[nabs-l] Sex Education Curriculum

[David Dodge]

Carly,
Thanks for your message. I quite agree that in some or most circumstances
no adaptations would be needed. My point is that from a legal perspective
sex education shouldn't be treated differently than anything else.

David

On Monday, July 16, 2012, Carly Mihalakis <carlymih at comcast.net> wrote:
> Good afternoon, David,
>
> At least in my experience, a course in sex ed did find me via ways in
which sex is supposed to be conveyed, on a purely, physical plane in which
no particular adaptations or modifications were necessary. I mean, how else
do people expect to learn these concepts, honestly? And Those weird,
so-called anatomically correct googoo dolls they gave me in 6th  grade were
corny, beyond belief in fact.  Besides, I know I only fully grasp concepts
after seeing how it applies to my own experience.
> In fact one thing I did learn from seeing the female googoo doll was that
I don't need a fur burger. 'taught me about shaving. the20 AM 7/16/2012,
you wrote:
>>
>> I do not think we can or should treat sex education different from any
>> other type of education. If a person needs adaptations so that they can
>> understand the concepts and any required assesmsnfs then that needs to
take
>> place in an qppeopraite way.
>>
>> David
>>
>> On Monday, July 16, 2012, Wasif, Zunaira <Zunaira.Wasif at dbs.fldoe.org>
>> wrote:
>> > How is sex ed different than math or science or any thing else?  Most
>> > subjects have a visual component.  Does that mean  that we need a
>> > special curriculum for every thing?  You learn about sex in the same
way
>> > you learn about any other social interaction.  Like some other people
on
>> > the list, I don't understand why this can't be discussed openly on the
>> > list.
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> > Behalf Of Desiree Oudinot
>> > Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 11:07 PM
>> > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Sex Education Curriculum
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> > I don't see why this discussion should be banned from the list. This is
>> > just my opinion, and I don't mean to be rude, but it seems to me that
>> > there is a lot of hesitation and outright disgust that's being talked
>> > about here. And, let's be honest, how are we ever going to clear up
>> > people's misconceptions if we don't talk about them?
>> > I think it's probably easier for people to discuss these matters on a
>> > list where they can be anonymous. Given the ages of some of the people
>> > here, I can see why there would be some embarrassment involved if some
>> > of you don't know what certain things are. I think it's probably
>> > beneficial at this point to try and help each other out. It's a little
>> > late for us to have better sex ed, so why not try to stop all this
>> > nervous tittering about terminology? The terms Brandon used weren't
>> > offensive. They were the anatomically correct terms. Plus, while I hink
>> > the examples he uses are slightly exaggerated, that's not to say they
>> > can never happen, and I think if we're going to have a discussion of
>> > this nature, we need to be up front about it. We're all adults here, or
>> > at least the age of consent.
>> > I'm not talking about some of the religious convictions that certain
>> > members have expressed. Those are personal, and if that's how you feel,
>> > there's nothing wrong with that. But please take a step outside those
>> > for a moment and think of how this discussion benefits others who are
>> > reading. I'll bet there are some people who are sitting here reading
>> > this, and have questions and concerns they would like to express, but
>> > feel they can't for whatever reason. I implore you all not to ruin it
>> > for those who really could use this information.
>> >
>> > On 7/12/12, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Hi all,
>> >> Don't take this the wrong way, but if any of you have anatomy
>> >> questions, you can email me offlist at arielle71 at gmail.com Seriously,
>> >> I did learn a lot about this stuff in my biology classes.
>> >> Best,
>> >> Arielle
>> >>
>> >> On 7/12/12, Ignasi Cambra <ignasicambra at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> Ashley,
>> >>> I believe you didn't know about any of these things because you
>> >>> didn't inform yourself, not because you are blind...
>> >>>
>> >>> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>>
>> >>> On Jul 12, 2012, at 4:23 PM, Ashley Bramlett
>> >>> <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Sophie,
>> >>>> I, too, took a sex ed class and it was useful. But, we still lack
>> >>>> knowledge usually. I don't think this replaces school education, it
>> >>>> supplements it.
>> >>>> Having nonvisual access such as a description, diagrams, or model
>> >>>> would further aide in  our understanding of such a matter.
>> >>>> Guys you may want to skip the next parag

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University at Buffalo
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