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It’s a nice sentiment but the truth is that education is collapsing in general. We can’t even teach kids to read, write, and do arithmetic anymore, let alone comprehend basic human rights, dignity, consent, and respect for others’ autonomy.
Look what’s happening to the world, with all the radicalism, racism, fascism, and all out assault on the working and middle classes with AI and automation. How are kids going to get any job (never mind college) when they’re multiple years behind grade level on every subject? We’ll be lucky if we can keep these kids out of gangs over the next decade or so!
Teaching our sons to not sexually harass, assault or demean women is not our education system’s job. It’s ours. All parents, and siblings and extended family members as well.
We teach our children in how we behave and what we accept without comment in our media, or in the world at large. It may be obvious to us when a guy harassing women on tv is the bad guy, but maybe the kids aren’t figuring that part out.
It needs to be called out explicitly so they grow up calling it out in their friends, rather than going along to get along.
Teaching bodily autonomy and consent should 100% be part of sex education.
Doomerism.
Teaching our sons to not sexually harass, assault or demean women is not our education system’s job. It’s ours. All parents, and siblings and extended family members as well.
We teach our children in how we behave and what we accept without comment in our media, or in the world at large. It may be obvious to us when a guy harassing women on tv is the bad guy, but maybe the kids aren’t figuring that part out.
It needs to be called out explicitly so they grow up calling it out in their friends, rather than going along to get along.
The whole issue is culture. If boys were always taught that it's not ok by society, we wouldn't have the problem in the first place. But you need an environment that doesn't normalize sexual assault for that, which not everyone has. Introducing these topics in schools is for those kids. And then maybe that generation can grow up to universally no longer need it in school.
Spoken like someone who knows nothing about children.
Kids behave one way around their parents and a completely different way with their friends, when parents aren’t around.