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Rape and sex education

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EclecticShock · 16/07/2012 19:55

Should the concept of rape be taught as part of sex education and at what age? Young people are heavily affected and apparently there is a distortion of rape facts being spread by peers.

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EclecticShock · 16/07/2012 20:18

Completely agree but would children understand that? Sex between young people often comes under "peer pressure" rather than "rapist power".

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SardineQueen · 16/07/2012 20:17

There will be children in classrooms even at the youngest ages who are being raped / have been raped.
This would be an important opportunity to impart information about the whole thing to any children who need it, who they can talk to in school if they want to type stuff.
quite aside from teaching them about it for later IYSWIM

UnChartered · 16/07/2012 20:15

the 'power' behind school and parents is far removed from the power from a rapist though - the 2 should not be compared

people who rape often have a skewed idea of power and what is acceptable (stating the bleedingly obvious there)

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EclecticShock · 16/07/2012 20:14

What is pshe? Completely agree stewie.

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EclecticShock · 16/07/2012 20:13

I personally think it should be introduced early, not sure exactly, maybe 6 or 7, but by someone qualified to approach it in the correct manner so the meaning is got across but not any detrimental affect. I'm not sure teachers are best placed to do it. Ideally it would be parents but that isn't working obviously.

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StewieGriffinsMom · 16/07/2012 20:13

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EclecticShock · 16/07/2012 20:11

Agree but children and young people might find it hard to understand what the concept of power really means and why it relates to sex. After all, they are always beig subjected to the power of others... School, parents etc.

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UnChartered · 16/07/2012 20:04

yes, it's more about respect isn't it?

rape isn't about sex, it's about power after all

UnChartered · 16/07/2012 20:03

i'm not sure, i was typing out a reply saying i'd rather have the concept of consent on the curriculum - putting the onus on the positive rather than the negative, but on reflection i think that would be construed as more pressure to agree to sex

i think i'd say yes then Confused

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EclecticShock · 16/07/2012 20:03

I agree chibi, just wonder the best way to do it.

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EclecticShock · 16/07/2012 20:02

Also are teachers best placed to give sex education or should it be a sex counsellor or psychologist?

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chibi · 16/07/2012 20:01

yes they should

it can be done alongside pshe type stuff throughout school, right from reception

at reception, it can be about teaching them to be empathetic to others, to respect others' boundaries, to listen to non verbal cues, to know that they can say no and it will be listened

It can get progressively more to do with sexual assault/as they age, just as other sexual education stuff gets more explicit and specific as children age

a big focus needs to be shifted from girls (girls, it's up to you to stop yourself being raped) and onto boys, teaching them all of the above, and to recognise that rape is any unwanted penetration, not just some random with fangs grabbing someone in an alley

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