thread: better sex education

thread: better sex education

6 February 2019    
from twitter and bluesky threads

bly rede 

 

A short Twitter thread on how sex education could be in the future

Bly Rede is a co-director of Virtuous Pedophiles. Blog posts reflect his personal views, and are not statements from the organisation.

 


Imagine this:

At the end of a Sex Ed class for 14 year olds, the teacher, having dealt with consent and having allowed for the possibility that not everyone in the room is straight, adds,

"Now, there are other kinds of sexual thoughts too that people can have. Some of them >


> can seem pretty shocking or feel uncomfortable but there is help for those people that experience them.

"If you find that you have sexual thoughts about children or animals or other situations that really can't be acted out in real life, don't panic and don't blame yourself. >


> "In the pack you take home today there is a number you can call and a site you can visit to chat to someone confidentially if you're worried. And that person will help you.

"And you can come and see me any time in my office if you have a question you need to ask about." >


> Of course, for this to be possible there would need to be such a phone line, such a chat service and there would need to be somewhere for the sex educator to refer a child that approached them about troubling sexual thoughts.

Less than a decade ago, there was almost >


> nothing by way of such resources. Now some are beginning to emerge, although by no means generally available or known about.

I hope that in another decade, young people will be able to connect to help of the kind now offered by @virpeds


 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

reviews: safe from harm and let's talk: child sexual abuse

 

disorder? orientation? that depends on why you're asking

 

fundamental beliefs

   

bly rede

A BBC radio drama and an online documentary from Channel 4 both open up the topic of non-offending pedophilia

 

ethan edwards

To me the question isn't what you call it but what you are going to do with the information.

 

ethan edwards

What do anti-contact pedophiles believe?

 
 
 
reviews: safe from harm and let's talk: child sexual abuse
bly rede

A BBC radio drama and an online documentary from Channel 4 both open up the topic of non-offending pedophilia

 
 
 
disorder? orientation? that depends on why you're asking
ethan edwards

To me the question isn't what you call it but what you are going to do with the information.

 
 
 
fundamental beliefs
ethan edwards

What do anti-contact pedophiles believe?