genuinely so fucking tired of people leveraging the “groomer” argument against people who support sex ed because scientific literature over decades shows that comprehensive sex education starting around kindergarten actually prevents children from being sexually abused and groomed because it teaches children the correct words for their body parts and also teaches them concepts of privacy, personal space, bodily autonomy, the difference between appropriate and inappropriate touching, and the fact that sex is something that only adults do. children with this knowledge are not only better equipped to identify abuse and predatory behavior and communicate that its happening to a trusted adult, but also prevent it from happening in the first place by recognizing when something is happening that shouldn’t.
sex education does not sexualize children, it prevents children from being sexualized. anyone who is against early foundational sex education and claims they are doing it to protect children is a fucking liar.
This This This This This This This This one hundred times THIS. This needs to be said over and over and over again. I believe in Jesus. I love God. AND I LOVE KIDS. And I would literally fucking die before allowing my precious children to go out into the hell on earth we live in now and face predators without every single weapon in my arsenal. Specifically:
Knowing about their bodies EMPOWERS children.
Knowing about consent EMPOWERS children.
Knowing what’s typical and what’s special when it comes to their development is EMPOWERING and equips children to become teens and adults who SUPPORT their peers who aren’t straight and cis.
Knowing exactly what is appropriate and what is not between an adult and child EMPOWERS children.
Knowing that they are not bad because something inappropriate felt good EMPOWERS children and SAVES THEM from trying to weather continued abuse because they are afraid or ashamed about their confusion.
Knowing that no matter what, consent is theirs and theirs alone to give or withdraw and that they have a safe adult to talk to EMPOWERS children to sound the alarm before abuse progresses.
Knowledge is power. Information is power. Without it, children are literally powerless.
And I don’t see these people volunteering to accompany their children everywhere they go to personally protect them.
Anyone who would withhold lifesaving and empowering information from innocent children … who would take their power and words and force them to go defenceless into the world literally would prefer children be abused. They are literally saying children deserve to be made victims.
If you care about our gay male community please read.
You probably have seen this flag around if you’re active in online queer spaces.
I’ve seen many people, especially gen z on Tik Tok/Instagram call it a “furry pride flag” or even worse, a “beastiality/zoophilia flag”
Please, STOP.
This is the BEAR BROTHERHOOD FLAG.
This flag was created in 1992. It’s older than me, and older than most of you on this app. It represents bears, an identity that belongs to gay men and their community, just like butchandfemmebelong to lesbians. However gay men identifiers usually describe a body type more than a way of presenting.
Bear describes a gay male who is usually chubby with a strong build and very hairy.
It has nothing to do with being attracted to animals.
Those are the two otter flags.
Otter is also a gay male term that describes a body type.
It has also nothing to do with being attracted to animals.
Please learn your history.
This post is important, but if I may add onto the learn your history part, butch and femme aren’t exclusively lesbian terms. They are most often used by lesbians, yes, and bi women, but if you ask some older gay men about their identity they might bring up being butch or femme, and that’s literally okay!
So like, I guess, don’t go after old gay guys who only date “femmes” or dress “butch”.
This goes for bear and otter and twink too! While these terms are associated with people who want/prefer a same gender relationship, they were always inclusive of bi+ people.
don’t go after younger mlm that use butch/femme either. they aren’t words that need to be gatekept and historically they weren’t.
Plain text: If you care about our gay male community please read.
[image description: a seven stripe pride flag. It has a brown stripe, and orange stripe, a yellow stripe, a peach stripe, a white stripe, a gray stripe, and a black stripe. In the upper left corner is a bear paw print. End description]
You probably have seen this flag around if you’re active in online queer spaces.
I’ve seen many people, especially gen z on Tik Tok/Instagram call it a “furry pride flag” or even worse, a “beastiality/zoophilia flag”
Please, stop.
This is the bear brotherhood flag.
This flag was created in 1992. It’s older than me, and older than most of you on this app. It represents bears, an identity that belongs to gay men and their community, just like butch and femme belong to lesbians. However gay men identifiers usually describe a body type more than a way of presenting.
Bear describes a gay male who is usually chubby with a strong build and very hairy.
It has nothing to do with being attracted to animals.
[image description: two more pride flags, each one is various shades of blue, gray, and white. The first one has an otter footprint in the upper left, and the second one has a bear footprint in the upper left. End description]
Plain text: Those are the two otter flags.
Otter is also a gay male term that describes a body type.
It has also nothing to do with being attracted to animals.
Please learn your history. End plain text
Sources (warning: no links are sexually explicit, but most are NSFW):
