he said she said...
Posted on 10/15/2015 2:53:21 AM PDT by markomalley
A look at the new landscape of sex education published by The New York Times contains an eye-opening anecdote: In California, teachers are telling kids to get consent every ten minutes during sex to avoid committing rape.
The article is about the brave new world created by affirmative consent, or “yes means yes,” which holds that a person must obtain explicit prior consent for every sexual act or else be considered to have committed sexual assault.The standard isn’t limited to sex itself; a person would also need explicit affirmative consent to kiss somebody, too.
All of this is in contrast to the prevailing criminal standard, known as “no means no,” where sexual assault occurs when a person proceeds with sexual activity despite an explicit refusal of consent. While this remains the criminal standard, California made a major shift last year by requiring all school disciplinary bodies to use affirmative consent, and it also required state sex education classes to use the standard as well. (RELATED: Students Explain Affirmative Consent With Cringeworthy Video)
That shift means a change in how sex education is handled, and the Times suggests that kids are finding affirmative consent to be a somewhat difficult standard to grasp. Among other things, some kids are getting the impression they need to set a timer during their intimate encounters to make sure their casual hookup doesn’t accidentally become a rape.
“What does that mean — you have to say ‘yes’ every 10 minutes?” one tenth grader is quoted asking sex ed instructor Shafia Zaloom.
“Pretty much,” Zaloom replied, adding that “It’s not a timing thing, but whoever initiates things to another level has to ask.”
If Zaloom’s advice is confusing, it isn’t because she lacks experience teaching the standard. The Times says she “has written a curriculum for affirmative consent programs that is being used throughout the country.”
But despite Zaloom’s expertise kids are still finding that affirmative consent is hard to mesh with the way people actually have sex (or, given their age, how they imagine people having sex). When given a list of phrases that could be used to gain consent, such as “Can I touch you there?”, students were dismissive.
“They’re all really awkward and bizarre,” one girl said.
-PJ
Bingo, and liberal lawyer-think at that
Schools cannot teach that which they neither understand nor know.
Individuals within a school system might, but the Beast that is "Public Education no longer does.
Correction: "Public Education" does know, but is feverishly working to destroy knowledge and implementation of God's plan for marriage, sex and children.
he said she said...
Zoom! Right over my head! :)
"Yeah...a little to the left...ok, that looks 'consentual'..."
Where Boners go to die. LOL
So this is what is bing taught in CA schools,huh. The left has thoroughly won in the schools. The schools are corrupting and destroying kids. Hard to believe that the Bible was once taught in schools. Government run schools are a complete joke.
That’s what I’ve always seen in the movies, anyway. ;)
My hope is that someday an enlightened future generation will wonder why parents who let their kids go to government schools weren’t jailed for child abuse. That we let socialists dominate our kids daily lives for 13+ years is sick.
Anybody else sick & tired of our hyper-porn society?
Sure, then they can be prosecuted for kiddie porn as well. /s
Yes, and it has always been that way. (hope you are being sarcastic)
Great for stop-watch sales!
Check my post #15 concerning Bob Crane (of “Hogan’s Heroes” fame). We all kind of got to know about certain aspects of his personal life, didn’t we?
Paradise by the Dashboard lights
That was my first thought.
Did he get into trouble for recording it without her consent? Guess it beats a rape charge.
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