Why you find it so hard to mind your own goddamn business.
lol if there's no "problem" at schools, then you have nothing to fear of this law then.It is complete bullshit that schools are secretly teaching kids terrible things. If the parents don't know what kids are learning its because they are too lazy to find out. Every parent has the right to see the curriculum. It's a public document, available to everyone at the superintendent of schools office and at the Board of Education office. Every teacher has a curriculum for her grade in her room which may be read by every parent.
The people that approve the curriculum are the locally elected members of the school board. The parents that do most of the bitching about schools are the same people that never vote in local elections.
The accusation that schools are nothing more than institutions for sexual grooming and abuse also falls into the bullshit category and is largely the result of one writer Carol Shakeshaft who currently teaches graduate courses in research design, policy research methods, and gender and race equity, at Virginia Commonwealth University's school of Educational Leadership. She has, since 2002, been writing articles and books about sexual assault and harassment in schools that have been criticized for her misleading statistics, misleading definitions and inadequate research.
No Panic Over School Child Abuse | Wendy McElroy
A report claiming that close to 10 percent of children in public schools--more than 4.5 million--endure sexual abuse or misconduct by school employees has recently touched off a media-fueled panic. However, 'Educator Sexual Misconduct,' by Carol Shakeshaft of Hofstra University, is seriously...www.independent.org
Sexual Abuse by Educators Is Scrutinized
A draft report commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education concludes that far too little is known about the prevalence of sexual misconduct by teachers or other school employees, but estimates that millions of children are being affected by it during their school-age years.www.edweek.org
Charol Shakeshaft - Wikipedia
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The reality is between 2017-18 there were about 15,000 cases of sexual assault in public schools reported
There are about 50,000,000 K-12 students in the US. That means about .03% of school student have been sexually assaulted and most of the assaults have been students assaulting other students.
Sexual Violence in Schools | NEA
A U.S. Department of Education report found that sexual violence was on the rise in schools before the pandemic. As schools reopen, this trend may continue.www.nea.org
The Secret of Sexual Assault in Schools | NEA
Student-on-student sexual assault and harassment happens with alarming frequency in school bathrooms, on school playgrounds, and in the backs of school buses.
Are there problems in schools. Sure, every large institution has problems and should address them and do better. Are our public schools dens of dark sexual improprieties and attacks? They are not. If parents are concerned about what goes on in schools they can vote in school board elections, read the curriculum, volunteer at school, attend PTA , read their chid's textbooks and written work and go to parent teacher meetings.
none at all. What confuses you about it?
I say that about the left all the time. It's my business to cater to your personal sexual identity...or else...but abortion isn't my business? How you teach my kids isn't my business? hmm.
fair enough, and i was referring specifically to the court system. Legislation rarely takes all rights into account, so we need courts to abjudicate these issues when rights and regulations clash.
Well for one, if it's meant to marginalize LGBT students(if those exist) or teachers, it's doing a bad job of it. Not a single student or teacher has been punished for being LGBT because of this law's passing.
well, that depends on the point of view, does it? I'm not asking you to agree with the law, im just asking you not to lie about it. Maybe you don't like the fact that parents are now entitled to any counseling documents at their school(in florida) on demand, for XYZ reasons, and I might even grant you that you could be correct hypothetically, but i would see no reason to involve LGBT people into this anymore than, say, anyone else. To pretend this is some unusual provision meant to harm "lgbt teens" or "lgbt teachers"(if they're doing nothing wrong, idk how it could harm them) is just way disproportionate over what the law actually does. This law is more of a bureaucratic change than a social one.
You know damn well who's calling the LGBTQ+ community groomers, not only that but they're calling anyone who's liberal a groomer now. MTG calls libs pedophiles. If you don't want your party getting labeled, you should be speaking to them.
There have been over 140 bills written against the LGBTQ+ community this year by cons. You mean to tell me cons aren't sending a message? Give me a break. Cons are grabbing a base, and that base doesn't like the LGBTQ+ community. Why on earth do cons need to use this as a calling card? Why use targeting a marginalized group as a calling card if it means nothing? Because over half your base hates the LGBTQ+ community that's why. Cons draw White Nationalist groups, and homophobic church leaders. It "speaks" to your base.
which lgbt people have been punished, exactly? can you name one?
Whatever message is being sent to the "lgbt community", you're reading into it. No one cares who you sleep with, as long as they're adults.
no, you give me a break. You don't have a single individual who was punished because they were gay, and according to you, hundreds of laws have been passed, so where are they? Where are these so-called lgbt victims of these laws?
I don't have time to entertain delusions. If you can't name anyone who's been punished for "being gay", as a result of these specific laws, then you have nothing to say.
What part of CONS ARE TERRORIZING a marginalized group did you not understand? Do you know what that means? Do you not realize this is harmful in and of itself?
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It’s horrifying, watching our country inch toward the “Handmaids’s Tale”.
Yeah, you know when cons slogan is MAGA and the bills they're writing are bordering Draconian, it gives a bit of a timeline to "AGAIN, " doesn't it.
I never said anything about grooming or groomers or LGBT or gays. That's your schtick. I was addressing your statement that parents have a right to know what their kids are being taught implying that something is going on in schools that is wrong and immoral. Parents have always had the right to read, copy and discuss the curriculum with teachers, superintendents and school board members. I listed places you could access the curriculum and I specifically addressed the issue of problems with schools and how parents could address them.
You're assuming, of course, that any of it was read.
Newspapers usually don't give out names of people who have committed suicide, or individuals who have been denied jobs, or renters evicted. Not seeing individuals named doesn't mean that this isn't happening.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
www.childtrends.org
So all you have is speculation is that these laws may be linked to teen suicide, despite the fact that teen suicide has been going up for years now.Newspapers usually don't give out names of people who have committed suicide, or individuals who have been denied jobs, or renters evicted. Not seeing individuals named doesn't mean that this isn't happening.
Here are articles telling how LGBT individuals have been harmed or hurt for their sexual orientation.
Religious Conflict, Sexual Identity, and Suicidal Behaviors among LGBT Young Adults
Mapping Attacks on LGBTQ Rights in U.S. State Legislatures in 2024
In the last few years states have advanced a record number of bills that attack LGBTQ rights, especially transgender youth. The ACLU is tracking these attacks and working with our national network of affiliates to support LGBTQ people everywhere.www.aclu.org
Anti-LGBTQ Policy Proposals Can Harm Youth Mental Health - Child Trends
Discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and/or questioning (LGBTQ)* youth remains a contributing factor to the disproportionately high rates of socio-emotional distress and mental illness among LGBTQ youth, when compared to straight and cisgender youth.
Suicide in Children and Teens
www.aacap.org
If you believe there nothing wrong going on in the schools, what then is your problem with the laws that explicitely make it easier for parents to exercise these rights?
For one, sleeping with someone doesnt make you part of a marginalized group.What part of CONS ARE TERRORIZING a marginalized group did you not understand? Do you know what that means? Do you not realize this is harmful in and of itself?
Some school officials have been accused of warning teachers not to wear rainbow articles of clothing and to remove pictures of their same-sex spouses from their desks.
As Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law — or what critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law — goes into effect Friday, some of the state’s public school districts have begun rolling out new policies to limit LGBTQ issues and identities from being discussed in the classroom.
On Tuesday night, the Leon County School Board unanimously approved its “LGBTQ Inclusive School Guide,” which includes a provision to alert parents if a student who is “open about their gender identity” is in their child’s physical education class or with them on an overnight school trip.
Preventing medical care is harmful. Shaming, and lying about people is harmful. Preventing participation in social and sport events is harmful.
Texas lawmakers this year passed bills banning puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender kids and restricting the college sports teams that trans athletes can join. They also expanded the definition of sexual conduct in a way that could include some drag performances in a bill meant to ban sexually explicit performances in front of kids. But legislation seeking to limit classroom lessons, teacher guidance and school programming about sexual orientation and gender identity missed a key deadline to advance during the final days of the regular session.Texas lawmakers pursued dozens of bills affecting LGBTQ people this year. Here’s what passed and what failed.
The Legislature banned puberty blockers and hormone therapy for trans kids, restricted the college sports teams trans athletes can join and expanded the definition of sexual conduct to include some drag shows. But a “Don’t Say Gay” provision for schools missed key deadlines.
“Texas has become one of the most dangerous and hostile places for transgender youth and transgender people and their families in America,” Andrea Segovia, senior field and policy adviser of the Transgender Education Network of Texas, told reporters in February.
The clash came at a time when 72% of Texans support anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people, according to a 2021 survey from the Public Religion Research Institute.
With all the lawsuits pending, I'm sure I don't have to come on here and tell you which women have been harmed by the abortion bans.
Eight more women are joining a lawsuit against the state of Texas, saying the state's abortion bans put their health or lives at risk while facing pregnancy-related medical emergencies.https://www.npr.org/2023/05/22/1177425651/texas-women-sue-abortion
Stop trying to add any normalcy to your argument. It's not normal to have an anti woke agenda, it's not normal to accept lies as truth and act on those lies. Cons aren't winning elections for a reason. Your party needs to get it's shit together and realize this won't fly for very long. You will have to accept that there are people in this country you don't like, but they have the same rights as you and when you start taking them away, they're going to fight back. This shouldn't be a surprise.
Nobody has been grooming your children except those arrested for actually grooming your children, women are not baby killers because they got an abortion, and black history isn't told to make white kids feel bad. Stop using lies as a basis for passing laws on the marginalized. It's terrorizing them and that IS harmful.
I would have just assumed you would pull up the law on computer and use ctrl-f but, you do you. At least youre trying.
What makes the laws draconian exactly? That parents have a right to their kids counseling records or what....that you cant strip in front of 5 year olds? Or what lol what EXACTLY is draconian?
Thank you…I think? I want to read it thoroughly, not just control-F to see what it actually does.
I have no words. It would take a while of explaining because you seem to have no knowledge of such things. I suggest some research before you spew this shit. Why engage with someone when you have no understanding of what they're talking about?
Parents have always had those rights. These laws weren't made because they didn't. They were made in an excessive attempt to target a marginalized group.