Been chatting to my 16 yr old niece about a sex Ed session she had recently (at mixed v high achieving catholic school) and am do disappointed with the message. She said the session was called "saying no to sexual pressure" and that it consisted of a load of possible comments that people (read boys) might say to their partner (ie girlfriend) to pressure them into sex. She said in some cases the genders were made explicit but in other cases it was implied, but always this way round. Then, they were given possible replies to the "pressurizing comments".
Aibu to be disappointed in this message? First if all it seems to suggest that there is an expectation or assumption that boys will pressure girls for sex. I'm sure many boys take from this that this is normal and almost what they should be doing, that they are "gay" if they aren't.
But rather than telling the boys not to apply this pressure, instead we assume it is a given and then suggest that girls have to come up with some witty response/ reason/ justification. Shouldn't we be teaching girls that, to adopt a fave mn phrase, "no" is a full sentence??
I would be really interested in mn feminists views on this topic!
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louloutheshamed · 30/11/2012 19:04
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