Here's an article from a recent issue of the Star that I found interesting. Judith Timson sat in on a mandatory session for first year students staying in residence at Humber College. You can read the article for yourself if you like, but the gist is that a speaker came to discuss drunk sex and the dangers associated with it for both men and women and he wanted to promote the notion of asking for permission in order to have "mutually amazing sober sex".
I think it sounds like the session went well (judging by the students' reaction described in the article), but my one point to nit-pick which the author does not discuss is that by the time first year arrives this message is a bit late. Of course it's good to have a refresher and speak frankly about responsible sex once you move to a new city and begin at a new school as a "real" adult, but this talk would benefit most grade 9 students, or many even younger (although the exact language of the message would need to be modified to be appropriate for kids that young). Timson does mention Rehtaeh Parsons after all, and her tragic story. She was just a high school girl; 17 years old. This specific message in this forum would have been too late for her anyway. Sadly, this is the case for many young women and men.
Does anyone else think sex ed. needs a dose of honesty and reality in this respect, or are teens just going to be naked on the internet regardless?
I think it sounds like the session went well (judging by the students' reaction described in the article), but my one point to nit-pick which the author does not discuss is that by the time first year arrives this message is a bit late. Of course it's good to have a refresher and speak frankly about responsible sex once you move to a new city and begin at a new school as a "real" adult, but this talk would benefit most grade 9 students, or many even younger (although the exact language of the message would need to be modified to be appropriate for kids that young). Timson does mention Rehtaeh Parsons after all, and her tragic story. She was just a high school girl; 17 years old. This specific message in this forum would have been too late for her anyway. Sadly, this is the case for many young women and men.
Does anyone else think sex ed. needs a dose of honesty and reality in this respect, or are teens just going to be naked on the internet regardless?