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Is it reasonable for parents to panic at cartoon nudity in school textbooks? Only if we embrace irrational taboos about bodies.

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[-] Umbrias@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

Sex researchers are pretty universally the most sex positive people around. So you should probably elaborate on what you mean by "allegedly scientific disciplines for control"

[-] sculd@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Because sex researchers are not the one who decide on our education curriculum and more importantly, our cultural attitude towards sex in general.

[-] Umbrias@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Occasionally they are. But sure, so it could be phrased as power projection via the hijacking of mass education systems. That doesn't exactly track super well with the examples given in the text, but it would be more applicable.

I don't think the language used originally works well in a modern context, since the text is referencing the same sort of pseudoscience as phrenology and deviancy research, when how you're using it is to refer to dishonest educational takeover. While one can be used by the other, like Florida's use of prageru, it might be important to discussion to elaborate your points relevance to the modern context.

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