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Today I have for You a translation of a very short and nice article about
the (feeble and absurd) condition of Polish sex education.
the (feeble and absurd) condition of Polish sex education.
The original PL text can be found here.
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Translation: Krystian Iwaniuk
Original text: Katarzyna Wiśniewska
Sex? Only With Humbleness, Without Pleasure
Condoms cause impotence, while water with vinegar is an effective contraception – that’s what Polish students learn from sex education lessons.
Polish Group of Sex Educators Ponton on the basis of 600 e-mails sent by students from allover the Poland had published a report titled How does sex education in Poland
According to the report, almost 40% of students admits that in their school there is no sex education at all, whilst in schools, where sex education classes are conducted, often lack qualified teachers. Furthermore, such lessons are held by catechists (24% of respondents’ answers), teachers of biology, social studies or even Polish teachers. Frequently, instead of providing students with objective knowledge about sex, they are dishing up their own ‘wisdom.’ For instance, one of the contraceptive methods is… to take a bath in water with vinegar, which “will rinse out and kill the sperm.”
“Information given to teenagers is unreliable and filled with stereotypes. And such crucial issues for young people as prevention of sexual violence or assertiveness are out of the question during such classes,” said on a press conference Aleksandra Józefowska of Ponton.
Let's look at a sample of a secondary school student’s e-mail: “Out of the blue to the class came a lady and started to talk about the calendar method, and that condom isn’t an effective contraceptive because it may constrict the base of penis so hard that it can lead to cutting off blood flow which causes impotence.”
Let's look at a sample of a secondary school student’s e-mail: “Out of the blue to the class came a lady and started to talk about the calendar method, and that condom isn’t an effective contraceptive because it may constrict the base of penis so hard that it can lead to cutting off blood flow which causes impotence.”
In other Polish schools students learnt from a female catechist that “a wife should give herself to a husband with humbleness in silence, and every woman who enjoys sex will burn in Hell.” And another excerpt from a student's e-mail: “Lessons were conducted by a woman in retirement age, who read aloud a catholic newspaper, also she claimed that when someone rapes a girl it is all her fault and she should be excommunicated.”
Next sample: “In my secondary school our biology teacher refers to women genitals as 'porky fat' and to men genitals as 'sausage'. Moreover, she stated that our parents must already have told us everything about sex, so basically there is no need of further explanation. Another teacher claimed that >>we mustn’t use tampons because they cling to vagina<<.”
From Ponton’s report it appears that sex education lessons are being held unsystematically, and it often happens that they are used to serve totally different purpose, e.g. as a manicure course or interior decorating classes.
From Ponton’s report it appears that sex education lessons are being held unsystematically, and it often happens that they are used to serve totally different purpose, e.g. as a manicure course or interior decorating classes.
Members of Ponton distributing leaflets near Warsaw Metro station
The report will be passed to the Ministry of National Education (MEN). Paulina Wawrzyńczyk of Ponton stated that they had pointed out the problems of Polish sex education, such as the lack of appropriate textbooks, to the Ministry before. “There are good text books in Poland, but they can’t get the approval of the Ministry.
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