@realcaseyrollins
Ignorance is understandable and easily forgivable for those who want to learn. It's the people who pair it with arrogance that need a good bitchslapping.
Unfortunately, I think social media brings out the arrogant side of a lot of ignorant people.
@SirBemrose Ignorance is not understandable (or forgivable) at all. That's literally why they made a meme of it.
Sex (and sex-positive) education is a must in every school.
@realcaseyrollins Because, as the meme proved, people don't know the literal first thing about it. And they should, if only to avoid looking like idiots on the Internet.
And they should, if only to avoid looking like idiots on the Internet.
What are the other reasons? Or I suppose a better question would be, why should schools teach it rather than others?
@realcaseyrollins Well, sex is a fact of life, and facts should be taught objectively, which is what schools are all about.
If you want to teach morals, that's another thing entirely, but confusing the two leads to learning neither, as the meme showed.
Well, sex is a fact of life, and facts should be taught objectively, which is what schools are all about.
Why should it be taught in schools though? Neither of us are pretending that schools should be teaching every single fact of life, I am sure.
If you want to teach morals, that’s another thing entirely
Interesting, since I believe that you also said that sex education should be “sex positive” 🤔
@realcaseyrollins
> Why should it be taught in schools though? Neither of us are pretending that schools should be teaching every single fact of life, I am sure.
Of course not. Only the ones that are needed for being a fully functioning human living in an open society. I assume we both agree that sex is one of those.
> Interesting, since I believe that you also said that sex education should be “sex positive”
Yes, positive in the sense of Positivism, but also as in something to be celebrated and not shameful. (This derives from it being a fact of life. Should anyone be ashamed of being bound by the laws of gravity?)
Of course not. Only the ones that are needed for being a fully functioning human living in an open society. I assume we both agree that sex is one of those.
While sex is one of those, I also think that it’s nearly impossible to teach sex without including morality into it. Sex and morality are intrinsically linked. Even here, you’re saying that you would like school’s curriculums to affirm your moral position on sex:
Yes, positive in the sense of Positivism, but also as in something to be celebrated and not shameful.
That is 100% moral. But this is kind of the problem, right, like nobody really teaches children about sex without making moral statements about it.
It is my position that issues of morality, of which sex is one, parents should teach the children, or provide them with resources to learn on their own, rather than having a top down approach from a school, especially a publicly funded one, as the job of schools should not be to give children certain morals.