Excellent points. Parents do not want to talk to their kids about sexuality. There’s a wonderful scene in one of Michael Moore’s documentaries showing a sex education class in France. The teacher is leading a frank discussion on intimacy. As I watched it, I realized that the discussion could not take place in a North American classroom. And very few parents here would be able to engage in the same way, I think. The problem seems to be with our culture. Sexism and abuse thrive in a culture of shame.
Which doc is that? I missed it! You're right about sexism, abuse and the culture of shame. Something to think about in cultures where sexual abuse and misogyny thrive - I'm thinking particularly of religious cultures like Catholicism, fundamentalist Protentatism, and Islam. People don't tell when there's shame, and that serves the abusers quite nicely, thankyouverymuch. It blows my mind that we can have all kinds of wild crazy sex in our society but we still don't want to talk to kids about it. This is especially critical, as I'm coming to realize, with the rise of violent porn and how it's informing both young boys and girls as to what sex is 'supposed' to be like. Allegedly, only something like 40% of Millennial women have orgasms during sex whereas it's about 85% for males. So oh yay, now we're letting PORN educate our kids because it's too 'embarrassing' to talk about....you know...<blushblushblush>
Excellent points. Parents do not want to talk to their kids about sexuality. There’s a wonderful scene in one of Michael Moore’s documentaries showing a sex education class in France. The teacher is leading a frank discussion on intimacy. As I watched it, I realized that the discussion could not take place in a North American classroom. And very few parents here would be able to engage in the same way, I think. The problem seems to be with our culture. Sexism and abuse thrive in a culture of shame.
Which doc is that? I missed it! You're right about sexism, abuse and the culture of shame. Something to think about in cultures where sexual abuse and misogyny thrive - I'm thinking particularly of religious cultures like Catholicism, fundamentalist Protentatism, and Islam. People don't tell when there's shame, and that serves the abusers quite nicely, thankyouverymuch. It blows my mind that we can have all kinds of wild crazy sex in our society but we still don't want to talk to kids about it. This is especially critical, as I'm coming to realize, with the rise of violent porn and how it's informing both young boys and girls as to what sex is 'supposed' to be like. Allegedly, only something like 40% of Millennial women have orgasms during sex whereas it's about 85% for males. So oh yay, now we're letting PORN educate our kids because it's too 'embarrassing' to talk about....you know...<blushblushblush>
The documentary was “Where to Invade Next.” Yes porn is a huge part of the problem.
Thanks, I'll check it out.