[Reader-list] The condoms sealing our minds

[Gabriela Vargas-Cetina]

I find most disturbing that the kid was hit with a leather belt.  That is
illegal in my country.  And it sounds like the teachers too, and not just
the students, need to be informed about safe sex.  Maybe someone could
document this case and pass the info on to an NGO or government department
that will do something about it?

Gabriela Vargas-Cetina
Merida, Mexico


On 2/2/06 11:24 PM, "Yousuf" <ysaeed7 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> I have just been told an unbelievable story by a Delhi
> school teacher which can¹t be called funny or
> hilarious ­ it is rather sad. A seventh-grade boy in a
> south Delhi school was caught yesterday by his teacher
> possessing a packet of condoms. This of course was
> considered so scandalous that the teacher beat the kid
> with a leather belt for several minutes.
> 
> But apart from this sad part, the more hilarious news
> is that when other staff members enquired the teacher
> the reason for this punishment, he kept saying it¹s
> not proper to tell (³batane layaq baat nahi hai²). It
> gets more hilarious: he went to show the possession to
> the lady principle (who, I¹ve been told, is
> unmarried). She apparently asked him ³what is this
> used forŠ?²
> 
> It seems when the word spread, a couple of other
> ³unmarried² lady teachers whispered among themselves ­
> what exactly was it? What¹s the big deal? ³It¹s
> something they use for family planning², someone
> replied, and so on. Other students who were witness to
> the punishment too kept guessing what was so criminal
> that their classmate did.
> 
> This shows the kind of awareness our schools and
> teachers have or give about sex. Instead of
> demystifying what he was carrying, the child was
> pushed further into the darkness about the subject of
> sex. When he grows up, his body will probably remember
> yesterday¹s beating every time he thinks about sex.
> 
> Yousuf
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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