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Emit

(11,213 posts)
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 03:31 PM Mar 2013

Make Consent a Mandatory Part of Sex-Ed in Public Schools.

Hey Bros: Check Out What This Bro Did When He Found A Drunk Girl Passed Out On HIs Bro Couch



So in case you were unclear, don't assault people, EVER. And learn what informed consent REALLY means. This should be really basic math at this point. If you agree, you should probably sign this petition asking the White House to require that consent be a part of public school sex education... (see petition below)

From:
http://www.upworthy.com/hey-bros-check-out-what-this-bro-did-when-he-found-a-drunk-girl-passed-out-on-hi-3


... we petition the obama administration to:

Make Consent a Mandatory Part of Sex-Ed in Public Schools.

There seems to be a huge misunderstanding concerning what consent is when it comes to sex. And yet -- when discussed with teenagers -- the idea that "unless someone says 'yes', it's not consent," is easily accepted. It's not a hard conversation: Unless you get a "Yes," assume "No." Uncomfortable, maybe, but difficult? Hardly.

Please make the line between a clear "Yes" and anything else -- whether it be someone drunk, asleep, or otherwise unable to say "No" -- something schools must cover in health or sex ed.

If STI information and methods of contraception are standard fare, consent should be, too.

Created: Mar 21, 2013


https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/make-consent-mandatory-part-sex-ed-public-schools/40hYbWMj?c=upworthy
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Make Consent a Mandatory Part of Sex-Ed in Public Schools. (Original Post) Emit Mar 2013 OP
I thought this was the kind of thing one is supposed to learn at church and home... :-) nt msongs Mar 2013 #1
Signed, reposted, kicked and rec'd. n/t LadyHawkAZ Mar 2013 #2
The only sex "education" offered in too many schools is of the abstinence variety. hobbit709 Mar 2013 #3

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
3. The only sex "education" offered in too many schools is of the abstinence variety.
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 03:59 PM
Mar 2013

If abstinence really worked there wouldn't be 7 billion people on the planet.

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