The Effort To Stop Campus Rape Is Finally Starting To Focus On High Schools

Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2015-07-25 08:44

Article here. Excerpt:

'Girls cannot prevent rape through purity pledges alone," said Mary Koss, a University of Arizona professor and longtime sexual violence researcher. "Boys must stop imposing sexual acts on unwilling partners. Rape reduction requires a comprehensive approach of which accurate knowledge, communication skills and understanding healthy relationships [are] clearly a part."

The activists responsible for pushing campus sexual assault into the national spotlight have said they want affirmative consent taught in K-12 schools, and California is currently considering legislation to make it required in high school sex ed programs.

California's bill is unusual in that it would require schools to teach students about what constitutes consent. Most state laws are more vague and refer to programming around "healthy relationships" or "coerced sex."

Sex ed material that focuses on sexual violence would have to be "age-appropriate" and "must also be culturally and linguistically appropriate," the Teach Safe Relationships Act stipulates.'

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Schools should only be teaching sex ed in the context of teaching biology. Teaching morality and self-behavior has no place in the public schools. This is more evidence of the schools over-stepping their reach and encroaching into the role of parenting.

Please do not give public schools any more money, as this is what they will do with it. Everyday I have new reasons to be thankful that I have been able to home school and keep my kids away from this bullsh*t.

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Submitted by Kris on Sun, 2015-07-26 19:05

Shouldn't they start early?

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Submitted by el cid on Wed, 2015-07-29 02:26

I think I heard something about starting that early. Not kidding, but I dont have time to search.

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Submitted by Kris on Wed, 2015-07-29 04:30