Last Updated on September 14, 2022
The Idaho state government is encouraging K-12 minors to consume pornography without any shame.
Even though it is illegal for adults to show children under the age of 18 pornographic material, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (IDHW) is reportedly purchasing so-called “porn literacy” materials from ‘Education, Training and Research’ (ETR) a nonprofit progressive organization.
The Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF) first exposed the IDHW for its radical agenda. By purchasing materials from ETR, Idaho students will be subject to a curriculum that pushes instruction of “kink and power, pleasure, sexual identity, sexual acts, and sexual exploration in relation to pornography.”
The IWW said ETR is an “interest group that promotes queering education and normalizing the consumption of pornography.”
In ETR materials, pornography is a “required topic” that must be talked about. One ETR-recommended training video shows animated cartoon characters professing sexual innuendos.
One cartoon character is pictured watching what is presumed to be pornographic material on a tablet before exclaiming, “Wow! That’s so big. I never knew it could be so huge!”
“Being curious about sex or looking at pictures or films of naked bodies or people engaging in sexual behaviors is perfectly normal,” the ETR-sponsored video adds.
WATCH ETR officials talk about the importance of porn literacy for schoolchildren:
The @IDHW has reportedly been purchasing “porn literacy” materials from @ETRorg – a nonprofit organization. The material is for use in elementary- high school classrooms.
Here ETR discusses the importance of porn literacy for young kids. pic.twitter.com/YFS4IiQmx5
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ETR’s advocacy for “authentic youth-adult partnerships” has also struck controversy across social media.
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— ETR (@ETRorg) September 9, 2022
The IFF posted a video on Twitter summarizing the scope of ETR’s curriculum, noting how ETR teaches children how to hide their pornography consumption from their parents.
WATCH:
Idaho government is offering students “porn literacy” and it teaches students how to hide viewing porn from their parents.
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Inside The Classroom (@EITC_Official) September 13, 2022
After catching wind of Idaho’s harmful educational content, rightwing journalist Christopher Rufo called for state-run education to be broken up.
“The Idaho state government is now training students in “porn literacy,” teaching how pornography can “sexually excite and create fantasy” for children. It’s time to break the state-run education monopoly and provide families with universal school choice,” Rufo posted on Twitter.
Stay tuned to National File for any updates.
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