Re: sex scandals. Perhaps teenagers should be taught more biology & psychology, including evolved sexual strategies which involve coercion?
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No; teenagers should be taught about the risks of various sex acts and how to best protect oneself from them.
They should be taught that yes means yes and that no means no.
And that there's no such thing as entitled to sexual access to another's body - be it you to someone else's body or someone else to your body.
Maybe I'm missing the point of this, but it seems like it makes sense. There is an evolutionary advantage to coercive sex strategies. A certain percentage of men (hopefully small) will always turn to rape for sex. It would be useful for women and men to recognize this and know how to protect themselves and others.
The quoted comment is unclear. If they are talking about teenagers being taught about these things, then the part about 'evolved sexual strategies which involve coercion' could be simply teaching them about various ways that people might try to pressure, persuade and/or force them to have sex, so they are somewhat prepared if and when people try to do that to them. That seems entirely sensible to me.
No, teenagers should be taught more about informed consent. It won't keep them totally safe from predators, but it will help them understand the situation, hopefully.
It would be useful for women and men to recognize this and know how to protect themselves and others.
Well, then, I guess everyone should handle potential rapers the way I would: I'm always armed. (If you didn't mean "kill them," what did you mean?)
Confused?
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