Word: sexualize
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...individual, who requested to remain unidentified to avoid controversey, had been offended by the phrase’s implications of sexual assault or sex without consent, according to RUS President Diane J. Choi ’10. Long promptly apologized on behalf of the ticket for any possible offense, stating that the slogan “wasn’t supposed to sound like it’s about rape...
...included in the apology another group of 500,000 who are referred to as "forgotten Australians" - Australian children who were institutionalized in the 20th century because they were either orphans, children of single mothers, or belonged to abusive parents. Like the migrant children, many were also subjected to physical, sexual and emotional abuse under state care. (See the 25 crimes of the century...
...late October, the regional government of Extremadura in southwestern Spain launched a new sexual-education campaign designed to facilitate the "development of healthy habits, self-esteem and safety." Although the publicly funded campaign includes the publication of pamphlets and an online magazine, the highlight is a series of workshops for 14-to-17-year-olds aimed at educating participants on anatomy, body image, safe-sex practices, gender equality and, in the mildly celebratory words of an early press release (since redacted), "sexual self-exploration and erotic self-knowledge." Or, in other words, masturbation. (See a TIME cover story...
...fact, Spain is among the minority of European Union member states that do not require sexual education in schools. And in comparison to what gets taught in other Western European nations, the material in the Extremadura program hardly seems radical. In the Netherlands, for instance, teachers at public schools lead discussions in which they ask girls ages 12 to 15 what they would do if their boyfriends refused to wear a condom. In Finland, basic sex education begins in kindergarten, and the curriculum for ninth-graders includes lessons on abortion and masturbation. In Germany, where sex education is mandatory, public...
...controversy sparked by the Extremadura program is a vivid reminder of how new all this sexual openness is in Spain. Which may be why, when asked at a news conference on Nov. 12 why sex toys were included in the lesson, Garrido sounded a little shell-shocked as she replied, "I thought we were in the 21st century...