UK Gov research group: teach 'pleasure of gay sex' to kids

[White Horse]

Children as young as five should be taught to understand the pleasures of gay sex, according to leaders of a taxpayer-funded education project.
Heads of the project have set themselves a goal of 'creating primary classrooms where queer sexualities are affirmed and celebrated'. The ambition was revealed in documents prepared for the No Outsiders project run by researchers from universities and backed with £600,000 of public money provided by the Economic and Social Research Council.

No Outsiders is led by researchers from Sunderland University and also involves academics at the Institute of Education and Exeter University. Books, puppet shows and plays are used to teach children about same-sex relationships. During the project, the seminar paper says, its members have 'challenged each other to go beyond imagined possibilities into queer practice'.
The seminar will 'question the taken-for-granted of the supposedly sexless, bodiless and desire-less primary classroom' and examine 'the place of the research team members' own bodies, desires and pleasures in this research'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... chers.html

I give this group the presumption of being well intentioned, but why should children be taught about sexual desire or pleasure? I don't object to children being taught about the existence of homosexuals and the importance of being tolerant towards them and their lifestyle. However, these proposals appear perverse and intrusive and I, as a parent, would not allow any adult to teach my child about the 'pleasure of gay sex'.

Am I out of step with modern "multi-cultural" Ireland? Do others on the site think these proposals are welcome?

[20000miles]

[i]Children as young as five should be taught to understand the pleasures of gay sex, according to leaders of a taxpayer-funded education project.
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First off, I'd like to point out that I was never taught about the 'pleasures' of ANY kind of sex at school. And I never saw the need for it, as I discovered the joys of sex for myself during my teenage years.

You aren't out of touch with anything...you just want to exercise your rights as a guardian to have your child taught what you want, rather than what the state deems to be 'appropriate'.

[popper]

I would assume - hope that is - that this nonsense would not be allowed in primary schools. As someone quoted in the article says, any adult discussing sexual activity with a child should be reported to the police.

[infamous-el-guapo]

And the obsession with the antics of gay people is carried on by White Horse.

Cue the rest of the usual suspects.

[White Horse]

And the obsession with the antics of gay people is carried on by White Horse.

Cue the rest of the usual suspects.

Does my objection to teaching children of the "pleasure of gay sex" irritate you? Do you favour these proposals?

[politicaldonations]

I bet White Horse loves a good ringing , of hands that is.

[infamous-el-guapo]

[quote=White Horse]

And the obsession with the antics of gay people is carried on by White Horse.

Cue the rest of the usual suspects.

Does my objection to teaching children of the "pleasure of gay sex" irritate you? Do you favour these proposals?[/quoteiwymk1a]

Your obsession with everything gay irritates me.

I think if children are going to be taught about sex they should be told the truth: that it's not just about procreation

[KingKane]

[quote=White Horse]

And the obsession with the antics of gay people is carried on by White Horse.

Cue the rest of the usual suspects.

Does my objection to teaching children of the "pleasure of gay sex" irritate you? Do you favour these proposals?[/quote:24b3itgd]

What you're putting in quotes there are the words of the reporter, not the people involved in the research. As it's the Daily Mail, I think we can hazard a guess at what their agenda is.

From the same article "Project leader Dr Elizabeth Atkinson said the seminar had no connection with No Outsiders work in classrooms. 'The seminar is part of a long-standing academic debate and has nothing to do with schools,' she said. 'It has no connection with sex education.'"

[David Cochrane]

Dan, you calling the daily reporter a queerosexual?

[Tmesis]

However, these proposals appear perverse and intrusive and I, as a parent, would not allow any adult to teach my child about the 'pleasure of gay sex'.

Would you object to your child seeing a film with a gay kiss, or reading a book with gay characters?

I have no problem with my children knowing that adults have sex for pleasure, obviously with the use of age appropriate language. I don't think it's a good idea to keep sexuality from them totally until their teenage years, for instance. It should be a gradual process.