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I have to agree. IMO, any sexual content in a year book is inappropriate. I don't care if the kids making the statements are straight, gay or purple with green polkadots. It's not proper to put comments of a sexual nature made by minors in print for posterity.
Just wanted to add, while I know teenagers are sexual beings, I just don't think a yearbook is the proper place to display photos of PDA's or students comments on their sexuality. This is something that is meant to be read years and years from now and things that might embarass students later should be edited out.
Last edited by Ivorytickler; 05-04-2010 at 07:17 PM..
unless I'm missing something, I fail to see any sexual content from what was shown, and would not define students with arms around each other as such. PDA, well, it is what it is, and too much of it isnt a good thing, straight or otherwise. But again, I didnt find the yearbook to be exceptionally out of line based on what was shown.
These kind of things are a sign of the times, and unfortunately we'll always have reactions like these from people who arent ready for the times. However, it's a very encouraging message to those who might feel ashamed at their differences.
I have to agree. IMO, any sexual content in a year book is inappropriate. I don't care if the kids making the statements are straight, gay or purple with green polkadots. It's not proper to put comments of a sexual nature made by minors in print for posterity.
Just wanted to add, while I know teenagers are sexual beings, I just don't think a yearbook is the proper place to display photos of PDA's or students comments on their sexuality. This is something that is meant to be read years and years from now and things that might embarass students later should be edited out.
YOU have not seen a HS yearbook in a while have you?
I apparently also missed the "sexual content" of the photograph or caption. I don't think just having your arm around someone counts.
I suppose some people out there perhaps can't see a very innocuous photo of a couple (gay OR straight) without immediately thinking about sex or more "adult" topics, but that's their problem. School-sponsored dances and dating have always been a part of high school life (and if a school allows dances then that would seem just as much about "sexuality" as is a photo of two people sitting next to each other and commenting about how they "adore" another person); I highly doubt anyone will look back at their yearbook in later years and be embarrassed that they dated someone during high school.
YOU have not seen a HS yearbook in a while have you?
Actually, not for a few years, but that doesn't change my opionion. This is a book intended for posterity. You should be very careful what you put in it .
I apparently also missed the "sexual content" of the photograph or caption. I don't think just having your arm around someone counts.
I suppose some people out there perhaps can't see a very innocuous photo of a couple (gay OR straight) without immediately thinking about sex or more "adult" topics, but that's their problem. School-sponsored dances and dating have always been a part of high school life (and if a school allows dances then that would seem just as much about "sexuality" as is a photo of two people sitting next to each other and commenting about how they "adore" another person); I highly doubt anyone will look back at their yearbook in later years and be embarrassed that they dated someone during high school.
School isn't about who you adore. Yearbooks commemorate (sp?, sorry in a hurry and can't look up the spelling) school NOT romantic relationships.
Given recent events, my daugher is quite humiliated over having liked a certain boy. Fortunately, there are no pictures in a year book of the two of them adoring each other. He turned out to be a wolf in sheeps clothing. We're looking into a restraining order. So, yes, someone can be embarassed later because of photos of them adoring the wrong person. Teenagers don't always make the best choices. This stuff doesn't need to be put in year books and preserved. That's not what yearbooks are for.
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