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Waaay better than the porn bans and online age verification schemes, honestly.

I question why this is just for "children who show mysoginistic behavior", though. Sex ed should be universal, and this should be a major part of sex ed.

I assume the fear here is parents complaining about their kids being talked about porn, which may end up being a larger underlying issue than the porn itself. I guess you just have to trust that education professionals handle the opportunity well and this doesn't become a stern talking to for problem kids, which is likely to do as much as stern talking tos have done historically.

Is porn really behind the misogyny? What about the tards in the so-called "manosphere" saying all sorts of crazy and immoral shit? Those have more reach than whatever extremely weird pornography is supposed to be at fault. Is this what not being able to say "this is objectively wrong/right" because of Western moral relativism leads to?

might as well tell them about the pickup artist grifters too, these are probably the primary source of that misogyny, i feel like porn is adjacent to this.

I mean this sounds entirely sensible.

But I do worry what a bureaucratic system is likely to decide a normal relationship looks like won't capture reality either.

This is going to backfire hard. Kids aren't stupid, they know when they're looked down upon. These classes are going to be rejected by the boys who end up taking them, and they'll resent what it stands for.

It reminds me of the US back in the 80s when schools pushed abstinence extremely hard. That didn't stop kids from having sex, and this won't stop misogyny.

The only way schools can contribute meaningfully to ending sexism is by providing a safe environment that requires young boys and girls to actually interact with each other in natural and healthy ways outside of class time.

“Can’t talk now lads, I’m off to porn class!”

I don’t think porn is to blame for that, rather social media but at least there’s learning.

I think the problem is not just porn...... Maybe... Also society, systemically? Maybe also the parents? Television, Internet culture, business culture, religion, oh yeah, also RELIGION.

You know what stops misogyny? Education and real leadership. Not blaming pornography and kids not knowing the difference between ~~music~~ ~~movies~~ ~~videogames~~ porn and reality.

Hate to say it, but this reminds me of that Monty python Meaning of Life sketch about the John Cleese teaching bored kids about sex

I thought they blocked all the kids from watching porn. How are they going to know what they're talking about in these classes?

Sad that it is required and that parents are unwilling to do it

I think it is overall a good thing that the UK is trying to make some progress. It is disappointing that it’s come to teaching 11 year olds about pornography.

As much as porn may be a factor, there’s a lot more beyond that single factor that is involved - reminiscent of video games causing mass shootings.

Parenting and parental examples are a huge component of teaching kids to be responsible adults. When I was a kid, parental controls if they existed were a challenge that I worked on learning to circumvent (and I learned a lot about computers), but today they’re pretty bulletproof. But parents don’t use them at all. There’s not even an attempt made to limit screen time or exposure to pornography.

It’s not just parents of course; tech companies are absolutely responsible as well. It’s a complex issue.

The healthiest thing is a decent sexual education to tackle all the topics rather than only this issue in these cases... but very welcome anyway

No mention of what behavior they are talking about, misogyny is a pretty wide and often vague subject. It's almost like we're not supposed to know the details so we can't decide for ourselves if the behaviors need 'correcting' instead of taking their word at a claim of misogyny alone.

Why doesn't the British government tackle their organizational transphobia problem first?

Oh what about Prince Andrew, how many girls did he do worse too? Maybe arrest him while you're at it.

I guess one good thing will come of this porn panic in England.

Still think there's a lot better things the labour government could be doing with their massive majority.

I doubt that the cause of misogyny in 11 year old boys is porn. I'm happy they're trying something, I just hope it doesn't backfire