Hello Any Forums. This is Jocelyn Elders. She was the 15th surgeon general of the United States in the early 1990s. She was forced to resign by the rightwing because she correctly supported teaching young people to masturbate in sex ed, in order to avoid having them engage in riskier forms of sex.
>The rightwing flipped out
>They cried that democrats are pedophiles.
>That there's is a conspiracy to turn children into gay, sex depraved, homosexual slaves or something
Basically the "groomer" bullshit you're all still doing to this day.
Yes, it was going on then too. The rightwing always was vehemently opposed to sex ed.
Guess what?
Sex ed has to exist.
We need sex ed.
Sex ed has ALWAYS pissed off the right and it's a great example of how you guys fail.
Children need to be taught, in schools, about sex, masturbation, gender identity and sexual orientation. No ifs, ands or buts. It is not a conspiracy to turn your kid gay. If you don't give children this education it leads to very real negative social outcomes.
>Teenage pregnancies
>Rape
>Actual pedophilia and grooming (because the kids are stupid and don't know any better)
>Suicidality among LGBT children
>Shame and other negative psychological conditions
And yes, a part of why it's extra necessary IS because of rightwing christian parents who indoctrinate their children with a bunch of sick and unhealthy religious superstition around sex.
YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO BRAINWASH YOUR CHILD INTO FEELING SHAMEFUL FOR HIMSELF OR HERSELF OVER THEIR INNATE, NATURAL BORN SEXUAL INSTINCTS, WHICH ARE HEALTHY AND NORMAL.
This is a public health issue. Not a conspiracy to turn your kids gay. Or whatever. It's a public health issue and yes a LOT of it stems from how rightwingers abuse their children.