Latent homophobia

[fadagaski]

Classmate's Q: why did that person ask if we should teach the mechanics of gay sex in sex ed?

My A: why should gay kids sit through a lesson that doesn't apply to them, then have to learn about gay sex through porn or trial and error? Sex ed needs to be fully inclusive or it's discriminatory.

Battling the social norm, one person at a time.

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[fadagaski.livejournal.com]

Hiya!

In state schools in the UK, unless parents opt their kids out, we all learn about the mechanics of straight sex. Tab A into Slot B, this is a male ejaculation, a baby will follow. It is a very, very limited definition of sex, and the purpose is less 'sex education' than 'reproduction education'. This is why, I think, more 16 year old girls will suck a cock before they touch their own clit ... but I digress.

If a gay child sits in a class to learn 'sex ed', they're going to learn about STDs and all that. And that's good. They're going to learn about human reproduction, and that's good too. What they don't learn - what straight kids don't learn either, but it's less of an issue for them IMHO - is how to have safe gay sex. Or even what constitutes gay sex.

I passionately believe that, as schools of education, it is our job to educate all our kids equally. Straight kids know to wear condoms, and that vaginal sex technically is the 'end goal' (by societal convention). Gay male kids don't learn about the dangers of anal sex without a condom - not just STDs, but UTIs - or the problem of lube. Gay female kids don't learn what counts as sex at all for them. And straight kids are not encouraged to think beyond their own limited heteronormative POVs.

Anyway, I'm rambling. I hope that answers your question?