Selfish gratification: teaching kids about masturbation is a woke thing

16 May 2019 - 05:56 By jonathan jansen
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Equal Education says classifying basic education as an essential service will prohibit teachers from striking.
Equal Education says classifying basic education as an essential service will prohibit teachers from striking.
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I do think that schoolchildren should learn about life and that includes sex, but to introduce the subject of “touching oneself for pleasure” to children coming out of the foundation phase is pure dumb.

But the new policy has nothing to do with changing schools or improving lives; it is all about appearing modern, or woke, even if you’re not.

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