According to the website, banned up to 3rd grade, which apparently is 8-9 years old. I do not recall being interested on knowing anything about sex until 11-12.
Let children be children. Also, even if one uses the LGBTQIA+ classification for older children, where "A" stands for "asexual", would sexual education not discriminate against the "A" part, who will feel uncomfortable?
Did they really solve a problem or was it just chest pounding?
I don’t believe sex Ed was in the curriculum for those grades. But now if a teacher does something that could possibly fall under this new law they can be sued by the parents. I simply believe this wasn’t an issue and they are trying to “fix” something not broken.
There are many videos of teachers and kids books that are... pretty crazy. I too expected these teachers were so few/extreme that they'd be losing their jobs when their shenanigans are exposed (but that's not what's happening, seemingly it really is systemic).
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> would sexual education not discriminate against the "A" part, who will feel uncomfortable?
No obviously not, just like how no one is arguing that gay kids shouldn't be taught straight sex ed. The goal should be increasing education, not decreasing it.
I don't immediately take offense to hearing about things that don't apply to me, and maybe hearing about things that my classmates or their parents or whomever is going through might help me get a better understanding of them and their lives.
The use of the word "force" here is especially interesting. I doubt you'd use the same word for a subject like Math or English, despite it being the same degree of "force".
I was younger than this when I realized gender was a thing, but one I didn't understand very well and had trouble with, and could have benefited from people explaining gender and gender expression to me.
Peers of mine were younger than this when they were being abused and could have benefited from knowing about how consent should work, and who they can rely on for help.
It doesn't seem that the law bans any sex education. Specifically, it bans discussion on "sexual orientation or gender identity", not discussion on sex, puberty, or anything else like that.
We all knew about straight marriage long before being interested on knowing anything about sex. The problem is people think acknowledging that gay people exist is discussing sex, is it?
Let children be children. Also, even if one uses the LGBTQIA+ classification for older children, where "A" stands for "asexual", would sexual education not discriminate against the "A" part, who will feel uncomfortable?