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Dictionaries Pulled From Public School Libraries For Speaking Truth
Jan 25, 2010 at 04:41 pm by Sarah Taylor-Spangenberg


The 10th edition of Merriam-Webster’s dictionary has been taken off of the shelves in the Menifee school district in California because it contained the definition of oral sex.

Pardon me if I’m wrong, but being that the term “oral sex” is a relatively newer phrase, wouldn’t kids eventually just be clever enough to look up “fellatio” or “cunnilingus” as it were?  Seems kind of silly to me, really, even just based upon my previous comment.   Though, to delve deeper yet into the absurd topic, it’s not only asinine and immature to play into kids looking up dirty words in the dictionary (’cause come on: you’ve all done it at some point or another, I’m sure), it projects a skewed reality that’s just not feasible.

Maybe school districts should be focusing on more socially-appropriate themes such as sexual education and awareness in preventing practices like sexual discrimination and “slut-shaming” than to expend the energy in pulling dictionaries off of the shelves that have words and phrases like penis, vagina, sexual intercourse and oral sex in them.

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6 Responses to “Dictionaries Pulled From Public School Libraries For Speaking Truth”

  1. Joey says:
    January 25, 2010 at 5:29 pm

    I would think that after reading about the Clinton administration in history class,you would need to look up oral sex. Talk about containing the thirst for knowledge.

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  2. Erin says:
    January 25, 2010 at 5:41 pm

    Hahaha this is just ridiculous.

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  3. Sydney says:
    January 25, 2010 at 8:13 pm

    *facepalm*

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  5. katy says:
    January 26, 2010 at 9:15 am

    This is only suprising because it’s in California and not like, Kansas or something. Seriously?

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