Just wrote a letter to a student who didn't understand why a man who roofied a woman deserved to get the shit beaten out of him. Because, "she never actually said no."
Ohhhh god. Parenting other people's kids is hard.
@bird how old is this student? I was under the impression that you taught elementary or middle schoolers >.>
@KoBunny
Yup! He's 11.
@KoBunny
The modern (UGH, not the right word but you know - the actual) concept of consent being taught in schools is relatively new. Sex safety is seen as more important than teaching fully informed and enthusiastic consent - or it doesn't exist in the curriculum, or the teacher themselves has no idea what it is.
It's. Kinda scary. Because then kids pick it up from their parents or from the media, neither of which are consistently reliable sources.