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“We need students to understand the importance of things like healthy respectful relationships, having the confidence to say ‘No.’ I’ve done a lot of trying to sort out with people that when we say consent, that we’re really explaining that consent has a very explicit meaning, and everything else means ‘No,’ because it’s somehow gotten warped into: ‘They’re teaching everybody to say ‘Yes’ to everything.’ “No, we’re giving people the right to say ‘No,’ starting in grade one when we teach them about their body parts and inappropriate touching. You have the right to say ‘No,’” she told about 160 educators from across Ontario who attended the Friday conference at Toronto’s City Hall. The event was attended by LifeSiteNews.
Gwen Landolt of REAL Women of Canada reacted to Sandals’ comments by saying it is “deeply offensive to parents” that their children will be taught details about sexual abuse.
“It’s intruding onto a child’s innocence,” she told LifeSiteNews. “These children are six years old. Do they need to be exposed to the details of what sexual abuse is? Parents should be outraged at this.” (more...)
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