And I don't really expect sex ed to talk about pleasure - I mean, it would be great if it did, but we're not quite there yet, y'know?
Sex ed is totally one of the most obviously heterosexist instances at school, because it's obsessed with reproduction (and again, one of the reasons is well, because we don't really want to think of sex as pleasure - and what else do gay people have sex for?!). Which I guess is why the clitoris is left aside but like you said, the consequences of that go wayyy beyond reproduction and into 'who do we prioritize in the act of sex'. Argharghargh. Still, WAY better than insisting that kids won't have sex before marriage, the little angels. -_-
...before you get silly? Talking clitorises anyone? :p
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Date: 2008-05-02 05:37 pm (UTC)And I don't really expect sex ed to talk about pleasure - I mean, it would be great if it did, but we're not quite there yet, y'know?
Sex ed is totally one of the most obviously heterosexist instances at school, because it's obsessed with reproduction (and again, one of the reasons is well, because we don't really want to think of sex as pleasure - and what else do gay people have sex for?!). Which I guess is why the clitoris is left aside but like you said, the consequences of that go wayyy beyond reproduction and into 'who do we prioritize in the act of sex'. Argharghargh. Still, WAY better than insisting that kids won't have sex before marriage, the little angels. -_-
...before you get silly? Talking clitorises anyone? :p