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- From: rj24@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Robert Johnston)
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- Subject: Re: Sexuality
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.203004.24313@news.columbia.edu>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 20:30:04 GMT
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- In article <1hv2l3INN4m8@hp-col.col.hp.com> smithw@col.hp.com (Walter Smith) writes:
- >rj24@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Robert Johnston) writes:
- >> Walter, you seem to be missing the point. A child's personality and
- >> biases are largely set by about the age of six. starting to teach such
- >> matters in high school will have limited effects at best. If such
- >> matters are to be taught, they must be taught early on in life.
- >
- >So what do we teach? Do we teach that homosexuality is good, or
- >bad? Or instead, why don't we teach that all people should be
- >respected and treated equally, period? Then, as kids confront
- >those who are different from them in the future, they have that
- >base to fall back on?
- >
- >Walter
- >
- Gee, Walter, you seem to have almost gotten the point here. A few comments
-
- 1 Part of teaching children to respect all people is to teach them about
- the diversity of people. They must be taught of the existance of specific
- groups of people that are different from the child. Otherwise, the child
- may assume that the label "people" does not apply to this other group.
-
- 2 Homosexuality, like heterosexuality and bisexuality, is neither
- bad nor good. Would you comment on the 'goodness' of red hair vs. black?
- light skin vs. dark? There is no value judgement to be made here.
-