Comments on: Diversity? http://www.sodacraze.com/2007/09/18/diversity/ All the crazies, none of the calories Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:36:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: 32-P http://www.sodacraze.com/2007/09/18/diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-3655 32-P Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:20:57 +0000 http://www.sodacraze.com/2007/09/18/diversity/#comment-3655 It's OK, I figured it was you based on Warren not having boobs. ;-) It’s OK, I figured it was you based on Warren not having boobs. ;-)

]]> By: Warren http://www.sodacraze.com/2007/09/18/diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-3653 Warren Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:36:32 +0000 http://www.sodacraze.com/2007/09/18/diversity/#comment-3653 Oh and yeah ... this is Julie (not Warren) ... just to clarify my husband has never had a period. Whew, glad we got that cleared up. Oh and yeah … this is Julie (not Warren) … just to clarify my husband has never had a period. Whew, glad we got that cleared up.

]]> By: Warren http://www.sodacraze.com/2007/09/18/diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-3652 Warren Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:35:38 +0000 http://www.sodacraze.com/2007/09/18/diversity/#comment-3652 Actually Premee the puppets that told us about private parts and the begins of sexuality were in grade 2 (I believe). The video showing the journey of the sperm, as part of the act of intercourse, through the male, into the female and up to fertilizing the egg was in grade 5. That all said, my mother and I sat down with all the medical books in grade three to talk through the whole being a woman and menstrual cycle thing because my boobs were so big she wanted me to be prepared at any time. I of course then showed up at school and blabbed all the juicy details. Actually Premee the puppets that told us about private parts and the begins of sexuality were in grade 2 (I believe). The video showing the journey of the sperm, as part of the act of intercourse, through the male, into the female and up to fertilizing the egg was in grade 5.

That all said, my mother and I sat down with all the medical books in grade three to talk through the whole being a woman and menstrual cycle thing because my boobs were so big she wanted me to be prepared at any time. I of course then showed up at school and blabbed all the juicy details.

]]> By: 32-P http://www.sodacraze.com/2007/09/18/diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-3645 32-P Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:09:35 +0000 http://www.sodacraze.com/2007/09/18/diversity/#comment-3645 I think I can only speak for myself on this one, but there were enough books lying around our house that I pretty much knew you needed a sperm and an egg somewhere in the equation. If someone had told me when I was this kid's age that there were families with two moms, I probably would have crossed my arms and stubbornly demanded, "But where did the <i>baby</i> come from?" Readers, other thoughts on sex ed and/or the ability of younguns to cope with it? I think I can only speak for myself on this one, but there were enough books lying around our house that I pretty much knew you needed a sperm and an egg somewhere in the equation.
If someone had told me when I was this kid’s age that there were families with two moms, I probably would have crossed my arms and stubbornly demanded, “But where did the baby come from?”

Readers, other thoughts on sex ed and/or the ability of younguns to cope with it?

]]> By: Corey Stewart http://www.sodacraze.com/2007/09/18/diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-3643 Corey Stewart Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:26:57 +0000 http://www.sodacraze.com/2007/09/18/diversity/#comment-3643 Parents are generally overly conservative in what their children are taught in school. I remember a number of parents protesting the content taught to their kids in math class because what they were learning wasn't applicable to their destined career as a farm hand. I think the reality of the situation was that the parents didn't want their children asking them questions that would make them feel uncomfortable, which often includes any question that they don't know the answer to. My bet is that your friend from work has a hard time coping with gays, condoms, and fallopian tubes and would rather not have her kid bringing up the subject. Having kids fully aware of the multitude of family structures is entirely different from sex education. The two topics aren't related in the slightest. I was taught in school about families of single mothers, two Aunts, a couple of uncles, etc.. and not once did I think to myself whether those two Aunts ever had intercourse. The idea is ludicrous. So why would a child start asking anything related to sex when introduced to the idea of a family having two moms? Parents are generally overly conservative in what their children are taught in school. I remember a number of parents protesting the content taught to their kids in math class because what they were learning wasn’t applicable to their destined career as a farm hand. I think the reality of the situation was that the parents didn’t want their children asking them questions that would make them feel uncomfortable, which often includes any question that they don’t know the answer to. My bet is that your friend from work has a hard time coping with gays, condoms, and fallopian tubes and would rather not have her kid bringing up the subject.

Having kids fully aware of the multitude of family structures is entirely different from sex education. The two topics aren’t related in the slightest. I was taught in school about families of single mothers, two Aunts, a couple of uncles, etc.. and not once did I think to myself whether those two Aunts ever had intercourse. The idea is ludicrous. So why would a child start asking anything related to sex when introduced to the idea of a family having two moms?

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