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Colonization of sex: European norms suppress Indigenous culture

Colonization of sex: European norms suppress Indigenous culture

Shruti Gautam April 22, 2021

European colonizers came to the Americas with ambition, bringing along other traits of their land. Through religion and guns, they forced their cultural norms onto the Indigenous peoples. Colonizers were...

Day 37

Day 37

Bailey Stover April 23, 2020
During her 37th day of social distancing, senior Bailey Stover watched "Criminal Minds," took a shower and helped with Rock Bridge Reaches Out.
Why don't we talk about sex?

Why don’t we talk about sex?

Maddie Orr February 13, 2020
When esteemed author E.L. James illustrated the extremely provocative sex scenes that appeared throughout her novels, the “Fifty Shades” trilogy snatched her audiences’ attention. As a result, Jo Henry, director of Bowker Market Research, said nearly one in five adult fiction books purchased by women in June 2012 were from the series. 
I was in a panic

I was in a panic

Ann Fitzmaurice April 23, 2019
"He started to kiss me, and I just kind of just stood there because I was in a panic, and I didn't know what to do besides freeze."
Senior Kerrie Heath celebrating MidMo Pride back on Aug. 25 of this year. Heath adorned herself with blue, purple, and dark pink face paint. These colors come from the bisexual pride flag, which is used to represent the bi community.
Photo by George Frey / Bearing News

To love two

George Frey October 27, 2018

In middle school senior Kerrie Heath began to realize she was bisexual after having a crush on a girl. Since then she has been openly bisexual and has been in a same-sex relationship. “I had this sudden...

art by Maddy Mueller

Sex happens. Let’s teach it.

Abby Kempf May 20, 2015

Sex. It’s a word that carries so much connotation and is often treated as taboo and dirty. But contrary to the natural inclination for adults and teens not to discuss this ‘off-limits’ topic, sex...

infographic by Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi
source: www.RAINN.org

Raise awareness of rape through school curriculum

Jenna Liu May 12, 2015

Last week, a group of young men were arrested on suspicion of a number of sexual assaults on the University of Missouri campus. All were between the ages of 19-21, with one of the suspects being a junior...

Battle of the Sexes

Battle of the Sexes

The Rock and Bearing News Staff January 31, 2012

Stereotypes define the ways many students interact, especially gender stereotypes as you will see in this special report. Gender stereotypes affect everything from how both genders view the other to how...

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