"Florida Bill Would Ban Menstrual Education for Young Girls". The entire country should be outrag

[riversedge]

I get so angry and can't do anything about it. It just gets worse and worse as the days pass.



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Totally normal🙄stuff happening about as regularly as a girl’s period, here in Florida.

“Florida Bill Would Ban Menstrual Education for Young Girls”.

The entire country should be outraged about these laws DeShitStain is passing!!!

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Florida Bill Would Ban Menstrual Education for Young Girls
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Florida Legislature Debates Bill to Ban Educators From Sharing Information About Menstruation to Female Students




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Tallahassee, FL - A proposed bill in Florida would prohibit young girls from learning about their menstrual cycles before experiencing them. The bill aims to ban children below the sixth grade from learning about human sexuality, reproduction, and sexually transmitted diseases. The controversial bill, HB1609, proposed by Florida Representative Stan McClain, raises concerns as most developing girls experience their menstrual cycles as early as nine years old, typically in fourth or fifth grade. When questioned by Representative Ashley Gantt about whether the bill would prevent conversations about menstruation, McClain confirmed that it would.

However, it is crucial to teach young girls about their menstrual cycles for several reasons. Firstly, understanding their bodies and the natural and normal process of menstruation is essential for overall health and well-being. Secondly, teaching girls about their menstrual cycles can prepare them for their first period and equip them with the knowledge to manage it better. Thirdly, education about menstruation can help reduce the stigma and shame surrounding the topic, empowering girls to feel more confident about their bodies. Fourthly, menstrual cycles can indicate underlying health problems, and education can help girls recognize potential health issues and seek medical help if necessary. Lastly, understanding menstrual cycles can help girls manage their daily routines, including sleep, diet, and exercise according to kidshealth.org.

The bill also includes how instructors can define sex and reproduction to their students, stipulating that reproductive roles are "unchangeable." The proposed sex education would teach that sex is determined by biology and reproductive function at birth and that these roles are binary, stable, and unchangeable. However, it is crucial to teach kids the difference between gender and gender expression to promote inclusivity, support self-expression, reduce bullying and discrimination, foster understanding and acceptance, and help kids understand themselves better said by Healthy kids.org.

Florida schools have faced controversy before regarding the topic of menstruation AP News reported. WUSF News covered how In the past, the state received heavy criticism for requiring female athletes to disclose their menstrual history on medical forms in order to participate in school sports. Asking female athletes to include their menstrual history on medical forms is not only invasive but also highlights a lack of understanding and consideration for female athletes' privacy and comfort. It is also inappropriate to ask young girls about the exact timing of their menstrual cycle and how it may affect their performance in sports, as it can make them feel uncomfortable and violated.

Menstruation is a natural process that should not be a barrier for female athletes to participate in sports, and it is important for schools and sports organizations to create a safe and supportive environment for all athletes regardless of their gender or menstrual status. Although Florida removed this requirement in February, it highlights the lack of understanding and empathy that this and other bills demonstrate. Bills like HB 1069 that aim to restrict education on essential health topics can be detrimental to young students' well-being and can contribute to the perpetuation of harmful stigmas and misinformation. ................................................

[Walleye]

1. Oh is Governor Dork gonna teach his daughters about menstruation?

I’d like to see that

[riversedge]

4. The theme is that these topics should be taught at home-many Repug states are going

this way of thinking--and passing laws to this effect. While some parents are able -capable of teaching all things sex related--many are not. We are going backwards as a country -as many of us know. Dangerous way to go. But here we are!!

[Walleye]

6. I think the boys should have to have a little rudimentary knowledge of menstruation as well

Like, for example, what time of the month they should not indulge in sex without a condom or else the girl gets pregnant, somebody should teach that. So many boys don’t seem to understand. Like Lauren Boebert’s little boy for example. Somebody should’ve told him a little bit about menstruation

[edisdead]

24. So the rhythm method?

We were taught about it. We were taught to NEVER rely on that. Oh and to use a damned condom. Every Time, until you are ready to raise a child.

[Walleye]

29. Of course, but I don't think they even know what can happen and when

[edisdead]

31. Well I don't know what the curriculum is today

But in 87-93 here in MN we were taught all about the menstrual cycle and what happens day to day in the 28 day cycle. Of course MN is a blue state and not sure what happens in other locales.

[Walleye]

33. Yes everybody used to be taught that but this is a different time and place unfortunately

We are back to girls being punished just because they’re girls

[edisdead]

38. Sure, but what places are we talking about.

Not that is ok but I hear things like “this isn't being taught”. Is that true? I don’t know. We know FL is fucked up, and some other backwards assed red areas as well. If the case is that this is being pushed in distinct areas I’d rather we talk about that so it can be focused on. Otherwise it is pretty disheartening to hear the entire country is going down the shitter. Know what I mean?

[Walleye]

42. It's scary. Some people are listening to the liked of MTG saying Democrats are sexualizing children

[radical noodle]

27. They should never have sex without a condom

no matter what time of the month it is.

[Walleye]

28. Oh I agree with that, but they should know there are certain times they can get in real trouble

[ShazzieB]

36. ?

what time the month they should not indulge in sex without a condom or else the girl gets pregnant,

Err, I believe that would be every second of every minute of the month!

Of course a woman isn't fertile 365 days a year, but figuring out when she is and when she isn't is pretty darned tricky, even for adult women with extremely regular cycles. There are also these nasty little things called sti's. Kids should not be taught that it's ever safe to have unprotected sex.

Of course, DeSatan and his ilk think that kids will never even want to have sex if they're not told it exists, so there's no reason to bring it up at all.

[Walleye]

37. Adolescents won't do what that are told unless they know there are solid con

Consequences

[JanLip]

41. Agree

No period is the same for each girl. Best to use protection every time. Wonder if DeSatan has a period or uterus. He likes white boots.

[jmowreader]

44. That's an easy class

“You should not indulge in sex without a condom from the 1st to the 31st. If you do, your dick will rot off. If you don’t want your dick to rot off, always use a condom.’

Normally it DOESN’T rot off but they don’t have to know that.

[Walleye]

45. I like that, that might even work. At least tell them it will shrink

[mrsadm]

14. Yeah, and parents should teach math and English at home too

So no need for schools at all? All parents, with no teaching education themselves, can be teachers, right? Are we going to have home schooling for everyone? Life as it was in 1850?

[murielm99]

20. There are girls who do not have mothers to help them.

First, they cannot go to the library to get books about menstruation, because those have been banned. Or, they have been placed behind the counter and the girls are too self-conscious to ask the librarian for them.

Next, the girls will not be able to learn any of this in school.

When are we going to get rid of these fools?

[Walleye]

30. Exactly, the rightwing have in their mind a family like Donna Reed or Leave it to Beaver

[bdamomma]

49. Watch the rates

of STD's go up, if they are not going to inform girls of their bodily functions???

Women haters that they are, if girls/women did not have a menstrual period those MAGATS wouldn't be here.

Like grow the eff up.

They want us divided so they can steal.

[haele]

54. In my Grandmothers estate, I found some jr, High School and High School things

Including a guide to women's hygiene and menstruation published in 1917. That would have been when she was around 9 or so. But I suppose the girls may have given it when they were 11. It also stressed not letting boys or men touch certain parts of your body now that you were becoming a woman unless he was your doctor or you were getting married. She went to public schools in Liberty, MO.
So, GOP jerks are even more weird about female purity than the average American of the early 1900's.

Haele

[no_hypocrisy]

2. I notice some girls with developing breasts in fourth grade b/c of

premature puberty. Menstruation can't be far behind.

You can't rely on mothers or parents to educate their daughters no matter what age.

Imagine being 11 and getting your first period and not knowing what it is. Think of the locker room scene in Carrie.

Educating girls about menstruation and puberty doesn't push them into sexual activity.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

46. Grew up in California...Had the talk and movie too.

I was 11 and in 5th grade when mine came and at least I was prepared. It was then my sex education began when girls asked WHY is it them who bleed every month. More questions followed.

[riversedge]

3. I believe young school age boys should also learn about both girls and boys

developing bodies. I can't believe this is happening in 2023.

[edisdead]

25. We did. In 7th geade

In 5th grade we had sex specific education (a one day class) then in 7th grade we had a whole week or two on it. Then in 9th grade we had a long program in health class about it.

[pwb]

5. Young girls should rebel. Bleed in public

right on their clothes with a paint. DeSatan in trumps Christ crucified pose is sick. Look how little he is.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. So they've banned books, drag shows, gender treatments, abortions, now menstruation itself?

Are they trying to make these kids to grow up neutered, like them?

[Lovie777]

8. GQPs truly believe that women's bodies are horrible.................

and women's only purpose is to have babies and succumb to men's will.

Fuck them.

[Walleye]

34. That's it in a nutshell

[ProudMNDemocrat]

47. Right on!!!

What is DeSatan going to do next? BAN all Targets, Walmarts, grocery stores, and Pharmacies from selling Feminine Hygiene products?

[bdamomma]

50. You wonder

what kind of relationships they had with their mother's, probably hated them, now they are lashing out.

[bdamomma]

9. DeSantis

is pushing to see how much he can get away with, Floridians must unite to stop him. This is fascism.

[Walleye]

32. That is correct

[brer cat]

10. This is outrageous. I just don't have any other words.

[dalton99a]

11. NEXT: Florida enacts "Don't say vagina" law

[mrsadm]

12. WHY????? What reason? What problem are they trying to solve?

I do NOT understand why this is so terrible to talk about in schools! Is it because menstruation implies girls are ready for sex?
I just don't get it.

[appmanga]

16. Things coming out of girls woo woos...

...is scary. Telling them about it is even scarier. It's better if they get the information somewhere else after they've been scared witless that they might be dying. Being scared is what Republicans are all about.

[Lonestarblue]

19. Republicans don't solve problems. They create them.

Republicans treat much of the female body as just a sexual repository for their use, thus any discussion of menstruation or periods is a discussion of sex. They have minds perverted by too much religion and too little intelligence.

[crickets]

48. This is not about protecting children.

It's about controlling women and women's bodies. Start the indoctrination of ignorance and helplessness early!

[Freethinker65]

13. Obviously the solution is just not to educate females in Florida.

The Bible contains passages declaring menstruating females to be unclean and to be avoided for seven days. Missing approximately one week of school per month, should therefore be mandated.to protected male students from coming into contact with the unclean.

[appmanga]

15. This is why...

...we call the Florida Fuhrer "Tampon Ron".

[CANADIANBEAVER69]

17. The movie Carrie comes to mind...

There are scenes in the film which reminds me of what could happen because of these types of laws.

[Traildogbob]

18. Wow! 30 years teaching this

Mensuration Definition & Meaning
the branch of geometry that deals with the measurement of length, area, or volume. the act or process of measuring.
“Forest Mensuration” at College.
This was the name of the class, 10 hour lecture and lab 5 days a week for 5 sections of students.
Would this be stricken from my Forest graduates transcripts under Florida law?😵‍💫😵‍💫
Good thing I am retired, his goons would have arrested me. Ya know trump level dictators can not spell, so they would ended me and my teaching. Mensuration….10 hours a day every day? And what the hell were we doing 10 hours in the Forests with coed students?
Saran I tell you. I was a satanic pedi, brainwashing children?? (well…my students ranged from 19 up to 40+ in a few cases)

[radical noodle]

35. I think the ban currently applies

to discussions from Kindergarten through 5th grade. It's insane as it is, but so far they aren't reaching into older kids and adults.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

21. Florida is shaped like a_______________.

Fill in the blank.

[musclecar6]

22. How crazy

Is all the stuff promulgated by that runaway governor from Florida, ably assisted by the voters and Republican State legislators there ? Just another crazy fuck trying to ride on trump’s coattails until trump gets kicked out of this race and this jerk off can ride to the rescue for all the idiots in that Republican party of which there are way too many.

Maybe eventually the center right and center left in this country, which is the majority, will wake up and start voting these no good fucks out of office and get our country back to a nice stable democracy instead of catering to these would be totalitarian nut cases that want to take us straight to authoritarianism.

[twodogsbarking]

23. As natural as breathing or a pulse. WTF.

Provide education and feminine products for those not able to pay.
Condoms too.

[bronxiteforever]

26. No State hates knowledge & education more

than Florida. It is an abscess of ignorance leaking into the Republic’s blood stream.
The dumbing down of the US will lead to the death of the US.

[lindysalsagal]

39. "Christian Nationalism." "White Christian Nationalism" repeat

This is a deliberate, systematic campaign to undermind our constitutional rights. They want a generation growing up thinking authoritarian own them. Do not kid yourself. Fascism swinging a Bible, wrapped in a flag. This is only the start.

[ck4829]

40. Can't do anything about it? Actions that involve doing nothing...

https://democraticunderground.com/100216759661

[DFW]

43. I heard that DeathSentence wants to ban hormones for all Floridians under 18.

Mandatory 2 years and a $5000 fine for all violators not currently having sexual relations with a sitting Republican member of the Florida State Legislature, or of the Executive Branch.

A cinch to pass the Florida legislature, too. Done deal. Justified by a passage in the Bible: "thy issue shall not aqcuire homones before legally able to vote." Fuckallofus 23:14

[Ilsa]

51. I wish the American Academy of Pediatrics would create

a video page on their website just for sex ed. It would have sections about just the puberty-related issues, menstruation, etc. The parents could decide when their daughters were ready to study issues they will likely be faced with. It's truly a shame that schools can't even mention these things when little girls are getting pregnant at age 10 or even younger.

[kskiska]

52. I grew up in Connecticut

where birth control was illegal in the 50s. Of course it could be obtained over the counter.

[Tickle]

53. Did the book get banned?

You know, the book we had back in the 60s? The one left on the coffee table to read, or was it just me?

Did anyone else get the book? I thought we had moved beyond that, but this could be part of making America great again.



The book part is real

[sakabatou]

55. Who needs to be informed when ignorance is bliss!

Dear god, he gets worse and worse.