A school board director in Washington is set to host classes on “sexual pleasure” for children as young as 9 at her sex shop.
Jenn Mason, the school board director for the Bellingham School District in Washington State, is also the owner of WinkWink, an all-ages, “identity inclusive sex shop” in the area. Mason recently advertised a number of sessions of a class called “Uncringe Academy,” designed to teach children about sex, with likely age-inappropriate topics discussed.
The classes are divided into two groups, with one class aimed at 9-12 year olds, and another for 13-17 year olds. On the event page for the workshop, a number of topics are set to be talked about in them, including:
- Healthy relationships and relationship models
- The science of puberty
- Consent and communication
- Gender and sexual identities
- Sexual anatomy for pleasure and reproduction
- What IS sex? Kinds of solo and partnered sexual activities
- Safer sex practices for all kinds of sexual activities
- The ethics and realities of sexualized media and pornography
As noted by Jason Rantz of 770 KTTH, while topics are meant to “vary for developmental appropriateness,” there are no specifics on what topics, including those regarding sexual pleasure, or gender identity, would be taught to the younger children, or how they could ever be appropriate to begin with.
In an email to Rantz, Mason tried to defend the inclusion of inappropriate topics by arguing that the were not “generally covered as a main topic” in the course:
“The class for 9 to 12 year olds is an introduction to topics related to relationships, puberty, bodies, and sexuality. We focus on what makes healthy vs. unhealthy friendships and romantic relationships, the science of how puberty works, consent and personal boundaries, defining ‘sex’, and discussing why people may or may not choose to engage in sexual activities. This course includes understanding the basics of sexual anatomy, including the names and function of body parts related to reproduction and pleasure. We also cover the basics of biological sex, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation.”
Mason argued that there was “no such thing as real sex,” and that it can be defined as “any activity that a person does with themselves or others to become aroused,” adding that “it’s okay if your definition of sex is different from someone else’s.”
Valiant News reported last week that the same “definition” of sex was being taught to school children in the UK, with kids being told that sex is simply “anything that makes you horny and aroused.”
Last month, Mason hosted an open mic designed for “queer youth” from the ages of 0-18 at her sex shop, which, like the sexual pleasure classes, she claims is completely and totally unrelated to her school board role.
