What do you wish you had learned in sex education?

When you were just beginning to be aware of your own sexuality, you probably got very little in the way of reliable information: maybe just a filmstrip acknowledging that you would grow hair in new places and that this has something to do with how babies are made. read more

” I wish I learned about healthy relationships. In my sex education class, they taught about abusive relationships. read more

“I wish I had learned about consent and I wish my health teacher had talked about what victim-blaming is, rather than perpetuating it herself.” “Consent education.” “Consent!” “Consent!!” “The concept of consent (insane that we weren’t actually taught it).” “I wish that I had learned about consent as we learned about sex. read more

I read about sex education in other countries — and even just in other states, more recently — that teaches about how to pleasure a partner and yourself. I had no idea people even taught that! All my sex ed just seemed so anti-sex, and it made it so I felt like I couldn't talk to anyone about it. read more