Parents complain about high school sex ed teaching...BONDAGE!

[alp227]

Yeah I know I'm fanning the flames again (after the non stop 50 Shades threads) but this is a local story that came up last week and is being discussed today on a local public radio call-in show:

"There's a section that tells you how to talk to your prospective partners about your sexual history," said Asfia Ahmed, a parent and school district employee who said she may sue the district if it does not remove the book. "How does that relate to a 14-year-old kid? I don't see it at all."

Ahmed said the district is violating state education law mandating that instructional material be age appropriate, although she acknowledged the term age appropriate is open to interpretation.

Ahmed said she believes Fremont is "culturally a very conservative place" and that could account for a lot of the uproar over the book.

"But I am a very liberal person, and, in spite of that, I still find the book shocking," Ahmed said.

And hear what ANOTHER parent has to say!

"I flipped through it and saw sections that mentioned bondage with ropes and handcuffs," Topham said. "Not only does it have material that is too explicit and inappropriate, it doesn't meet their need for their ages. I am astounded the health teachers and school board said, 'yes, this is the best book we could find.'"

The school board ultimately decided not to use the book.

[leftyohiolib]

1. wait till they get to the dirty-sanchez chapter

[LittleBlue]

2. ...

[opiate69]

3. life isn't about the dirty-sanchez...

http://m.

[msongs]

4. keep them away from bibles as well, full of naughiness nt

[wyldwolf]

5. let me tell you about a girlfriend I had in middle school...

... on second thought... nah.

[pnwmom]

6. I agree with those parents. There is no reason to use that book

when there are plenty of other sex ed texts that don't go into the "sauces and spices."

People can discover those for themselves, outside of their high school classes.

So many young people lack BASIC facts -- e.g., that you can still get pregnant if the guy pulls out "in time." That's what the schools should be teaching.

[alp227]

7. But who will inform people on how to approach the "sauces and spices" properly?

given there's so much misinformation on the internet & "word on the street", children need SOMETIME to learn how to confront issues in the evil, adult world.

[pnwmom]

8. There are plenty of good books out there for adults interested in those activities.

These subjects don't have to be covered in the very limited time that is available in the high school classroom.

Contraception needs to be taught in high school. Budgeting and literacy skills need to be taught in high school. All of these are topics that every high school graduate needs to know.

BDSM isn't.