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Wednesday, July 06, 2022
UK: Sex education is 'driving pupils to identify as trans': Material pushing 'extreme gender ideology' is indoctrinating children
Sex education is fuelling the huge rise in the number of children who think they are transgender, an MP has claimed.
In a Westminster Hall debate yesterday, fears were raised that material pushing 'extreme gender ideology' is indoctrinating children.
MPs heard how some parents said their child showed no sign of questioning their gender until they attended relationships and sex education (RSE) classes or school assemblies about gender identity.
The debate was secured by Miriam Cates, Tory MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge and a former biology teacher.
She claimed the rise in the number of children wanting to transition was a 'social contagion, driven by the internet and reinforced in schools'.
A recent YouGov poll found 79 per cent of secondary school teachers had pupils who were trans or non-binary.
RSE lessons have been compulsory in English secondary schools since 2020. Department for Education guidance states that children should not be taught they are in the wrong body if they do not conform to gender stereotypes. But Mrs Cates said children are being exposed to 'a plethora of deeply inappropriate, wildly inaccurate, sexually explicit and damaging materials in the name of sex education'.
The MP cited materials from the Sex Education Forum that divided children into 'menstruators and non-menstruators' and said this would lead to confusion for a teenage girl whose periods did not start. Mrs Cates also quoted sex education provider Bish, which states that 'many people' are in the middle of the spectrum in terms of their genitals.
RSE is often contracted out to unregulated organisations with their own political agendas, creating a 'Wild West' scenario, she added.
Mrs Cates claimed that in some cases teachers have been treating pupils as the opposite sex without telling parents, who are effectively 'cut out'.
MPs heard one primary school teacher left her job after staff were asked to be 'complicit' in the 'social transitioning' of a seven-year-old boy. The incident followed a visit to the school by Gendered Intelligence, which runs workshops that aim to 'increase understandings of gender diversity'.
Mrs Cates, who sits on the Commons education committee, told the debate gender ideology 'has no basis in science'.
She added: 'And yet it is being pushed on children in some schools under the guise of RSE with what can only be described as a religious fervour.'
In response, schools minister Robin Walker said RSE guidance would be reviewed regularly but schools should be 'trusted' to design their own curriculum on the subject.
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UK: Education bosses call for crackdown on 'Mickey Mouse' university courses by telling students how many graduates get a decent job after qualifying
All adverts for universities should include data on how many graduates get a decent job – to help students spot 'Mickey Mouse' courses, the Department for Education has urged.
It also wants vice chancellors to include the proportion of those finishing courses.
The information should be displayed on course homepages, TV, radio and all social media adverts as well as being conveyed by any paid online 'influencers'.
The guidance is not mandatory, and there are no plans to make it so. However, it is hoped students – who face tuition fees of £9,250 a year – will be able to pinpoint courses with good outcomes.
It is understood the DfE will consider further options if universities are slow to take up the plan, which was first broadly outlined by universities minister Michelle Donelan in February.
The guidance comes in response to concerns that students are being duped into undertaking low-quality courses by flashy marketing materials.
Many promise glamourous or fulfilling careers, but do not provide any data to back this up.
In many cases, the drop-out rate can be high, and employment outcomes are poor.
Universities have been accused of having a vested interest in running these 'Mickey Mouse' courses because they are cheap to lay on and students still pay £9,250 a year in tuition fees.
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School board director Jenn Mason to teach sexual ‘pleasure’ class to 9-year-olds
A Washington state school board director who owns a sex shop is making headlines after announcing she will teach sex education classes for children as young as 9 on topics such as “sexual anatomy for pleasure” and “safer sex practices for all kinds of sexual activities.”
“The class for 9- to 12-year-olds is an introduction to topics related to relationships, puberty, bodies, and sexuality. We focus on what makes healthy vs. unhealthy friendships and romantic relationships, the science of how puberty works, consent and personal boundaries, defining ‘sex’, and discussing why people may or may not choose to engage in sexual activities,” Jenn Mason, owner of sex shop WinkWink in Bellingham and school board director for the Bellingham School District, told KTTH radio host Jason Rantz.
Mason announced there will be four, three-hour sex education classes held at WinkWink next month as part of an event billed the “Uncringe Academy.” The classes, which Mason will teach, are broken down by age, with 9- to 12-year-olds in one class and 13- to 17-year-olds in another class.
Class topics include, “What IS sex? Kinds of solo and partnered sexual activities,” “Sexual anatomy for pleasure and reproduction,” “Gender and sexual identities,” “Safer sex practices for all kinds of sexual activities,” among others. The description of the classes stipulates that the “workshops are divided by age and presentation of topics will vary for developmental appropriateness (sic).”
WinkWink is described as a “woman-owned, identity-inclusive sex shop” that is “sex-positive, body-positive, and gender-affirming.” While the “Uncringe Academy” is advertised as offering “honest, supportive, and inclusive sex education classes to help young people of all genders and sexual identities understand this important part of their life.”
WinkWink did not immediately respond to Fox News Digitals’ request for comment, but Mason defended teaching “safer sex practices” for 9- to 12-year-olds in a comment to Rantz. She said the lesson is one that is “not generally covered as a main topic in this course except as it relates to consent, communication, and safety.”
Mason also described sex as something with no set definition, arguing that one person’s definition of sex can vary from another’s.
“While some people think of sex as only being when a penis goes in a vagina, ‘sex’ can really be any activity that a person does with themselves or others to become aroused,” she said. “There’s no such thing as ‘real’ sex, and it’s OK if your definition of sex is different from someone else’s.”
Mason is a certified sex coach and educator, according to WinkWink’s website, and holds other classes and coaching lessons to help people “work toward your intimacy goals.”
Mason made headlines earlier this year when WinkWink announced a “Queer Youth Open Mic Night” for children ranging from ages 0 to 18 at the sex shop, billing it as one celebrating “youth pride” by holding a space and “stage for young queer voices in our community.”
Mason serves as board director for the Bellingham School District, but the upcoming sex education classes will be held in her personal capacity as a local business owner, not as a school official, Rantz reported. Similarly, the open mic night was not endorsed by the school district.
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