What Social Emotional Education Has to Do with Sex: A Systemic Perspective with Pierce Delahunt
In this episode, Pierce reminds us of the importance of recognizing the many systems we are part of—willingly or not—and the way these creep into our sex lives and relationships. Hit play to find out what Pierce wished they had learnt about sex ed at school and more:
What is socialist emotional learning?
How capitalism can shape our relationships
Objectification in relationships
What sex education should be like, according to Pierce
Why we need to teach gender diversity early on
Pierce’s experience of early sex ed
Accountability, repair and boundaries
Advice for individuals and collectives to advance towards comprehensive sex education for all
Pierce Delahunt (he/they) holds an M.Ed. from the Institute for Humane Education. Their research was a study of activist-education programs throughout the country. Pierce has worked with CISV, Youth Empowered Action, SMASH Academy, the Coalition for Healthy School Food, and other activist + education programs since 2010. They teach Social Emotional Learning and Socialist Politic, including activism, social justice, and Leftist economics (or as they like to call it: economics). Pierce works from the frame that individualist social-emotional learning is insufficient: Our capacity to have fulfilling lives and relationships cannot come at the expense of others’ abilities to do the same: If our peace, love, light, and whole-child education movements do not address systemic injustice, then they are none of those things.
