Got my hands on a copy of Dr Melissa Kang & Yumi Stynes' Welcome to Sex from the library and I'm embarrassed at how informative I'm finding it. Many things I had a vague idea about, but nothing so concrete as a drawing on the page (female condoms, anyone?)
Some sections seemed a bit too female-centric for a book aimed at all teens (e.g., on relationships), but I suppose there's only so much a single book can cover!
The furore over the book #WelcomeToSex by Dr Melissa Kang and Yumi Stynes is a microcosm of the hatred of, not only #sexeducation, but #education of any sort by the #religious and their RWNJ pals. #auspol https://blotreport.com/2023/07/24/f/
This was a tricky one. How to get Melissa Kang, Yumi Stynes and Barbie into a story about ALP factional politics. #welcometosex https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8276909/the-factions-of-life-are-hurting-labor/?cs=14258
With the book "Welcome to Sex" being taken off the shelves by #BigW because staff were abused by fundamentalist 'Christians' I ask why didn't Security just take these abusers out. They could also be fined for harassment & banned from entry into ANY shop. Why didn't that happen?
#WelcomeToSex #Censorship #FundamentalChristians
'I make no apologies': Yumi Stynes responds to Welcome to Sex critics
"It's a much better resource than pornography... and a much better resource than the unbridled infiniteness of the internet." #auspol #WelcomeToSex
@thepoliticalcat @KFuentesGeorge
I found a FB page yesterday called Women's Forum Australia and started posting shit in there about wimmin calling out a sex ed book called #WelcomeToSex which the dear old ladies are calling a grooming handbook.
Humorously, it sounds to help parents explain sex to the early highschool kids. I suggested none of them could have read it based on the spelling and grammar displayed in the posts.
Got a little negative feedback, including one of white man calling me a drop kick and a dickhead.
I asked if his wife was still around or if she'd pissed off with the pool boy. Got him angry at least.
