Image: SeemingLee The peculiar skirmishes and pronounced discomfort from people who live in straight relationships, or aim to, over equal marriage brings to mind a Louis CK quote: "It doesn't have any effect on your life. What do you care?! People try to talk about it like it's a social issue. Like when you see someone stand up on a talk show and say 'How am I supposed to explain to my child that two men are getting married?' I dunno, it's your shitty kid, you fucking tell them. Why is that anyone else's problem? Two guys are in LOVE but they can't get married because you don't want to talk to your ugly child for fucking five minutes?"
It also brings to mind how vital a good sex education is for young people to become sensible, well informed adults. Legal marriage or not, the question of homosexuality is going to come up. Inevitably. A person might live in comfortable ignorance of polyamory, pansexuality because they never meet someone who is out and we never see such lives in the media right now, perhaps one day we will. Perhaps a comprehensive sex education in the home and school would help bring more visibility.
It also brings to mind how vital a good sex education is for young people to become sensible, well informed adults. Legal marriage or not, the question of homosexuality is going to come up. Inevitably. A person might live in comfortable ignorance of polyamory, pansexuality because they never meet someone who is out and we never see such lives in the media right now, perhaps one day we will. Perhaps a comprehensive sex education in the home and school would help bring more visibility.
In the Guardian Zoe Williams covered the eventualities that might make your legal sex life a concern of others: "OK, if you're cheating on your wife, that's of concern to your wife; if you're pregnant by someone other than your partner, that's a legitimate objection for your partner to raise, and maybe the offspring of that infidelity will have something to say about it down the line. You leave your husband? He might mind. You start an affair with the husband of a friend? She's been betrayed, society hasn't."
| So that pretty much clears that up for us, now we can concentrate on the content and benefits of good sex education in schools, particularly post Section 28. Liz Truss, the education minister is satisfied with sex education remaining voluntary in schools. | an education allows unexpected encounters online to be dealt with maturely. |
However campaign group, End Violence Against Women's survey reveals huge support for sex education to become compulsory. EVAW believes it can demonstrate a link between poor or no sex education and failure in preventing violence against women and girls.
Frank discussions about what seem uncomfortable subjects mean you control what your child learns and how they discover less savoury aspects of life. If online porn etc is worrying those who want to protect by denying knowledge from their children, it appears an education to fall back on allows unexpected encounters online to be dealt with maturely and with less trauma.
Which is why at the National Association of Headteachers Steve Watkins, the headteacher at Millfield primary in Leeds, suggested that schools should talk to children of nursery age of "things that shouldn't be there" regarding pornographic material online and Russell Hobby, NAHT's general secretary, said: "Young people must be protected from pornography and children should receive appropriate guidance as part of sex and relationships education."
A comprehensive sex education that covers everything from porn to domestic abuse could result in a reduction of the Facebook 'humour' (yes, scare quotes) that looks an awful lot like hate speech and certainly more offensive than breastfeeding on Facebook. Laura Bates of Everyday Sexism is currently leading a campaign against these pages and targeting companies who have adverts that appear on the pages, with plenty of support but not much action from Facebook.
See how a little education can go a long way?
Squeamish Kate
Frank discussions about what seem uncomfortable subjects mean you control what your child learns and how they discover less savoury aspects of life. If online porn etc is worrying those who want to protect by denying knowledge from their children, it appears an education to fall back on allows unexpected encounters online to be dealt with maturely and with less trauma.
Which is why at the National Association of Headteachers Steve Watkins, the headteacher at Millfield primary in Leeds, suggested that schools should talk to children of nursery age of "things that shouldn't be there" regarding pornographic material online and Russell Hobby, NAHT's general secretary, said: "Young people must be protected from pornography and children should receive appropriate guidance as part of sex and relationships education."
A comprehensive sex education that covers everything from porn to domestic abuse could result in a reduction of the Facebook 'humour' (yes, scare quotes) that looks an awful lot like hate speech and certainly more offensive than breastfeeding on Facebook. Laura Bates of Everyday Sexism is currently leading a campaign against these pages and targeting companies who have adverts that appear on the pages, with plenty of support but not much action from Facebook.
See how a little education can go a long way?
Squeamish Kate
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