“It’s against the law for 12 year olds to read Playboy.”
That never stopped ME…
Actually, the crime is in letting a kid read porn, not in the kid’s reading of it. But I don’t even know if “Playboy” counts as porn anymore… If it were a movie, it’d probably only be rated “R”, not “XXX”.
When I was 12, the biology teacher who gave us our Sex Ed unit was a woman in her early 20’s, just out of college. She brought in a selection of mainstream skin mags (mid-70’s-era, including “Playgirl”) as visual aids, partly I’m sure to remove the mystery element, the taboo, from the naked human body. I suspect she didn’t get approval from the Administration to do that (although we had a “progressive” curriculum), and probably there were some parents who were less than thrilled by it, but none of the students complained (at least not that I ever heard).
This same teacher, on the first day of the unit, put out big sheets of butcher paper on the table, each with one of the “official” terms that we’d be discussing (body parts, actions, processes, whatever). We were all invited to write down every (ahem) “unofficial” term for the same thing that we could think of. It was a fun exercise, if perhaps a little too informative; I certainly learned a lot of new vocabulary that day.
My own contribution was the addition of “AC/DC” to the page for “homosexual”. One of the other students objected, in that it more properly meant “bisexual”, but the teacher allowed it, in that it was related and we didn’t have a separate page for that. :-)
Again, the purpose must have been to demystify the subject, to get the giggling and embarrassment that we were naturally prone to out of the way right off the bat. Like I said, we were “progressive”. It was probably successful to that end, in that it was clear that we’d be allowed to ask pretty much any question that crossed our minds…
emmaregina almost 14 years ago
I’m definitely the second one.
fritzoid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
MF 3: “Eh, what’s the big deal? It’s a gimmick, but if the technology exists why not use it?”
umbriaga almost 14 years ago
2 for sure!
imrobert almost 14 years ago
What would a Playgirl centerfold say, I wonder?
Bargrove almost 14 years ago
“Take me, you big hunk” ok?
fritzoid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
“It’s against the law for 12 year olds to read Playboy.”
That never stopped ME…
Actually, the crime is in letting a kid read porn, not in the kid’s reading of it. But I don’t even know if “Playboy” counts as porn anymore… If it were a movie, it’d probably only be rated “R”, not “XXX”.
When I was 12, the biology teacher who gave us our Sex Ed unit was a woman in her early 20’s, just out of college. She brought in a selection of mainstream skin mags (mid-70’s-era, including “Playgirl”) as visual aids, partly I’m sure to remove the mystery element, the taboo, from the naked human body. I suspect she didn’t get approval from the Administration to do that (although we had a “progressive” curriculum), and probably there were some parents who were less than thrilled by it, but none of the students complained (at least not that I ever heard).
Iwa Iniki almost 14 years ago
Who is Hugh Hefner and what is a Playboy?
mrsullenbeauty almost 14 years ago
Fritz, that’s wild. Today she’d be in jail before you could open the cover.
As for the new angle, I dunno; those glasses give me a headache.
fritzoid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
This same teacher, on the first day of the unit, put out big sheets of butcher paper on the table, each with one of the “official” terms that we’d be discussing (body parts, actions, processes, whatever). We were all invited to write down every (ahem) “unofficial” term for the same thing that we could think of. It was a fun exercise, if perhaps a little too informative; I certainly learned a lot of new vocabulary that day.
My own contribution was the addition of “AC/DC” to the page for “homosexual”. One of the other students objected, in that it more properly meant “bisexual”, but the teacher allowed it, in that it was related and we didn’t have a separate page for that. :-)
Again, the purpose must have been to demystify the subject, to get the giggling and embarrassment that we were naturally prone to out of the way right off the bat. Like I said, we were “progressive”. It was probably successful to that end, in that it was clear that we’d be allowed to ask pretty much any question that crossed our minds…
fritzoid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Well, one thing he and I agree on is that most “adult” humor is pretty juvenile. Our difference is that I like it that way. :-)
mivins almost 14 years ago
Syl, I love you.
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Donald Sluter Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Can cats really blow bubbles?