Democrat Legislators Want Children Taught Sex, Specifically 'Pleasure-Based Sexual Relations'

When you were in school, did you learn about sexual relations? What of the “pleasure-based” kind?

Democrats in Rhode Island are hoping for such an educational add-on.

Senate Bill 2285 — introduced on April 21st and “scheduled for hearing and/or consideration” Wednesday — laid out new procreative provisions in schooling kids.

Section 16-22-18. Heath and family life courses indeed endorses abstinence:

Every school grades six through twelve teaching courses in family life or sex education within this state shall include, as part of the course instruction, abstinence from sexual activity and refraining from sexual intercourse as the preferred method of pregnancy prevention and the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases.

And just so everyone knows, people shouldn’t be raping:

[C]ourse instruction may incorporate age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate elements of effective and evidence-based programs on the law and meaning of consent. Such age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate elements of effective and evidence-based programs on the prevention of pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and sexual violence shall include instruction that increases student awareness of the fact that consent is required before sexual activity.

Curriculum will address “all genders,” as opposed to “both.” And it’ll fight negative stereotypes:

[C]ourses in family life or sex education shall be appropriate for students of all races, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic and cultural backgrounds… … [C]omprehensive course instruction shall include gender, gender expression, gender identity, and the harm of negative gender stereotypes.

Furthermore, the program will make sure to “affirmatively recognize different sexual orientations.”

Perhaps most notably — going back to abstinence — though youngsters shouldn’t be doing sex, Rhode Island’s legislature wants to make sure they know it does feel good:

[Course instruction] shall affirmatively recognize pleasure-based sexual relations, different sexual orientations and be inclusive of same-sex relationships in discussions and examples.

In February, the House version of the bill was released with near-identical wording.

As for the pleasure principle, Democratic state Rep. Rebecca Kislak — sponsor of that initiative — hailed “information”:

“I would just say the more information we all have about the world we live in, the better decisions we can make. And the better decisions our kids can make.”

How about showing them porn? It’s incredibly informative.

Kimberly Quagan — mother of a 5th grader — told ABC6 the measure wasn’t her pleasure:

“Any child under 18, we should not be talking about sexual pleasure. We shouldn’t be talking about some of these topics they’re looking to roll into sexual education.”

She also insisted any content “should be approved by parents.”

Education is radically transforming. Not long ago, the point of school was to teach children how to count, how to spell, and how to locate America on a map. These days, some in government want teachers helping kids how find spots on bodies — theirs and one others’.

As for the pleasure part of it, it seems to me that what feels tremendous isn’t “information” children need. When they reach the right age, they’ll figure it out on their own. For tens of thousands of years, such things weren’t formally taught. Yet, across tens of thousands of years, people “informed” each other ’til we were born.

For those in Rhode Island, these are the all-Democrat sponsors of the bill:

Senate Bill 2285

Sen. Tiara Mack

Sen. Jeanine Calkin

Sen. Cynthia Mendes

Sen. Bridget Valverde

Sen. V. Susan Sosnowski

Sen. Meghan Kallman

Sen. Sam Bell

House Bill 7166

Rep. Rebecca Kislak

Rep. Susan Donovan,

Rep. Brandon Potter

Rep. Leonela Felix

Rep. Karen Alzate

Rep. June Speakman

Rep. Lauren Carson

Rep. Brianna Henries

Rep. Teresa Tanzi

Rep. Edith Ajello