In India sex-ed is virtually absent, so you guys honestly had it better. Luckily for us, my school was progressive and decided to bring in a woman who travelled to any schools that would let her in, and gave sex-ed. So in fifth grade my very bewildered class was sat in front of a white-board with a rather heavyset woman with a high-pitched voice telling us about a 'special hug' and how it was something we were not able (blatant lies obviously) to do until we were married. (That's India for you.) But hey, at least she was defying the norm by not telling us that we came into this world in a haze of taboo-flavored secrecy. I applaud her for that.
As a result of this very backwards culture, though, there were far too many girls who got their period without knowing what it was and freaked the fuck out. Also, in later years (eighth or ninth grade), far too many of my friends were taken advantage of, but never spoke up about it because sex is such a taboo in India.
Thankfully for me, my parents are liberal, and when I showed up home on the day after the sex-ed class and told them "I'm glad you gave each other a special hug to make me" they decided it was time I knew some cold, hard (hot, soft) facts. Although they are firmly of the view that sex should be saved for marriage, they never taught me about abstinence, only about safety, protection, and biology.
Thankfully very recent changes have made it mandatory for all education boards to have a chapter dedicated to sexual reproduction in humans in biology in eighth grade, and it talks about only the biological aspects and safe sex, not abstinence.
As a result of this very backwards culture, though, there were far too many girls who got their period without knowing what it was and freaked the fuck out. Also, in later years (eighth or ninth grade), far too many of my friends were taken advantage of, but never spoke up about it because sex is such a taboo in India.
Thankfully for me, my parents are liberal, and when I showed up home on the day after the sex-ed class and told them "I'm glad you gave each other a special hug to make me" they decided it was time I knew some cold, hard (hot, soft) facts. Although they are firmly of the view that sex should be saved for marriage, they never taught me about abstinence, only about safety, protection, and biology.
Thankfully very recent changes have made it mandatory for all education boards to have a chapter dedicated to sexual reproduction in humans in biology in eighth grade, and it talks about only the biological aspects and safe sex, not abstinence.
The word bed actually looks like a bed.
