Being that I can't find where else to put this, and given I do want to laugh a bit at how stupid some schools, in America it seems, go about doing this. I want to ask about Sex Education and how many differences was there from school and state.
I was raised in Virginia in the early 2000's and late 90's, as you can imagine, my education on the birds and bees, *why do we even call it that?) was very much absence and very cheesy sit com like things with some misinformation. That, let's face it, as a middle schooler some didn't half pay attention to and I didn't know what period was until I hit mine and also hit some regretty in my life as no one told me cramping pain is very much a thing!
Anyway, my education was mandatory until your highschool year, which I did opt out of not because of my over bearing religious mother but because, rather than learn something new and different, we just watched the same videos about HIV, Aids, and Protection, that was never really told how to protect yourself from what I remember, with basically nothing of what Sex is and just what hormones are and how to ignore them etc. etc. etc. Don't masturbate kids!
All and all, bunch of bullshit spout stuff to get away from a conversation that really shouldn't be that awkward but the USA likes to make it awkward from what I'm seeing as many countries, I think mostly in east, make rather simple and not so 'Don't Hug Me I'm Scared' sort of deal. Thing I is don't know why this started, I'm starting to think it's because of religious groups, wouldn't be the first time, and their strange obsessives fear/fascination with the penis and vagina.
What I find sad is most people, myself included, found out how to even have sex because of a lovely thing called the internet, which isn't always a good source, but you find that out once you get older so don't worry.
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I was raised in Virginia in the early 2000's and late 90's, as you can imagine, my education on the birds and bees, *why do we even call it that?) was very much absence and very cheesy sit com like things with some misinformation. That, let's face it, as a middle schooler some didn't half pay attention to and I didn't know what period was until I hit mine and also hit some regretty in my life as no one told me cramping pain is very much a thing!
Anyway, my education was mandatory until your highschool year, which I did opt out of not because of my over bearing religious mother but because, rather than learn something new and different, we just watched the same videos about HIV, Aids, and Protection, that was never really told how to protect yourself from what I remember, with basically nothing of what Sex is and just what hormones are and how to ignore them etc. etc. etc. Don't masturbate kids!
All and all, bunch of bullshit spout stuff to get away from a conversation that really shouldn't be that awkward but the USA likes to make it awkward from what I'm seeing as many countries, I think mostly in east, make rather simple and not so 'Don't Hug Me I'm Scared' sort of deal. Thing I is don't know why this started, I'm starting to think it's because of religious groups, wouldn't be the first time, and their strange obsessives fear/fascination with the penis and vagina.
What I find sad is most people, myself included, found out how to even have sex because of a lovely thing called the internet, which isn't always a good source, but you find that out once you get older so don't worry.
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