Banned From Prison...
But acceptable for your 10 year old
Bizarre as it seems, this is true. Here's just a bit of the article from The Catholic News Agency;
Washington DC, Nov 28, 2007 / 12:04 pm (CNA).- A self-described sexual health children's book is so graphic in its contents that material from it has been banned from a state prison and several web sites.
The book, titled It's Perfectly Normal, has been targeted by the American Life League (ALL) as completely inappropriate, especially since its instruction is aimed at children ages ten and up.
Endorsed by Planned Parenthood, it contains written descriptions and cartoon depictions of sex acts, including two pictures of teenagers engaged in masturbation. The text is dismissive of religious disapproval of masturbation and also discusses deviant sex acts. Free copies of the book are distributed to children at an annual party sponsored by Planned Parenthood.
A few months ago a Washington State prison rejected a fund-raising letter that included censored images from the book for being "sexually explicit" and "obscene." So I dug a little deeper into this story, and found the following (glowing) review from some "mental health expert" idiot in Arkansas.
The book is non-judgmental and accepting about homosexuality and bisexuality, and represents gay and lesbian sexuality as simply another way of being.
...it does say that sex includes activities apart from vaginal intercourse, such as oral sex and anal sex. Strangely, the book says very little about virginity, and the word does not appear in the index.
So It's Perfectly Normal does a great job in explaining sexuality to young people. It would be appropriate for children of any age so long as parents felt comfortable explaining it, but it is probably best for children aged between 8 and 13. 8 year olds, 'eh? What a yutz. I've said it before, and I'll say it again; anyone who states that some guy sloshing his penis around in some other dude's feces filled colon is "normal", obviously doesn't understand what normal means.
But acceptable for your 10 year old
Bizarre as it seems, this is true. Here's just a bit of the article from The Catholic News Agency;
The book, titled It's Perfectly Normal, has been targeted by the American Life League (ALL) as completely inappropriate, especially since its instruction is aimed at children ages ten and up.
Endorsed by Planned Parenthood, it contains written descriptions and cartoon depictions of sex acts, including two pictures of teenagers engaged in masturbation. The text is dismissive of religious disapproval of masturbation and also discusses deviant sex acts. Free copies of the book are distributed to children at an annual party sponsored by Planned Parenthood.
A few months ago a Washington State prison rejected a fund-raising letter that included censored images from the book for being "sexually explicit" and "obscene."
...it does say that sex includes activities apart from vaginal intercourse, such as oral sex and anal sex. Strangely, the book says very little about virginity, and the word does not appear in the index.
So It's Perfectly Normal does a great job in explaining sexuality to young people. It would be appropriate for children of any age so long as parents felt comfortable explaining it, but it is probably best for children aged between 8 and 13.
posted by Kevin Whiteman at
5:27 AM
3 Comments:
"anyone who states that sloshing his penis around some other dude's feces filled colon is "normal", obviously doesn't understand what normal means."
I gotta steal that one for my own use. Short, to the point and no gray areas.
The rest of the post was also right on the money.
This emphasizes the need for parental involvement in EVERY facet of our children's lives. Nothing can be taken for granted.
This is just sad. Do I really have to guard kids against these perverts 24/7?
Vir,
You obviously ain't seen the bumber sticker that was popular around IU bloomington a while back:
"Normal People Scare Me"
there is an investment in "deconstructing" normal, because the perverse and abnormal out there don't like the fact that they know they're perverse and abnormal.
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