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If you were to tell children that sexual morals are strictly thought up by humans to be applied or not as they see fit, that is neither sex-positive nor sex-negative; it is, however, unscientific and a violation of the First Amendment if it is taught in the public schools.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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Beyond that, I'd like to suggest a new category: after A comes E, because E (veryone) is affected by our sex-negative culture.
Gareth Higgins: Tyler Clementi's Death: We're All Part of the Problem Gareth Higgins 2010
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Laura (southernxyl): If you were to tell children that sexual morals are strictly thought up by humans to be applied or not as they see fit, that is neither sex-positive nor sex-negative; it is, however, unscientific and a violation of the First Amendment if it is taught in the public schools.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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If you were to tell children that sexual morals are strictly thought up by humans to be applied or not as they see fit, that is neither sex-positive nor sex-negative; it is, however, unscientific and a violation of the First Amendment if it is taught in the public schools.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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If you were to tell children that sexual morals are strictly thought up by humans to be applied or not as they see fit, that is neither sex-positive nor sex-negative; it is, however, unscientific and a violation of the First Amendment if it is taught in the public schools.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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Most of our introduction to sex as children and throughout adulthood is sex-negative.
Vanessa Pinto: To Touch or Not to Touch Vanessa Pinto 2012
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The party would repeal “sex-negative” laws and regulations, allow Criminal Code prohibitions against public nudity to go unenforced, and rename Victoria Day to honour Eros, a Greek fertility god (instead of commemorating a monarch “legendary for her negative attitudes toward female sexuality”).
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Most of our introduction to sex as children and throughout adulthood is sex-negative.
Vanessa Pinto: To Touch or Not to Touch Vanessa Pinto 2012
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Most of our introduction to sex as children and throughout adulthood is sex-negative.
Vanessa Pinto: To Touch or Not to Touch Vanessa Pinto 2012
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What I do believe I can ask for (and received in my youth, to my great benefit) is a sex education that is not overtly or covertly sex-negative in the way that you claim it should be.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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