying to @CarolT52973604 @halford_rosie and
Random middle class suburban cishet lady says anal sex not "actual sex", but part of bizarre infinite universe of possible different sex acts no one would ever think to do on their own Seeks to build whole sex ed curriculum on this understanding of the world More at 11
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Replying to @arthur_affect @CarolT52973604 and
Any sex ed tool that includes the anus and “objects” but excludes the clitoris is centred on male gratification.
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Replying to @Shatterface @CarolT52973604 and
The fuck do you even know about it You read an article in The Sun and you know everything this exercise consists of? Like your oh-so-accurate reporting about Mermaids' "jelly baby" trainings?
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Replying to @arthur_affect @CarolT52973604 and
These weren’t in The Sun.pic.twitter.com/UaIPZctV0S
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Replying to @Shatterface @CarolT52973604 and
No, they're out of context photos where you relied on the fact that people would take your editorializing captions as gospel and not watch a tape of the whole training
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Replying to @arthur_affect @CarolT52973604 and
So in what context is this shit *not* teaching regressive stereotypes - the 1950s?
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Replying to @Shatterface @CarolT52973604 and
The training is explicitly about finding different ways to label your gender -- your "masculinity" vs. "femininity", your social role of breadwinner vs. homemaker, your height/weight/muscle mass, your genitals -- and how they don't actually match up with each other or correlate
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Shatterface and
Hence ending up making an argument for self-ID, only you can decide whether you're "really" a man or a woman, your job or your taste in music or your "Barbie vs. GI Joe" fashion sense can't determine it, any more than your genitals can
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But I've explained this to you at least ten times and it just bounces off so hey whatever At least I can go on record that I've explained it every time I've been asked to
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