I asked the boys, about 40 of them, aged from 16-18 if they'd ever watched Media, and they all laughed.
'Shall I take that as a yes?' I asked, and there were further chuckles and nodding heads all round.
You see, as the school nurse, I'd been asked to talk to the senior boys about 'sex and all that sort of stuff.' With such vague guidelines, I chose to talk about an area that has been coming an ever increasing concern.
'Do you like it?' I asked, and no one said outright they liked it.
'Do you think it's healthy or harmful?' They all said it's harmless, because the participants were consenting adults. So I asked them what's their favorite type of Media, and the answers were varied, although hot young blondes, and horny teens topped the list of favorites.
'Was that 'horny teen' legal?' I asked, and the laughter died away. They'd never thought of that before, they'd also never thought of sex-slavery, but now wasn't the right time to talk about that, as I felt they would stop listening if I started lecturing.
Although Ivan, one of the Russian lads raised his hand in protest. 'But sir, I only watch **** Media.' The room erupted, and the merits of **** Media were briefly discussed. I decided to get personal.
I asked them to raise their if they wanted to get married and have kids one day, and they all raised their hands.
'So what age is it okay for your son to watch Media?' They paused, giving it serious thought, before generally deciding that around 14yrs old is good.
'And what age is it okay for your daughter to watch Media?' I was greeted with silence.
No one wanted their daughter to ever watch Media, because deep inside of them, they know Media is not good, and they know it is degrading to women, regardless of consent.
We talked about other things, from relationship to STD's, but only briefly, because there's only so much you can teach them in one-off, one hour session.
But I wasn't there to lecture them, but hopefully to get them to think.
Not to mention she's comparing things people are forced into with no choice & Media (something people are doing willingly). I can't compare apples & oranges.
Some people are incapable of getting past the details and discussing the larger philosophical issue, which is what I spent PAGES on the other thread trying to get to.
My first cell phone senior year (2003) was a Sony Ericsson that had a separate camera you had to plug in to use.
MY senior year phone was the wall phone with rotary dial and looooong cord that I would pull into every room in the house my brother was not.
Or a pay phone. You young'uns may have to Google that! Small box on the street that contained a wall phone. You stepped in, paid a DIME and called your mom to tell her you need a ride. Also where Superman and Underdog changed out of their alter egos into SUPERHEROES!
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Some people are incapable of getting past the details and discussing the larger philosophical issue, which is what I spent PAGES on the other thread trying to get to.
And which I won't repeat here.
Well if you compare apples to apples I could understand. But when you were comparing things people were *forced* to do or into vs. Media (something people do willingly), it makes no sense. Are those things bad? Yes. But is Media on the same level? No way. On top of that Media is a business with rules & regulations. So apples & oranges.
MY senior year phone was the wall phone with rotary dial and looooong cord that I would pull into every room in the house my brother was not.
Or a pay phone. You young'uns may have to Google that! Small box on the street that contained a wall phone. You stepped in, paid a DIME and called your mom to tell her you need a ride. Also where Superman and Underdog changed out of their alter egos into SUPERHEROES!
I know what a payphone is I had to use them too. Only I had to pay with QUARTERS! The travesty of it all.
Why are you, as the school nurse, teaching sex ed? Seems WILDLY out of your scope---at least in the district where my kids are educated...
In California, school nurses have to either have their Nursing Credential or be in the process of getting one. We are on a par with teachers and many school nurses then teach sex ed.
I honestly don't remember my arms being strapped down during my cesarean. I had three lady partsl deliveries before that and ended up with an emergency cesarean . . . . .
Well if you compare apples to apples I could understand. But when you were comparing things people were *forced* to do or into vs. Media (something people do willingly), it makes no sense. Are those things bad? Yes. But is Media on the same level? No way. On top of that Media is a business with rules & regulations. So apples & oranges.
All you're doing in persisting with this is making my point again.
The "strapped down C-Section" comment was about a poster who was NOT from the US who kept insinuating that this practice was going on, while several painters attempted to enlighten this individual, the poster kept stating their distain for our "practices" and positing inaccurate information.
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Some people are incapable of getting past the details and discussing the larger philosophical issue, which is what I spent PAGES on the other thread trying to get to.
And which I won't repeat here.