Sex Educator Who Teaches 1st Graders How to Masturbate Becomes Liberal Hero

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Liberals are rushing to the defense of a “sex-positive” health educator who developed controversial curriculums for kindergarten through 12th grade students at a prestigious private school in New York City.

SO WHAT

In recent months, a ferocious culture war over critical race theory in public schools has led to more scrutiny on what educators are teaching American children.

What happened

In a sympathetic report published Wednesday, The New York Times portrayed “intersectional health educator” Justine Ang Fonte as the victim of a conservative media outrage campaign, highlighting two New York Post articles from May.

The reaction

The Times’ report sparked criticism of Fonte from conservatives and triggered a wave of liberals to champion her as a progressive hero standing up to right-wingers and their old-fashioned world-views.

What FONTES WAS TEACHING

One cartoon Fontes showed to first-graders at Dalton features characters describing the pleasure they derive from masturbation.

Money quote: “It’s OK to touch yourself and see how different body parts feel, but it’s best to only do it in private,” the narrator in the video says.

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