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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAZ School Sends Girls to Mandatory Christian Abstinence Assembly, Boys to Voluntary Dating Seminar
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/10/20/az-school-sends-girls-to-mandatory-christian-abstinence-assembly-boys-to-voluntary-dating-seminar/He spoke to the girls about sex and how they shouldnt have it in a mandatory assembly, during the school day, attended by all 350 female students. But he spoke to the boys about dating tips in a voluntary, after-school assembly attended by only 25 male students.
The girls assembly was particularly bizarre, primarily focusing on how they shouldnt have sex, or look like they might want to have sex, or wear anything that might make boys want to have sex with them. (Because why bother talking to boys about things like consent and oh, I dont know, not being sexual predators when you can tell girls to stop dressing like sluts instead?)...
Instead, the fellas were given advice on how to ask a girl out on a date, told how to get a second date, and informed that there were lots of single ladies in their school just waiting to be scooped up.
SamKnause
(13,107 posts)Last edited Sat Oct 22, 2016, 11:20 AM - Edit history (1)
This nonsense should not be allowed in public schools.
Abstinence should not be taught in public schools.
Sex education and contraception should be taught in public schools.
Teach the facts and nothing but the facts !!!!!!
If you don't believe in science and biology, get the hell out of the educational system.
I am so sick and tired of religious interference.
whathehell
(29,067 posts)at least make it for girls AND boys...Fuck that double stanfard!
Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)apcalc
(4,465 posts)the boys get off...bear no responsibility...it's all on the girls? Total Bullshit
All children need the proper direction to act responsibly....
plus-it's got to be looney for the girls coming from the wing nuts
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)apcalc
(4,465 posts)Skittles
(153,164 posts)like all misogynists, he thinks sex is something the gals give up and the guys take
tblue37
(65,377 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)The school had to schedule the assembly for the girls, arrange for time out of class, hire the speaker, pay him, and perhaps even get him to the school. That means the principal, several staff members in administration, and at least a few of the teachers, had to know this was going on. And NOT ONE OF THEM said, "Hey, waitasecond . . ."
I don't know how the school district thinks paying out a big settlement really advances their education mission.
exboyfil
(17,863 posts)More of Hennings advice for boys and girls can be found on his website. The guys only section includes advice on where to take girls on dates and what to get them for gifts, along with traumatizing romance ideas:
If you have a policeman friend, this is a great way to surprise your girlfriend on Valentines day. Have the officer follow her to school, pull her over and walk up to her car with his ticket book in hand. Im sorry miss but you went through cupids red light and Im going to have to give you a Valentine. Then have him pull out a big red valentine with your name on it. She will always wonder how you pulled it off.
You know the audience is geared to middle class plus (mostly white) that thinks an interaction with police will not generate a panic attack.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Oh, wait a minute, wrong Henning.
Maeve
(42,282 posts)I would be talking to that officer's CO in a New York minute and that boy would never ever hear more than 'drop dead' from me again (worse, if it happened to my daughter!!!)
exboyfil
(17,863 posts)Which is got to be one of the stupidest PR moves in history. You put your officers at risk on the open road (every pull over has an element of risk) and traumatize the driver and passengers.
davidn3600
(6,342 posts)Did you read some of the stuff this Brad Henning guy says?
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Henning says boys cannot control their sexual appetites and need girls to help them keep control by not wearing risqué clothing or acting in any way like they are asking for sex.
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Think about the fairy tales. Theres the young prince, handsome, rugged, self sufficient, the man who can stand up to the challenge. Hes the hero, the man on the white horse, and hes looking for his fair maiden. Hes the wild one who can only be tamed by the one he seeks to rescue. When he sees her for the first time, he is mesmerized by her beauty and charm and basically turns to putty. He longs for her and is now willing to settle down to a life of love and happiness. But then of all the dastardly things he finds out she has been with just about every guy in the realm. He realizes his fair maiden isnt as fair as hed hoped. Does he want to fight for her hand or rescue her from the evil in the land? No. This isnt want hes dreamed about all his life. Hes been dreaming about A FAIR MAIDEN not the town slut. So he leaves town to continue his search.
And taxpayers are paying this guy money to talk to kids?
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)if the boys are hyper-sexed, and the girls aren't giving it up, that leaves only one alternative. In my best George Takei voice "Oh my"
Oneironaut
(5,500 posts)Why doesn't he, and others like him, move to Iran or Saudi Arabia? That seems to be more of their cup of tea.
My theory is that he really hates women, so he does this to belittle them and show them their "place." He tries to get to young girls so that he can try to shatter their self esteem early.
tblue37
(65,377 posts)Skittles
(153,164 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Initech
(100,078 posts)petronius
(26,602 posts)had no idea how bad it would actually be...
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)Upin
(115 posts)... but I will blow my stack if/when stuff like this comes up as they get older.
RKP5637
(67,109 posts)benld74
(9,904 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)and it's really 1947 ?
No, can't be, I wasn't even close to being born then!
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)the Indians are in the World Series.