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And that's your prerogative to actually parent your children and keep an eye on what they check out and what they're doing online. However, pushing your values
by cguess 4y ago
And that's your prerogative to actually parent your children and keep an eye on what they check out and what they're doing online. However, pushing your values onto the community at large because you're worried about your middle school child knowing what sex is.
The books these conservatives want to ban aren't porn, they're complex stories about complex topics that your kids may have to deal with themselves. If you don't want them reading that stuff do your job as a parent.
- ensignavenger 4y agoThis law in question (in MO) is very explicitly about porn. It does not apply to the text, but to images, and specifically exempts scientific and sex education material.
- cguess 4y agoFrom the article: "The law, which was approved last year as part of a larger package addressing sexual assault survivors’ rights, prohibits images in school materials that could be considered sexually explicit, such as depictions of genitals or sex acts." They're not talking about porn, they're talking about any coming of age story that deals with sex at all.
- ensignavenger 4y agoYou can read the actual law. Your description is incorrect.
- rhcom2 4y agoYou think school libraries are currently stocking actual porn and this law was needed to prevent that?
- ensignavenger 4y agoI have no evidence that school libraries were stocking porn or that this law was necessary. However, this law applies to more than just libraries. I know of at least one case when I was in High School where a teacher was accused of giving a student a Play Boy magazine and I believe this case played a part in that teachers dismissal. I never said that I felt the law was necessary, only that I read it and that it is not what is being portrayed here.