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Anyone else (especially queers) feel betrayed/resentful towards the sex education class in public school? (hexbear.net)
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Stuff about cishet sex and preventing STDs is important.

But absolutely nothing about gender! Or romance! Or hell, even lust between two cishet people! Can't the concept of "hookups" be brought up?

Deriving sexual pleasure for both parties wasn't even talked about either!

And of course the concept of "being gay" wasn't brought up either. "Lesbians? Gays? Are those a brand of energy drink or.....?"

And "PIV" sex was the only method acknowledged to exist.

As I type this I'm realizing it wasn't even very good for the cishets!

No mentions of setting boundaries in sexual and romantic relationships. Nothing about breaking up in a healthy and constructive manner. Again, nothing about making sure both parties are sexually satisfied.

I mean we all know one party in a relationship becoming apathetic towards the other party never happens. Lust and romance Love are completely static emotions that never fluctuate with time!

Nothing about different types of love.

On a personal level I'm pissed I was never told about asexuality, aromanticism, and gender queerness.

I mean god forbid I get told what being agender and transfem means and then wonder if I'm both of those! Or that I could be aromantic!

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[–] 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 child)

Having been sent out of a sex ed class I was teaching assistanting for sremoveding laughing quietly at the word "boobs", the 2 problems are the tiny amount of time put aside for it and the fact that adults talking to kids about sex and relationships is super embarrassing for everyone involved. Having full time sex educators who are actually trained to deal with the embarrassment of the situation delivering a regular sex ed class would allow for more topics to be covered in wider detail, instead of just the bare minimum to stop anyone getting pregnant.

Edit: sremovedthorpe problem

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  • [–] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

    I feel like special educators that go from school to school would probably make the most sense.

    EDIT Stay for a couple of weeks per school. You could have them do multiple school hours per class as well and cover quite a bit even in something like 5-6 school hours.

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