... ran in the Massachusetts congressional race as a Democrat.

[laughs] That she, that she did do.

A- and, and she's been an amazing ally and advocate.

She's been back and forth to Israel multiple times.

It, it- she's a, she's a rock star, a total rock star.

Um, but I, I think that they, they, they, they paid attention to this first line about the lunatic theory of infinite genders and non-binary identities, which is so absurd, really, because it's, it basically is validating... or, or this line about infinite, 'cause that's the key here, infinite.

That the, the idea that, you know, in the world of TikTok, that you could identify as a tree or a sea creature or a mermaid and have that, like, the, that those kind of ideologies actually harm the trans community and non-binary communities because they push people into these extremes, which winds up impacting policy and harming the people it matters to most, right? By the way, I don't teach that there are infinite genders and non-binary identities, right? We talk about gender.

Obviously

So what are some other parallels in, in these two forms of education that you might wanna help us see?

It, it's so interesting.

One, one of the things that I realized, and I started doing more talks in the, in the, not just in the parenting and sexuality space, but parenting and how to raise strong Jewish children in Zionist spaces, that the tools for talking are really similar, right? It's about listening.

It's a- it's about acknowledging when you don't have an answer.

It's about focusing on the positives and not just the negatives.

It's about leaving the door open for questions, for not running from, from the noise in the world, but acknowledging it and saying, "Okay, let, let's use these moments to talk." Um, you know, let's, let's, let's be vulnerable.

Let's admit where we've maybe haven't made all the right decisions, but that, but that showing your kids that humility and that vulnerability goes so far because then we're not just authoritarians.

Yeah

Mm-hmm, and it's mentioned in the Quran and the B- Old Testament and the new one.

And I actually think part of what makes it so hard is, 'cause I'm one of the people who I think didn't have a deep understanding, um, when I was younger.

It's like we're a race, we're a religion, we're an ethnic group, we're a people, and I think that's the best basket to-... convey, like, who we are.

Actually- But we're also, we're white, we're Black, we're brown.

Yeah.

We're Arab, we're...

I mean- By the way, Jews are, are conditionally white.

Oh my gosh.

But then, but now you'll be a single size 10.

Well, there's definitely a re- a reality check to all of this, which is think about where you are, where you wanna be, and really, what is the impact on your relationship? And maybe, you know, if you both lead sedentary lives, maybe it's something that you do together.

Now, that doesn't mean that it's going to magically fix any challenges in a relationship.

There are lots of people who, you know, don't feel great about themselves, don't have high self-esteem, that, you know, all of a sudden now when they feel great, they look through, at the relationship through a very different lens.

And all of a sudden you're, you're behaving differently in a, in a, in a situation that you found common cause in before.

Yeah.

I think like everything else, this is one of these decisions that we make that isn't ju- it is a health decision, but it also is a lifestyle, and it could be a relationship issue if you find yourself in some kind of partnership.

And these are things to think about in advance.

And it was leading to disappointment and confusion and really bad interactions between men and women.

Yeah, I think that's very true.

I share the experience.

I remember, and even as a teenage girl, I remember having slumber parties, and we would sit and try to unscramble the television.

And we weren't even seeing much, but we were excited at the prospect of what we could see.

As someone who spends a lot of time still teaching young people, I'm a big believer that we have to talk about pornography or any sexually explicit media the same way we talk about any other kind of media literacy.

There are certain things we need to be thinking about.

And I got to wonder whether between, you know, the false expectations of pornography and, you know, people embellishing on dating apps, I got to wonder whether that constant disappointment could be contributing to people saying, you know what? I'd rather just chill with my friends and hang out.