Is The World Getting 'Too Gay'?

that I'm sure is just your classroom lol...

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I would have felt very uncomfortable as well, if that's any consolation. I don't think sex should be talked about in school period. Don't get me wrong, but isn't that why we have the internet? :icon_wink *kidding*

 

You're 18! A fair amount of teenagers have their first sexual experience between the ages of 14 to 18. There should be no reason to feel disturbed at imagery of sex in the context of sexual education, which is known to help reduce the rate of unwanted pregnancies in teenagers and young adults, as well as reduce the spread of STDs by educating the students. Plus it teaches them what exactly is "Sex".

On a different note, what was the name of that movie? I'd like to "study" it as well *cough*.

 

If it was close to pornographic content, then there should not have been allowance for the tape. At all. Reading that the film had intense gay sex scenes and the setting was in a gay bar and even made you or the rest of the class uncomfortable, makes me wonder if the school staff is homophobic. I'm just thinking, if the school board passed such a film, is it their way of trying to disturb and discourage students from homosexuality? It's just strange that the school would allow that. Charts and boring talk maybe but not an X rated film!

 

Since you were raised to be sheltered, are you absolutely positive it was clear as day anal sex?

But, to be honest... I would have been glad to have that over my "ATM" (Abstinence Til Marriage) card.

Our society tried the "we don't have sex thing!" That ended up with girls visiting their aunts for 9 months. Now, we're getting a bit better......but it's still a problem.

I'd gladly watch close to pornographic content if it at least focuses on what can happen. "AIDS? What's that? We aren't supposed to have sex!"

 

Sometimes I feel the world, especially childhood, is getting to be too sexualized in general. At my job, I heard 5th graders talking about blow jobs like they had some authority on the subject. That weirded me out.

Ive never really had the experience of blatant images of homosexuality in public places or in schools though. Theres one ad I used to see posted around the street with two guys, implied that they were having sex but nothing was really shown except one guys back and the other guys hands around his waist, and it said "Tops and Bottoms wanted", it was for an AIDS study I believe. But even that doesnt come close to the way blatant displays of heterosexuality (or at least the objectification of women that tends to be targeted towards straight men) that I see EVERYWHERE. I also only really noticed that ad in more gay areas of the city like Chelsea and Hells Kitchen.

I cant imagine graphic images of gay (or straight) sex being shown in a public school in the USA though. Thats a little wild. I think there is a way to inform and educate about sex of all kinds without it being graphic or pornographic, because I do feel like sexual education is important for gay and straight kids.

 

Haha yeah. In some schools in US, the single mention of a word that characterize genitalia is enough to get a Teacher suspended or fired, it's insane. How else can you have Sex Education classes if you can't even say Penis or Vagina without people getting offended.

 

My response would have been something along the lines of an internalized effort to not say "I've seen better."

seriously though, did they even ask for parental consent first? There is no way in the world that video would be shown at my school.

 

You're in a weird school. That's about all I'll say about that. And I don't think that means the world is amoral.

Lex

 

Sounds great.

 

Agreed. I think it only happened in some schools, including yours. I had sexual education in my 6th grade, but there was no video involved, just pictures whether they are photos of genitalia or illustrations of sex, even that between male and female. Then again, it might be that particular teacher rather than the whole school who value art differently?

Oh and I first thought the title of the post is for different context in which I would reply, "The world is getting too gay because it is more accepted in the society nowadays and more and more people are coming out". Though this is very obvious maybe the teacher is taking advantage of this statement

 

Too gay? Oh no. I do not consider what you posted to be a sign of a work that is becoming too gay, merely a world where a video was found to be in poor taste by a student.

Aye.

Pretty sure we had something similar, it was pretty graphic but at the same time it was pretty obvious the graphic sex was no more real than that you see in the majority of mainstream movies featuring such scenes.

I, personally, think it's appropriate. However individuals should have been given the option to leave the room at any point.

Did you need to watch simulated/real sex? It depends on the video. As I have not seen it I could not possibly comment on whether the use of sex scenes was an essential part of an AIDs video but I imagine if it was marketed for the older student then it was felt that this was an appropriate choice as individuals are of an age to understand that these actions are part of the world and graphic imagery stays in the mind longer than simply repeating the facts.

Maybe the school I entered has desensitised me eh.

 

I'm sorry you felt uncomfortable.

However, I think that what is needed is a change in attitudes towards sex. Excluding violence, is it really so terrible for children to know/see sex? Its a perfectly natural and healthy thing that people do together. If sex stopped being such a shameful taboo, then I think there'd be much less sexual violence, much less use of sex as a way of rebelling, better sex ed, and less stigma attached to people who have sex.

 

I know you said you had a sheltered home background, but at 18 I think you need good sex education and that includes every aspect of sexual activity. I did not see the DVD but I think you are over reacting. Any video or DVD used for sex education will have been seen an approved by educational authorities or school boards. As a Governor of two schools we would have seen such sensitive material and parents would have been given a chance to view such material.

I suspect that your sheltered upbringing is the problem.

 

I think that too. I don't get uncomfortable when seeing somebody naked or having sex. I don't know why people get uncomfortable. I mean... have you never watched porn? If you have, then, were you uncomfortable? I don't get it. It's like you are gay but you just don't accept it in other people. At least that's what I get from that.

Isn't it great that the gay issues are all over the world? Doesn't that mean that somehow it'll change our world for a better place for US? Isn't that what we want? The best thing to do, therefore, is to learn about it. And hear about it even in your school and stuff.