Sexual Health and Education, Tuesday, 1st Period

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In case you were wondering what kind of day it was in class, the big TV in front of the room should clue you in that it's a movie day!

And, in case you were wondering what kind of movie it was, the fact that one of your teachers was standing next to the TV, face buried in her hands, should clue you in, too. No. Not that kind of movie. She'd actually be cringing less if it were just porn. And also, Dante would be here, instead of being conspicuously absent.

"So...apparently, we have to spend a day on abstinence-only education," Kathy said, voice still muffled by her hands. "For...reasons. I don't know. So. We'll be watching a video. We will then be tearing the video apart because it's some absolute bullshit."

One hand pried itself away from her face to flail at the screen. "Get through the next two minutes of nonsense and then we can talk about...whatever it is I'm making you watch, I'm so sorry."

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Like you're watching an abstinence only "educational" video

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Wayne

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Illyana Rasputin

View This Nonsense

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It is short. Literally the only thing it has going for it.

Discussion Topic #1

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"Okay," Kathy said, still actively cringing. "Let's talk about all the different ways this video was inaccurate and insulting."

It's only two and a half minutes long! How can it be so bad in the short amount of time?

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"I...do not understand?" Illyana admitted, tilting her head slightly. "Are shoes a traditional American wedding gift? What do they have to do with sex?"

She'd been six, then raised in a hell plane, a runaway, and finally living with Strange. Illyana had never actually been exposed to the metaphors of abstinence-only education before.

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"Not usually," Kathy explained. "In this...media...the shoes are meant to represent each person's purity. So the groom, who has never had sex before getting married, has a pair of pristine shoes to present to his wife. The bride, who has had sex before marriage, can only offer her spouse ratty, used shoes."

This was somehow still better than the used gum metaphor abstinence-only educators loved to use. Somehow.

Discussion Topic #2

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"Okay, so then let's try to make this even somewhat educational," Kathy said. "How is abstinence-only education lacking in any kind of academic merit? How do you think sex ed should be taught?"

Talk to Your Teacher

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Only one here today. Someone had seen the addendum to the curriculum and bailed entirely.

Someone else was jealous she hadn't thought of that first.

OOC

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This isn't a movie day, it's a discussion!