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UN Report Recommends Sex Ed for 5 Year Olds Including Masturbation

Wed, 09/02/2009 - 13:30
Submitted by Betty Dodson

If you or anyone you know has a contact at the UN, please put them in touch with me. Since I started masturbating when I was 5 years old and ended up teaching adult women how to begin to masturbate as adults, I'd like to offer some of my experience and expertise in this area. After all, how many adults do you know who have devoted a large part of their lives to the fine art of Selfloving?

A June report from the United Nations Economic, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has recommended that children as young as five should receive mandatory sexual education that would teach even pre-kindergarteners about masturbation and topics like gender violence.

The 98-page report offers a universal lesson plan for kids ranging in age from 5-18, an "informed approach to effective sex, relationships" and HIV education that they say is essential for "all young people."

According to the U.N., the program is "age appropriate," however, critics say it's exposing kids to sex far too early.

The UNESCO report, called "International Guidelines for Sexuality Education," separates children into four age groups: 5-to-8-year-olds, 9-to-12-year-olds, 12-to-15-year-olds and 15-to-18-year-olds.

As per the U.N.'s voluntary sex-education programme, kids just 5-8 years old will be told that "touching and rubbing one's genitals is called masturbation" and that private parts "can feel pleasurable when touched by oneself."

When they're 9, they will know about "positive and negative effects of ‘aphrodisiacs," and try to understand ideas of "homophobia, transphobia and abuse of power."

At 12, they'll learn the "reasons for" abortions. When they're 15, they'll be exposed to direct "advocacy to promote the right to and access to safe abortion." (ANI)

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I think it's perfectly

Psypomp's picture
Wed, 09/02/2009 - 22:08
Psypomp

I think it's perfectly healthy to talk to young children about
masturbation and sex. Talking to older kids about gender identity and
sexual orientation is also healthy and can potentially stamp out a lot
of future misunderstanding. It's funny how schools can talk about rape
and violence pretty openly, but "teaching" kids how to masturbate (even
though children know how to do it already) is corruption.

U.S. Conservative leaders speak out against UN Report

Sat, 10/31/2009 - 18:38
Anonymous (not verified)

As expected, some of our conservative congressmen criticised the UN report. Even the mere mention of masturbation is more than they can stand. I suggest we keep our failed policy of burying our heads in the sand to ourselves. The U.S. boasts the highest teen pregnancy and STD rates so lets not spread our failure to the rest of the world too. If the UN wants to base its policies on sound science and success, we should let them. Given our record, our opinions in this area are unwanted and unsolicited.
To our conservative leadership- "How bout putting that chastity belt on your mouths for a change. Your failure is obvious to everyone but yourselves so please don't bring the rest of the world down with you."

Barb

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