I can't but agree Gabby - though we could extend into the difficulties of the teaching. Remarkable how little the undergrads know.
On Monday, March 9, 2015 at 8:57:39 AM UTC, Gabby wrote: > > Same trend here in Germany, or at least here in Berlin. Helicopter parents > freak out what their 8-year-olds are being taught or, as you suggest, what > kind of sick logic and imagery children and their families are forced to > deal with. Sexual practices, homosexuality, contraception, sexual abuse. [ > I hear in America even the unedited version of the Grimm's fairy tales are > being banned for being too explicit.] I agree that the teachers are more > than often unfit to deal with these matters. I wish they could get more > support by providing them with good teaching material they could select > from and follow through, for example. Because the idea behind it is good: > teach children about their right to say no to non-consensual sex before > puberty and make them strong to make decisions based on their own sexual > orientation and not to satisfy old people's expectations. > I have seen how much colonial-racist crap and perspective training my son > had to eat and what a long way we still have to go to raise awareness that > this is doing damage for white children and their future perspectives also. > > Am Montag, 9. März 2015 schrieb archytas : > > Meanwhile, this is what we will be teaching in England. > Schools are to teach pupils as young as 11 about rape and consensual sex, > Education Secretary Nicky Morgan announced yesterday. > > Children will be encouraged to discuss what they have learnt about sex > from pornography, and if it is possible to agree to sex when drunk. > > The lessons, which also challenge children to talk about gay rape, are > being added to the education syllabus for secondary schools and could come > in as soon as the summer term. > > The formal guidance commissioned by the Government tells teachers that > courses should begin 'before young people are sexually active, otherwise it > is too late'. > > But parent groups last night raised concerns that the changes to sex > education would lead to the 'erosion of childhood' and could put children > under more pressure to have sex. > > The classes will be based on resources being developed by the PSHE > Association – a government-funded organisation created in 2006 to advise on > personal and social education. > > Teachers will be encouraged to discuss 'rape myths' such as the notion > that a woman consents to sex by 'teasing' a man or dressing provocatively. > > They will also be told to inform children that most rapes are committed by > people known to the victim, while pupils will be encouraged to imagine > scenarios such as the morning after having sex while drunk. > > Suggested questions for teachers to ask include: 'What misconceptions > about consent would an alien get if their only evidence was from > pornography?' > > Pupils will also be told analyse statements such as: 'If a woman is raped > while drunk she is at least somewhat responsible'. > > > > On Monday, March 9, 2015 at 2:29:01 AM UTC, RP Singh wrote: > > To change a culture from outside is very difficult but it can be changed > if some members of that group strive to change their society. This also > depends upon the flexibility of the concerned culture , I find that to > change the muslim mindset would be a very difficult task. No matter how > hard you try a sizable section of the muslims wouldn't agree, and what is > more the persons who are making this humanitarian effort would meet with a > painful death. Such are the fundamentals of Islam that they cannot be > challenged, it would amount to sacrilege. > As far as the Hindu culture is concerned it is very flexible and amenable > to change if influential members of the society take it upon themselves the > task of social chan > > ... -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
