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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
What you are saying is pretty much the same thing that the parents opposed to the curriculum are saying. You are just disagreeing on where the line should be. What is and isn't gross is subjective and you know that as soon as the topics come up, they will be Googling all aspects of it after school. Teaching them about it in class won't stop them from being exposed to the nastier things as well.
Personally, I have a pretty high tolerance for things sexual, but I see the other argument as well. As a citizen, sometimes you have to trust the system so I don't agree with the parents for holding their kids out of school, but I think they have a right to make their feeling heard.
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But what I'm saying is there is a clear cut line in the sand. It's not really up to interpretation. Teach the stuff that is genuinely about health and safety. There is a health aspect to teaching about Consent, Anal sex or Oral sex or Masturbation and their respective risks and the proper measures of preventing those risks. There is no benefit to teaching them about specific sex acts that fall under those categories and I think that's whats happening here.
Do you really think they will have a whole unit on "anal"? No. They'll talk about it for half an hour and move on. Someone more familiar with Ontario's school system can chime in here but Sex Ed is like two weeks of the overall Health Curriculum here.