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- May 25, 2013
I'm not saying teach kids highly detailed info about genital appearances, just a basic explanation that vagina come in all shapes and sizes and how much or little sex someone has doesn't have anything to do with the size and shape of their junk. There are girls who think something is wrong with them because they don't have the stereotypical pornstar-looking vagina, and that's sad and shouldn't happen.Varieties of anatomy don't need to be taught as part of sex ed. A high school student doesn't need to be explained the deep aesthetic differences between cut and uncut, and neither do they need graphic depictions of different variations of women's genitals. Students need to understand mechanics, pregnancy prevention (emphasis on prevention, ffs, and including "not having sex" as an option, but also steering teenagers away from counting on folklore, finger-crossing, ovulation cycles, and pulling out, plus empowering young women to take control of their own fertility and reproductive lives instead of /in addition to relying on stupid boys to manage condoms), and std protection. If they could just accomplish that, that's enough.
I'm in the Bible belt so of course the only thing we got taught about contraception was exaggerated failure rates. No mention of the many uses of birth control that have nothing to do with pregnancy prevention (which I think should be taught since girls with endo/pcos/pmdd/etc shouldn't think their only option is popping midol and suffering in silence).
We also got taught women have no sex drives of their own and only have sex to bond emotionally with their partners. I'm pretty sure the curriculum was created by some kind of religious group despite being a public school. Fundies are constantly telling on themselves for being unable to pleasure their wives.