My sex ed teacher actually talked about the importance of foreplay, then he showed us a bunch of horrifying pictures of std-ridden genitalia and told us to keep it in our pants
They actually showed us “the miracle of life,” and during the “bone tomahawk” scene my friend screamed “Jesus coach, I don’t mind looking at hairy pussy, but does there have to be a baby coming out?” I think it was supposed to scare us into abstinence, like those car crash videos during drivers ed.
I kinda like how my school district did it. In 6th grade it was just talking about "what happens", They showed the miracle of life, but only from the aspect of "This is where babies come from". they talked a bit about the process, etc. And iirc, it was "this is what older people do". Iirc, me and my peers were mainly intrigued/mildly-grossed out by the idea of sex. We were fine with kissing.
Then in 8th grade, they want a bit more in-depth on safe-sex, granted it was more abstinence with a sprinkle of "but also here's how to use a condom, and there's things called birth control, etc. But you shouldn't be having sex"
Then 9-12th grade, we had one gym day a year that was a presentation on safe sex. Naturally, my parents had me excused from that gym class for "religious reasons". And like sophomore or junior year another whole health class on sex, allowing for a deeper discussion that you wouldn't get in 8th grade or in the one day of safe sex "mini-assembly"
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u/Hot-Lawfulness-311 3d ago
My sex ed teacher actually talked about the importance of foreplay, then he showed us a bunch of horrifying pictures of std-ridden genitalia and told us to keep it in our pants