thread: better sex education

thread: better sex education

6 February 2019    
from twitter and bluesky threads

bly 

 

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

 


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


 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

coming out to a world that hates pedophiles

 

map fallacy 10: blind gatekeeper fallacy

 

thread: what rights do pedophiles lack?

   

gary gibson

Earlier this year I did an interview for an article in The Sun, not realizing the impact it would have on our lives.

 

bly

Why do people talk as if they have the tools to exclude MAPs from society?

 

bly

Don't pedophiles already have all the rights they need?

 
 
 
coming out to a world that hates pedophiles
gary gibson

Earlier this year I did an interview for an article in The Sun, not realizing the impact it would have on our lives.

 
 
 
map fallacy 10: blind gatekeeper fallacy
bly

Why do people talk as if they have the tools to exclude MAPs from society?

 
 
 
thread: what rights do pedophiles lack?
bly

Don't pedophiles already have all the rights they need?