I don’t see the encouraging there, other than possible “medical student syndrome”. (When uncalibrated people hear “X suggests Y”, they are prone to see tiny amounts of X and assume high probability of Y.) For example, a child with no realistic idea about what transsexuality means could mistake a thought “in this situation it would be (in far mode) better to be a boy/girl” for transsexuality; which could cause unnecessary turmoil.
children should not be discussing their friend’s private secrets with strangers
Yes, this seemed very wrong to me, too. Even if the idea of teaching about sexuality was to increase tolerance, outing someone is wrong, and it could also inspire bullies to expand their arsenal of labels for their classmates.
But to put things in context, I still think the religious education is more harmful on the average, so it seems funny when people with cute ideas like “if you explore your sexuality, the sadistic omnipotent alpha male will torture you for eternity” complain about possible harm to children’s sexuality caused by improper education.
I don’t see the encouraging there, other than possible “medical student syndrome”.
Well, they also wanted the school to teach how to have lesbian sex, which is certainly encouraging homosexuality. I’m not saying this is a bad thing though.
But to put things in context, I still think the religious education is more harmful on the average.
The idea seems to be to counter homophobic religions by forcing them to teach how lesbians have sex. I think it would be a better idea just to shut the religious schools.
I don’t see the encouraging there, other than possible “medical student syndrome”. (When uncalibrated people hear “X suggests Y”, they are prone to see tiny amounts of X and assume high probability of Y.) For example, a child with no realistic idea about what transsexuality means could mistake a thought “in this situation it would be (in far mode) better to be a boy/girl” for transsexuality; which could cause unnecessary turmoil.
Yes, this seemed very wrong to me, too. Even if the idea of teaching about sexuality was to increase tolerance, outing someone is wrong, and it could also inspire bullies to expand their arsenal of labels for their classmates.
But to put things in context, I still think the religious education is more harmful on the average, so it seems funny when people with cute ideas like “if you explore your sexuality, the sadistic omnipotent alpha male will torture you for eternity” complain about possible harm to children’s sexuality caused by improper education.
Well, they also wanted the school to teach how to have lesbian sex, which is certainly encouraging homosexuality. I’m not saying this is a bad thing though.
The idea seems to be to counter homophobic religions by forcing them to teach how lesbians have sex. I think it would be a better idea just to shut the religious schools.