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Condoms aren’t a fact of life for young Americans. They’re an afterthought
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Condoms aren’t a fact of life for young Americans. They’re an afterthought

The Independent  

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Florida officials pressure schools to roll back sex ed lessons on contraception and consent
3 months ago

Florida officials pressure schools to roll back sex ed lessons on contraception and consent

The Independent  

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30 years later, the evangelical purity movement still impacts sex education
4 months, 3 weeks ago

30 years later, the evangelical purity movement still impacts sex education

NPR  

30 years later, the evangelical purity movement still impacts sex education toggle caption Richard Ross On July 29, 1994, thousands of teenagers gathered in Washington, D.C., to tell the nation about their pledge to remain sexually abstinent until marriage. One early version of the commitment card, developed by True Love Waits co-founders Richard Ross and Jimmy Hester, reads: "Believing that …

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Venezuela broke its HPV vaccine promises, and there’s barely any sex ed. Experts say it’s a problem
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Venezuela broke its HPV vaccine promises, and there’s barely any sex ed. Experts say it’s a problem

Associated Press  

PUTUCUAL, Venezuela — Some of the 10 women and teenage girls who recently came to a medical clinic in eastern Venezuela for free contraceptives fidgeted a bit when a community health worker taught them how to use an IUD, condoms and birth control pills correctly. A community health worker teaches a group of women and teenage girls about contraception methods, …

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7 'Embarrassing' Sex Questions Experts Get Asked All The Time
9 months ago

7 'Embarrassing' Sex Questions Experts Get Asked All The Time

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Conversations about sex are happening more freely and frequently than they once did. Sex educator Francisco Ramirez often gets questions from people wanting to know if their masturbation habits are “normal.” He assures them that any frequency — whether it’s often, occasional or almost never — is OK. “Unfortunately, long-standing shame around masturbation has led many of …

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Safe Sphere: Improving sexual education for young people
9 months, 1 week ago

Safe Sphere: Improving sexual education for young people

ABC  

How might we ensure that young people in regional and remote communities receive relevant and comprehensive sexual education? We've developed Safe Sphere, offering a co-designed sex ed program Community groups can create a forum where young individuals can openly ask about topics left unanswered by traditional sex ed classes. Safe Sphere operates on a cyclical model designed by young people …

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‘Love Is Blind’ illustrates the problems with sex ed and abortion conversations in America
9 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Love Is Blind’ illustrates the problems with sex ed and abortion conversations in America

LA Times  

Believe it or not, every season of “Love Is Blind” offers valuable life lessons to every viewer who is patient enough to sit through 10-plus hours of people careening recklessly toward marriage while drinking wine from gold goblets and look for the kernels of wisdom hidden in all the mess. Like, I was so ignorant on that,” McIntyre says during …

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From Euphoria to Sex Education – how to get sex in teen dramas right
1 year, 3 months ago

From Euphoria to Sex Education – how to get sex in teen dramas right

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It’s about comedy as well.” That tone was set …

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'Sex Education Need Of Hour': Rashmi Gautam On 12-Year-Old Girl's Killing
1 year, 7 months ago

'Sex Education Need Of Hour': Rashmi Gautam On 12-Year-Old Girl's Killing

News 18  

Television Anchor Rashmi Gautam recently shared a post on her Instagram Story in which a 12-year-old girl, who had just begun menstruating was tortured and killed by her 30-year-old brother. Sharing the post, Rashmi expressed her grief and wrote, “And that’s why sex education at a basic level is the need of the hour.” As soon as she shared the …

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Hey, Sex Ed Teachers: Not All Students Are Straight And Cis
2 years ago

Hey, Sex Ed Teachers: Not All Students Are Straight And Cis

Huff Post  

Over the past five years or so, there’s been a surge of sexperts cropping up on social media in the form of influencers providing sexuality education for young folx. One of the project’s main goals is to help educators avoid siloing LGBTQIA education into singular lessons and recognize inclusivity as a more significant issue that permeates all educational topics, not …

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The Future of Sex Ed Is the Internet
2 years ago

The Future of Sex Ed Is the Internet

Wired  

Compared to a few decades ago, young people have surprisingly less access to high-quality, informative sex education. And comprehensive sex education curricula have been under attack for prematurely sexualizing children, what’s called “grooming”—an unsubstantiated claim that sex ed “grooms” youths to be sexual victims. The site offers articles, fact sheets, resource lists, and more, all written by adult, almost-adult, and …

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"Statewide book bans" are coming to Florida's classrooms, enforced by the far right
2 years, 2 months ago

"Statewide book bans" are coming to Florida's classrooms, enforced by the far right

Salon  

In early August, a video posted on TikTok by a Tennessee elementary school teacher went viral. But according to a new Tennessee law, the "Age Appropriate Materials Act," she was required to catalog every book in her classroom, then send it for several rounds of review and post a final list of approved books online for parents to scrutinize, before …

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Silence About Sex Was Hurting My Latinx Community. Now I'm Teaching Sex Ed To Break That Cycle.
2 years, 3 months ago

Silence About Sex Was Hurting My Latinx Community. Now I'm Teaching Sex Ed To Break That Cycle.

Huff Post  

The author at work. Sex education is not considered as important as other subjects, and if it is offered, it’s usually taught by the general health teacher for a just few weeks. And health teachers don’t have to be certified in any type of reproductive health or sex education program to be able to teach the topic. Teaching sex education …

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The case for starting sex ed in kindergarten (hula hoops recommended)
2 years, 3 months ago

The case for starting sex ed in kindergarten (hula hoops recommended)

NPR  

The case for starting sex ed in kindergarten Enlarge this image Emine Yilmaz for NPR Emine Yilmaz for NPR A class of fifth-graders are sitting through an hour-long sex-ed lesson at Louis B. Russell Jr. School 48 in Indianapolis. "The major finding of the research is that comprehensive sex education scaffolded across grades, embedded in supportive school environments and across …

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Dakota Johnson looks effortlessly chic in a brown suede coat and a statement 'Sex ed for all' hat
2 years, 7 months ago

Dakota Johnson looks effortlessly chic in a brown suede coat and a statement 'Sex ed for all' hat

Daily Mail  

Dakota Johnson cut a chic figure as she stepped out in Tribeca, New York, on Thursday. The Fifty Shades of Grey actress, 32, wore a fashionable long brown suede coat over a white T-shirt, wide-leg black pants, and black loafers for the sunny outing. Melanie Griffith's, 64, daughter completed her look with a statement white baseball hat that read 'Sex …

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Sex education & the classroom
2 years, 11 months ago

Sex education & the classroom

The Hindu  

January 08, 2022 11:22 am | Updated January 11, 2022 08:03 pm IST When Anamika, mum to a 15-year-old, wanted her son to know “about the birds and the bees beyond the ninth standard textbook lesson”, she approached a physician. While the country is obliged to provide free, compulsory, and comprehensive education to adolescents and young people — as one …

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Netflix’s Sex Education is doing sex ed better than schools
3 years, 1 month ago

Netflix’s Sex Education is doing sex ed better than schools

Live Mint  

By Debra Dudek, Associate professor, Edith Cowan University and Giselle Natassia Woodley, Researcher and Phd Candidate, Edith Cowan University Perth, Nov 11 : Netflix’s comedy Sex Education, now in its third season, is set among a group of students and teachers at a British high school. The premise of the show is the teenagers at Moordale High do not receive …

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How Netflix show Sex Education does a far better job at depiction of sex and sexuality than most school-based sex ed classes
3 years, 1 month ago

How Netflix show Sex Education does a far better job at depiction of sex and sexuality than most school-based sex ed classes

Firstpost  

Sex Education challenges a commonly-held perception teenagers should be protected from the harms of sex and sexual material. In depicting sex education, it teaches viewers about sex and sexuality – often doing a better job than school-based sex ed classes. The premise of the show is the teenagers at Moordale High do not receive adequate sex education classes, so Jean’s …

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With Season 3, Netflix show Sex Education ups its representation game with non-binary, disabled characters
3 years, 1 month ago

With Season 3, Netflix show Sex Education ups its representation game with non-binary, disabled characters

Firstpost  

Sex Education has widened its lens to include more stories about queer relationships, gender presentation, intimacy with a disability, and other experiences that rarely are explored on mainstream television. “Until I nearly broke a rib.” Layla looks into the mirror, laughs incredulously, and says with joy, “It feels so much better.” Laurie Nunn, creator of this British dramedy, said that …

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Revisit the bus scene from 'Sex Education' before Season 3
3 years, 3 months ago

Revisit the bus scene from 'Sex Education' before Season 3

LA Times  

Content warning: This story discusses sexual assault. Ola, left, Maeve, Aimee, Olivia, Viv and Lily emerge from detention after swapping stories of sexual assault in “Sex Education.” Series creator Laurie Nunn said the detention sequence was inspired by the John Hughes classic “The Breakfast Club.” The “Breakfast Club”-esque detention sequence sets the stage for what fans of “Sex Education” have …

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7 'Embarrassing' Sex Questions Experts Get Asked All The Time
3 years, 7 months ago

7 'Embarrassing' Sex Questions Experts Get Asked All The Time

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Conversations about sex are happening more freely and frequently than they once did. Sex educator Francisco Ramirez often gets questions from people wanting to know if their masturbation habits are “normal.” He assures them that any frequency — whether it’s often, occasional or almost never — is OK. “Unfortunately, long-standing shame around masturbation has led many of …

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Arizona: Conservatives tighten sex education laws making parental permission mandatory for discussions on LGBTQ issues
3 years, 8 months ago

Arizona: Conservatives tighten sex education laws making parental permission mandatory for discussions on LGBTQ issues

Firstpost  

The new proposal would essentially require a double opt-in for HIV/AIDS instruction that addresses sexual orientation or gender identity. Phoenix: Two years after Arizona lawmakers repealed a ban on any HIV/AIDS instruction that “promotes a homosexual lifestyle” as they faced a lawsuit, they have approved revamping the state’s sex education laws to make them some of the strictest in the …

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Conservatives propose revised sex ed rules in LGBTQ pushback
3 years, 8 months ago

Conservatives propose revised sex ed rules in LGBTQ pushback

The Independent  

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Arizona bill limits sex ed, discussion of sexual orientation
3 years, 9 months ago

Arizona bill limits sex ed, discussion of sexual orientation

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona lawmakers are considering banning sex education before fifth grade and requiring written parental permission before discussing sexuality or gender identity in any classes. “It’s having a negative effect on many children.” The measure follows the repeal two years ago of a 1991 law that had barred HIV and AIDS instruction that “promotes a homosexual lifestyle,” which was …

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