i am sure section 28 is still there. well if it isnt then my teachers are talking **** i will try and find out about section 28.

Yes, 'fraid so, tis me.

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Less hurtful than saying bisexual are greedy then?

Welcome back! You might see from my location that I've moved and now live worryingly close to you!

Your teachers are talking BS for 2 reasons:

1. S.28 Local Government Act 1988 was nothing to do with sexual education - it was about promoting homosexuality (ie teachers could not do so).

2. It was repealed a couple of years ago, so even if it did apply, it wouldn't, if you see what I mean.

o i just did some research, and it says section 28 doesnt apply to schools. Section 28 is just that local authorities cannot promote homosexuality.... Well isnt the show on sky one called 'Power Lesbians' about convincing women to be lesbians...... At keast thats what it said in the sinopsis in Heat Magazine [sorry if i dont make much sense.... i am only 13 *blushes*]

Well ... riddle me this ... what's "sex"? ... I mean, isn't part of the problem that people tend to equate 'sex' with sexual coitus or, at least, sexual activity resulting in orgasm? ... now, in that case, I'm straight ... the idea of another man being anything to do with my having an orgasm doesn't appeal (other than when they're co-starring in a porn movie I'm enjoying ... you know, I wonder, how do the staunch 100%ers manage those moments? ... place a piece of cardboard over the offending part of the screen ... jiggling it back & forth to the rhythm?) ...

... but if I was to say I'd never experienced ANY degree of sexual frisson/pleasure (jouissance as the trick cyclists would have it) as the consequence of another man, I'd be lying ... I distinctly remember having my hair cut once & finding the barber's attentions mildly but unmistakably erotic ... & there's plenty of occasions when my fellow feeling for male friends has had a warmth & intimacy that might quite easily have its roots in some sort of a sexual dimension ...

... but I wouldn't say I'm bisexual in any meaningful sense of the term ... I'm no more bisexual than any other human being who is capable of feeling empathy for & taking pleasure in the physical & emotional closeness of others ... &, at the best of times, the reassurance that represents ...

... so if what we're really asking is: do you like being brought to climax by men or women or both? ... then we've got ourselves a clear question ... but a rather sterile & reductive one ... provided you're capable of fellow-feeling & building a non-coercive relationship to bring pleasure to yourself & others, why should anyone care with whom? ...

You make perfect sense.

s.28 *did* apply to state run schools, but not privately run ones (so poor people could not learn about Gays but rich people could!!!)

You don't sound like you need a lot of education.

But I'm confused: are schools NOT teaching sex ed????

No wonder teenage pregnancies have risen.

Goodness me.

They can pretend to be lesbians... but if they're not it'll just feel plain weird to them getting really intimate with a girl.

Also may I say it's nice to hear such realistic views about sexuality from someone so young.

Yes. I noticed that.

Schools have do have sex ed. But its not very good. IN one video they show there is a papier mache condom flying around singing 'johnny condom, wear a condom' it goes on for half an hour then he flies. I am being serious it was a weird video.

I think schools are teaching sex ed, but perhaps they are only teaching it from the hetrosexual viewpoint? They are not introducing other sexualities as a normal behaviour perhaps?

Hmmm. Half an hour? Sounds optimistic!!

Also, I would advise against user papier-mache!!

It could fly and everything..... it wore a hat.... and had arms...

Are they advocating the use of hallucogenic drugs at your school too? Or just showing films made by users?

I found section 28! Section 28
(1) A local authority shall not:
(a) intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality
(b) promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) above shall be taken to prohibit the doing of anything for the purpose treating or preventing the spread of disease

That's how it was for me.

"Promote" homosexuality! What a joke!

It beggars belief.

How are people supposed to be able to cope with the grim realities with 'education' like that?

I think the video was really old....

Katrina, have you had the practical lesson yet? The one where you learn to put a condom on a banana? Both my daughters had that and were completely let down when they first encountered "the real thing"!

Bisexuality should be banned.
Lesbianism should be banned.
Gayness should be actively promoted.

End of story, really.

It was a disaster that section- it only got through Parliament becuase the govt agreed to not change the age of sexual consent so the House of Lords didn't block the Bill that contained it.

Thank goodness it's gone - but nothing seems to have changed ???

LOL.

Yes, that would set a girl up for a fall!!!

The practical lesson :O I dont think we get that in my school, my sister never did. My school isnt very good really for Pastoral lessons like in PSE as in every sex ed. or puberty talk we see lots of adverts and stuff. And we get told why 'this' brand is the best. When the brand they said is tested on animals, well its tested on animals for some of their products.