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- From: bjacobs@chopin.udel.edu (William J Jacobs)
- Subject: Re: Ann Landers and the 5 sexes
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- References: <1992Dec22.145929.568907@locus.com> <BzoDAy.C92@taligent.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 00:21:26 GMT
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- In article <BzoDAy.C92@taligent.com> cep@taligent.com (Christophe Pettus) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec22.145929.568907@locus.com> dwight@locus.com writes:
- >>Saw this one in Ann Landers yesterday. Some woman wrote in to Ann complaining
- >>about one of her son's teachers. Seems this teacher was teaching the kids that
- >>there are actually 5 sexes in the world: male, female, homosexual, bisexual, and
- >>asexual. (She wanted to know if she should go in and complain to the school. Ann
- >>said she should get with other parents and file a group complaint.)
- >>Don't they require teachers have a basic understanding of biology anymore?
- >
- >It's more likely that the student misunderstood the teacher, and the
- >parent misunderstood the child. The parent might have also just been
- >outraged that the teacher DARED to mention that there were gays in the
- >world; sadly, that strikes me as more likely that a teacher not
- >knowning the difference between "sex" and "sexual orientation."
- >--
- Actually, I heard this in my "Biology of Human Sexuality" class at U of
- Delaware. It seems to be a valid way of looking at the matter. Sort of.
- I'll bring in my textbook next time I check the newsgroups and give some
- details.
-
- Bill Jacobs
- One of the above sexes
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