Sex education draft being dictated by the extremes of the gender debate
Groan.
I fear our sex education is being dictated by the extremes of the debate…
Relationships and sexuality education draft causing concern
Some of the feedback on the Ministry of Education’s draft framework for how relationships and sexuality should be taught in schools includes that it’s “dangerous”.
…look.
Our kids need biological facts of their changing bodies, the importance of consent and how to have healthy relationships be they heterosexual, bisexual or homosexual.
The fanatical obsession with gender is eye rolling in the extreme.
Now one would have thought in NZ that the pressing issues for sex education was, biological facts, consent, healthy relationships, consent, consent, healthy relationships, consent, consent, consent, biological facts, consent, consent, consent, consent, consent, consent, consent, consent, consent, consent, consent, consent, consent, consent, consent, consent, consent, consent and some more biological facts, healthy relationships – you would have thought that was where our sex education would be going, but look at what the woke pushed through as sex education in the previous curriculum…
Level 1 – recognising body parts; knowing about appropriate touching; being able to accept and celebrate difference; and understanding the relationship between gender, identity and wellbeing.
Level 2 – understanding what consent means in a variety of contexts, including online; recognising other people’s feelings and respecting them; being able to identify gender stereotypes and understanding the difference between gender and sex.
Level 3 – knowing about pubertal changes; understanding different types of relationships; understanding consent, pressure, coercion and rights; being able to critique the ways in which people’s bodies, relationships and gender might be represented in the media and online.
Level 4 – further knowledge about pubertal changes and how they relate to social norms around gender and sexuality; understanding approaches to conception and contraception; learning to manage intimate relationships; understanding how to get help if needed.
Level 5 – knowledge about cultural approaches to gender and sexuality; gaining skills for enhancing relationships; analysing representations of sex, sexuality and relationships.
Level 6 – examining how gender and sexual identities can change over time; gaining knowledge about consent and safe sexual practices; critiquing heteronormative messages or practices in the community.
Level 7 – understanding physical changes across people’s lifespans; identifying risks in intimate relationships, both online and offline.
Level 8 – reflecting on their personal identity; exploring things like desire and attraction as interpersonal and ethical concepts; critically analysing issues that affect relationships, gender identity and sexuality.
…it’s all gender identity, gender identity and more gender identity!
Surely consent is far larger an issue to NZ than gender identity?
Surely domestic violence and anger management needs to be discussed well before gender identity?
The trans community represent less than 1% of the population, why has gender identity become a far larger issue than consent?
When you consider the unbelievably scathing Cass Report has been on puberty blockers, why is gender identity being promoted Uber Alles?
Our young people need good advice to help them navigate the world of sex, the biology of puberty and how to have healthy relationships – gender identity uber alles is not only myopic but it is deeply counter productive because it’s become ammunition in the culture wars.
Of course issues of gender identity, non-binary, intersex and queer can be included in the curriculum, but that’s different to centring the entire sex education on it!
We don’t need ideological propaganda in sex education, we need to give our young people the tools to understand their own sexuality, not be forced to agree to others interpretations of it!
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Well said, Martyn.
Another area where parents are letting down the children they bring into the world.
Before having sex and producing children it needs to be hammered home they need feeding ,clothing ,taught manners and a heap of other skills to make them productive and happy grown-ups.
Real conversation in vegetable garden with my nine year old grandson.
‘Grandad – Can you tell male earthworms from female earthworms?’
‘ Ah earthworms are hermaphrodites Stanley. They are both male and female.’
‘ So are they Trans Grandad?’
Long pause by myself as I ponder how much the world has changed since I was nine years old.
‘No Stanley – a trans woman is a person who was born a boy but decided they preferred to be a girl. A trans man is a woman who was born a girl but likes being a boy…I think….Actually Stan you may know more about this than me.’
‘ Our teacher tells us about stuff but it is not very interesting. I forget most of it.’
‘Don’ t worry about it mate. I forgot most of what my teacher told me too – ice cream time.’