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How Porn Can Normalize Sexual Objectification

How Porn Can Normalize Sexual Objectification

Apr 26, 2023 | ,

On the surface, these different forms of sexual violence may not appear to be connected to each other. But, in truth, experts are increasingly recognizing that they may all stem from one common source—sexual objectification. Sexual objectification occurs when people perceive others as sex objects, rather than complex human beings deserving of dignity and respect. In fact, in a review of research on sexual violence, two leading experts called sexual objectification the “common thread” that connects different forms of sexual violence.

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Choosing Children—Over More Than Just Guns

Choosing Children—Over More Than Just Guns

Apr 26, 2023 | ,

Today’s mass shooting events are not the fault of the guns. But they are often the fault of young people who are lost, lonely, and adrift, confused in a world that’s turned upside down. And such confusion and loneliness often stem from not having a solid grounding, of not having a stable home or a solid spiritual and academic education that helps children wrestle with life’s great questions of who they are and what their purpose on this earth is.

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ANTI-NATAL ENGINEERING

Apr 26, 2023 | ,

“The regime created a new sexual constitution in which barrenness was praised and large families were shamed and punished. It dishonored the woman interested in motherhood and created a new woman in her place, one more committed to work and consumption and less interested in marriage and motherhood. It championed vasectomies, tube-tying, abortion, and contraception, while singling out the very ­real pains and struggles of parenthood, all with the aim of discouraging reproduction. It remained silent about the joys and fulfillments of family life and the importance of family to a life well lived.” 

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What is Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE)?

What is Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE)?

Apr 26, 2023 | , ,

Comprehensive sexuality education is usually disguised with innocuous sounding names like human rights education, gender equality education, or sexual and reproductive health education or information. CSE is typically taught to children at the youngest of ages, often without the knowledge or consent of their parents… some CSE programs are called “abstinence plus” programs when they have little or no focus on abstinence and largely focus on sexual pleasure. 

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In a World Full of Robots, Humans Wanted

In a World Full of Robots, Humans Wanted

Apr 26, 2023 | ,

We may have left the industrial era long ago, but our culture’s dominant educational model continues to be defined by top-down, teacher-directed, curriculum-driven, coercive schooling. As we now get further into the innovation era, there is a deepening mismatch between how most children learn in school and what they will actually need to know and do to live meaningful, purposeful lives in a rapidly-changing, technology-molded world.

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