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BRING SCIENCE TO SEX -ED
We seem to be consistent with science when regulating age-appropriate alcohol
usage and driving licencing — a brain is only fully developed to make prudent
choices at 25 — and yet we seem to be fully naive (or stupid) when it comes to sex -ed
curriculum.
Debra Soh made some very good points (Ontario's Sex -Ed Backlash Isn't About
Children's Safety, July 16). Let's bring more science into the debate.
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7/17/2018 July 17: Universal basic income revival. Plus other letters to the editor - The Globe and Mail
The outcry may not lead the Ford government to reverse its decision but it does tell
young people across the province that there is a huge community of adults who care
about their safety. This, too, is an education young people deserve. This fight is not
really about the curriculum, a document few will actually read. It is a fight to make
schools and classrooms places where young people can come together with teachers
to discuss the issues that really matter to them — not only sexuality, gender, consent,
and online safety, but also relationships, feeling valued and respected, and
discovering who they are and might be.
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While the Ford government may do away with the revised curriculum, my hope is
that these crucial conversations will emerge — as they often do — in other parts of the
formal and informal school day. What the Ford government does not recognize is
that some of the most important lessons about sex education don't happen during
health class.
Jen Gilbert, associate professor, faculty of education, York University, Toronto
Having watched the all -candidates debates during the Progressive Conservative
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