Schools Shouldn't Teach Sexual Orientation
Here's the exciting stuff:
In its Facts about Youth pamphlet, the U.S. pediatricians college states that most students (more than 85 per cent) with same-sex attractions will ultimately adopt a heterosexual orientation if not otherwise encouraged.
It further states that "declaring and validating a student's same-sex attraction during the adolescent years is premature and may be personally harmful."
Wow! I didn't know that "validating" same-sex attraction was harmful. What a weird thing to say. The only way you would say something like that is if, well, you thought homosexuality was harmful.
Say. Who are the "U.S. pediatricians college" anyway? That sounds very official. Let's check them out.
The writer is actually talking about the "American College of Pediatricians". That sounds like a real group, doesn't it? Let see what other things they write ... oh, good god ...
Abstinence only is a good idea
How to make gay kids straight
Gays shouldn't be allowed to adopt
You can read the rest of their "Position Papers" if you want. It's a basic list of the right wing's wishing-makes-it-so version of scientific studies.
Even the 85% number they quote - the one L.M. Small quoted - refers to a 1992 study that showed that 26% of 12 year old boys weren't sure about their sexual orientation. Yet only 2-3% of them turn out gay later! If only we could have bombarded those last 2-3% with how evil it is to be gay, think how much better everything would be! No more of teh gayness!
Yes, well.
I didn't find any fault with the actual sex education curriculum that the government was planning on implementing. The earlier that you can teach kids the words "penis" and "vagina", the better off we'll all be. But apparently, if you're a religious nutcase, all it takes is a word in their ears and they'll turn in to crack whores.
1 comment:
I do think that in a few years, it will be common for primary and junior teachers to read books and talk to their students about sexual orientation in any subject. It doesn't mean talking about sexual intercourse to young students. It could just mean reading a story to kindergarten students about different kinds of families.
We can talk about different races, cultures, ethnicities, languages, and genders in our schools. We should now be able to talk about different sexual orientations at grade appropriate levels. We do not discriminate between different cultural groups or genders. Sexual orientation should not be segregated from the other classifications of non-discrimination.
SD BEd
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