Re:Leaked government document shows Spain wants to ban end-t...
by the_doctah on Monday May 22, 2023 @07:57PM
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Hopefully you aren't a teacher.
Re:Leaked government document shows Spain wants to ban end-t...
by JumpCrisscross on Monday May 22, 2023 @08:12PM
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Neither am I a parent. I'm open to changing my mind. This isn't a topic I thought about until recently. But removing items from a library should be a cultural red line for a free society. A restricted section, where one needs e.g. parental consent to access the books, seems to square the circle of not letting one group take away another's access to information while keeping parents in the driver's seat.
Note that my argument begins and ends with libraries. I don't really have an opinion on classroom instruction and materials.
Not particularly, but it's a moot question. It's not part of her sex ed. It's on a book shelf. We don't ask why The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe is an important part of Suzy's anything when we concur with it being available. Same here.
Turning the question around, what's the harm in Suzy going into a library, picking up this book and learning Grindr exists? (Again, in a hypothetical universe where this sequence of actions occurs without her knowing of it already.)
> Reminder that Suzy is 11 years old, not a teenager
"The average age of first exposure" to online porn is 12 [1]. Even if Suzy's parents practice perfect digital hygiene, unless they're raising her as a houseplant, she's going to be exposed to this at a younger age than we were. The choice is whether she gets exposed within a context of information, understanding and comfort, or if she's thrown into the fray in a state of ignorance.
[1] https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/education/2023-05-14/sex-inter...