Things I should have been taught in sex ed: - VTD's do not succeed everytime - Fertilization does not succeed everytime - What dental dams are - what birth control pills are - what happens in a miscarriage - how to put on/in a prophylactic - that most vtd's can be cured/treated - that hiv/aids can be treated and you will not immediately become a sickly skeleton person - to use mouthwash instead of brushing your teeth before a blowjob to lessen the risk of infection - that urine is sterile - that anal sex can feel good and why - what a yeast infection is and how to get rid of it - how viagra works - how poppers work (possibly not, are they legal? iunno) - info about getting tested etc - that all fetus's are initially female - about hormone replacement therapy and gender reassignment - guys should be taught about periods, sanitary pads and tampons too
Maybe then we wouldn't have dickheaded columnists and talkback radio hosts saying Julia Gillard is unfit to be prime minister because she'll spend all her time buying tampons. #wtff
(I don't want to search for "julia gillard radio host tampon comment" to provide a linked source, at work :I )
Mainly thought the thing that pisses me off is that it was never discussed that getting a VTD was not the end of the world. There was no talk of cures or treatment or medication, just 'if you get a disease nobody will ever have sex with you again and you will live the rest of your life (if you are lucky) in a miserable, sexless, painful existence.'
I agree on many of the points - I particularly despise the way schools seem to want to scare teens away from sex with the threat of VTDs. They teach just enough to scare but that's it. When I mentioned sexual education I did consider bringing some of these things up however I didn't want to go off on a tangent where I'd rant about how insufficient these things are. Even if the schools don't want to teach these things, they really should provide pamphlets or information regarding places where more information can be found. I understand why a religious school may not want to talk about abortion clinics but I think they should at least let students know they exist. They don't have to hand out pro-life pamphlets but they could let the kids know there's more to learn to make up their own minds. I definitely think dental dams and oral sex on females should be mentioned. Oral sex was briefly glossed over as something done only on males in my school, and all they really said was to wear a condom to avoid VTDs in the throat. Then there were five or so scary photos. When I was active in the gay community I was horrified by how few women even seemed to know they should take precautions when engaging in oral sex with another woman. I was just lucky that my mother was open and honest regarding these things and taught me. It sounds like some crude joke but I met a lot of women with bad breath for bad reasons. I also agree that gender reassignment should be brought up, but I am still waiting for schools here to educate teenagers about the rainbow that is sexuality. Heterosexual, homosexual and bisexual is a good start. Also people should be taught generally about fetishes and how having one/some does not make you a sick freak :|
I might have to stop here - if I continue it'll take a very, very long time... Point being, sex ed is pretty terrible here.
- VTD's do not succeed everytime
- Fertilization does not succeed everytime
- What dental dams are
- what birth control pills are
- what happens in a miscarriage
- how to put on/in a prophylactic
- that most vtd's can be cured/treated
- that hiv/aids can be treated and you will not immediately become a sickly skeleton person
- to use mouthwash instead of brushing your teeth before a blowjob to lessen the risk of infection
- that urine is sterile
- that anal sex can feel good and why
- what a yeast infection is and how to get rid of it
- how viagra works
- how poppers work (possibly not, are they legal? iunno)
- info about getting tested etc
- that all fetus's are initially female
- about hormone replacement therapy and gender reassignment
- guys should be taught about periods, sanitary pads and tampons too
Maybe then we wouldn't have dickheaded columnists and talkback radio hosts saying Julia Gillard is unfit to be prime minister because she'll spend all her time buying tampons. #wtff
(I don't want to search for "julia gillard radio host tampon comment" to provide a linked source, at work :I )
Mainly thought the thing that pisses me off is that it was never discussed that getting a VTD was not the end of the world. There was no talk of cures or treatment or medication, just 'if you get a disease nobody will ever have sex with you again and you will live the rest of your life (if you are lucky) in a miserable, sexless, painful existence.'
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Even if the schools don't want to teach these things, they really should provide pamphlets or information regarding places where more information can be found. I understand why a religious school may not want to talk about abortion clinics but I think they should at least let students know they exist. They don't have to hand out pro-life pamphlets but they could let the kids know there's more to learn to make up their own minds.
I definitely think dental dams and oral sex on females should be mentioned. Oral sex was briefly glossed over as something done only on males in my school, and all they really said was to wear a condom to avoid VTDs in the throat. Then there were five or so scary photos. When I was active in the gay community I was horrified by how few women even seemed to know they should take precautions when engaging in oral sex with another woman. I was just lucky that my mother was open and honest regarding these things and taught me. It sounds like some crude joke but I met a lot of women with bad breath for bad reasons.
I also agree that gender reassignment should be brought up, but I am still waiting for schools here to educate teenagers about the rainbow that is sexuality. Heterosexual, homosexual and bisexual is a good start. Also people should be taught generally about fetishes and how having one/some does not make you a sick freak :|
I might have to stop here - if I continue it'll take a very, very long time... Point being, sex ed is pretty terrible here.
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