CHIPS should be allowed to be taught in classes.

Round 3 | Rebuttal and Arguments | by Eav | 7/11Rebuttal ongoing numberingR3: Misinterpretation I did not misunderstand a thing when I said that Con wrongfully claims that people are born straight. And I am still right, that he hasn’t given us any prove for this claims but his own assumptions (au contraire de moi). “This is why naturally you are attracted to the opposite sex. You have to choose to be gay, not to be straight.” (Con, Round 3) = You are born straight and you choose not to be. This can only mean that at some point you acquire the knowledge what being gay is and you choose to be it. If we were naturally straight nobody could become gay without know about it. Meaning that Con’s main problem with CHIPS can only be that it encourages kids to become gay, because it teaches about gay people. But as (see R1, Round 2) people are not born straight, this is ridiculous. And on Con’s claim that he never said that CHIPS could make kids gay, I’ll point out this quote:“Just imagine the increase if too many young children are made to join the "party" before they find out what is really going on.”R2: ImitationsIn 1a, Con again is jumping from conclusion to conclusion. Just as linking the suicides to the example story. It’s of course likely that gay people decide to kill themselves if they feel like they are rejected by society (see A2). When CHIPS lessons assign to behave gay, this only means that they make a role play where there are two mothers. They are not pointed out to kiss or act like the stereotypical gay from a bad movie. This is not the intentions. Nobody will “play gay” while the teacher says “be gayer”.R3: Too young and BullyingAgain, kids are not too young to understand that bullying and homophobia is wrong (because it’s mean and excludes nice people). They are too young to understand homosexuality. And I pointed this out: CHIPS is not about homosexuality, it’s about homophobia. That’s why it’s called: Challenging Homophobia not Checkout Homosexuality. Kids learn homophobia at home. They learn that having a mom and a dad is right, and not having is weird. And that’s how kids start bullying other kids. They know better because children are naturally likely to be hostile against unknown. That’s an evolutionary mechanism like eating only specific foods. Parents cannot just “replace” a view. They influence it strongly but a kid that once learned that homophobia is wrong is much more able to decide whether he/she will go with the parents’ opinion forever. If they learn about alternative views early, they’ll earlier challenge the parents views. R4: Accusation / Behaviour ChangeIt’s quote-time: “They won't be told the negatives of being gay, only tricking them into a happy life.” (Con9I am sorry for adding the “dangerous”, but Con certainly said negative. And all the negative Con brought up (bullying and bullying related suicides, drop-outs) are actually what CHIPS goes against. And on the matter of change behaviour: People change. It happens. Even to those not being gay. I don’t know if that’s bad personal experience but it’s not a gay-exclusive-thing to change. And on the matter of choosing to be gay: Lack of scientific prove. Still. Pro Arguments most briefly mentioned before in RebuttalsA1: CHIPS is agains homophobia and bullyingCHIPS only point is to fight homophobia. They read stories about animals that are non-sexual, they make role plays that are non-sexual, they have vocabulary being non-sexual and pro-diversion and pro-community. And by fighting homophobia we achieve that kids reduce their fear of different family structures (meaning that it is not only beneficial for kids from gay families), reduce bullying. Which is important with kids from LGBT background being three-times more likely to be bullyied {5}There is no age-minimum for bullying and therefore nobody is too young to learn why not to bully. That's why CHIPS is age appropriate. APA lists as main common feature of bullies is that they "show little empathy toward students who are victimized" {6}. And the CHIPS assignments are all about learning empathy. Which is important to learn as early as possible when they still are willing to (Primary School Kids > High School Teens). A2: CHIPS can reduce suicidesSeveral attempts on suicide reasons uncovered realtions to depression, physical abuse and social isolation {7} {8}. But not being gay itself. Therefore relating to A1, that CHIPS helps to reduce bullying (=physical abuse and social isolation) it can help to take pressure from (gay) teens that had CHIPS. When they hit puberty and discover their own homosexuality they benefit from others being less hostile and develop less fear of their desires. Ergo: Reducing their suicide risk. Sources{5} http://nobullying.com...{6} http://www.apa.org...{7} http://www.suicide.org...{8} http://www.nhs.uk...