I had a student in a Sophomore class who was "out". Nice guy- and very bright. While I wish we didn't have to deal with the issue of sexuality, except in literature, it does come up in class because kids want to relate what they learn in a class to their experiences, and in literature there is much to relate to, and you just never know what students will come up with. I have freshmen girls who have tongue studs so they can give better blow jobs. Now I don't know how you put the genii back in THAT bottle.
Of course it isn't educators who are pushing kids into sex, the ONE the GREATEST influence on their lives is hollywood- TV and movies. I HATE the influence of these things. I, as an adult, enjoy foreign movies, and independent movies, as you know, but I would give them up tomorrow if movies would stop targeting kids with the crap they is aimed at them. There is no other cause out there as relevant to kids as a cause AGAINST what Hollywood is doing to our kids. Current brain research shows that watching something creates the same pathways in the brain as doing it- so watching teens have sex over and over again, or watching violence, for that matter, creates these pathways in our children. While I do not mind my children seeing a little sexually explicit material, so that I can talk to them about it, I find most parents are letting their children watch anything they want, and aren't talking to them about it at all.
If anyone here wants a really logical hobbyhorse to ride, and a crusade that would really make sense, then join the fight against explicit sex and violence in movies aimed at people under 18. |
