Christian School Leaders Rightfully Worried about Pornography Masking as Sex Education in Schools, as are We By Mrs Vera West
This is concerning indeed, and many of us may not be aware of what is going down in schools. As noted by Christian school leaders, mandatory consent education lessons are being given which have explicit sexual content, such as sex toys, dirty talk, the sexual arousal from food, hiring sex workers, using sex dolls and group sex. Oh dear, that is shocking and I am embarrassed to type it, let alone being a little girl with ribbons in my hair, confronting all of this. The material comes from consent and sex education providers such as Man Cave, Teach Us Consent and Consent Labs.
How has it come to this? As I see it, for Christians, all the more reason to move to home schooling, to re-arrange life so this can be done. It may mean having a reduced income, but that is a price that must be paid.
“Christian school leaders are concerned about national mandatory consent education lessons offered by providers who promote pornography and explicit sexual material.
Instagram posts from well-known consent educators covering topics such as sex toys, dirty talk, the sexual arousal from food, hiring sex workers, using sex dolls and group sex have been uncovered by a leading Christian schools’ body.
Mark Spencer, director of public policy for Christian Schools Australia, which represents 72,000 students at 180 schools, said such posts revealed an approach that could undermine the teaching at faith-based schools.
The material comes from well-known consent and sex education providers such as Man Cave, Teach Us Consent and Consent Labs.
Mr Spencer said that while there was no place in Christian teaching for coercive or non-consensual sexual activity, schools should “undertake appropriate due diligence on external providers” of consent education.
“As Christian schools we want to ensure that education on sexuality reflects Christian teaching around appropriate sexual activity,” he said.
The Australian Curriculum Version 9.0 includes mandatory consent education and from 2023 schools may begin to offer age-appropriate consent and respectful relationship classes. Children in Foundation will learn about the personal and social skills needed to interact respectfully with others and by year five look at strategies to manage the changes associated with puberty. Older children learn about negotiating consent and strategies for managing their relationships as they change over time.
The move was prompted by a petition from Sydney woman Chanel Contos which led to thousands of students and past students divulging sexual assault and harassment perpetrated by their male peers.
Some states such as Victoria have already made consent and respectful relationships education mandatory.”
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