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The Cyler Series: What would you do if you woke up one day as a member of the opposite sex? For Jill McTeague, this is no hypothetical question. It’s real life!
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… is filthy! And awesome. There I am with my husband after a long day at the mill. And we’re both too brain tired to do anything but turn on the tube. What do we stumble across? While we in the US are still arguing about abstinence “education” (a contradiction in terms, if you ask me), across the pond, Channel 4 is taking sex ed into their own hands with a blunt, unflinching examination of teen myths and ignorance about sex. Unfortunately, YouTube has turned off the embedding function because of adult content, but here’s a link to a clip from one of the episodes. I confess to being slightly scandalized when I stumbled across this show. It did, after all, feature 5 completely naked men displaying their private parts before a class room full of teenage students. It’s not often you see that on tv (or anywhere for that matter). But it was nothing short of revelatory watching the teenagers go from horror, to giggling, to curiosity, to honest questioning. The show revealed some really dangerous myths they had about sexuality as well as their tendency to seek out answers from porn. Porn is not a great way to learn about sex. But if adults aren’t going to teach it, guess where kids are going to turn? Porn. So hat’s (and pants) off to the United Kingdom for taking the great leap across the chasm of ignorance and giving kids the information they need to make healthy, safe choices about their lives. 4 Responses to “British Television…”Leave a Reply |
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nice! i guess our british cousins can finally say that we are definitely the more prim and stuffy of the two since they have sextv and we have nipplegate.
Too true, egipsey.
I’ve sent this to my friends. It’s a disservice that we don’t have this in our own country. It’s frank and direct. The shows we have talk about safety, etc, but not perceptions. The first episode examines teen perceptions of normal penises and breasts. Definitely something that needs to be addressed in the country – beyond sexual safety, a physical reality to base expectations upon!
You’re absolutely right, Cari. It is a disservice that we don’t educate kids properly about sex. We should get over our collective squeamishness on the subject and just do it.