Discussion: John Oliver Refines American Sex Education (VIDEO)

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I took sex ed long ago and the class was optional for students so long as their parents signed a form saying that they would be taught about sex at home. I knew one girl whose parents refused to let her take the class andā€¦well, she got pregnant the next year. None of the other girls I knew who took the course got pregnant, and I feel forever lucky that the teacher didnā€™t do any of that awful slut shaming.

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We were never taught sex education. The only sex education came from our parents and grandparents which was never to have sex until you got married!!!

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Public or pubic info?

TGIF (toes go in first)

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My dad gave an attempt at ā€˜splaininā€™ it to me when I was about 12-13. I could see he was extremely queasy about it. I told him I had this sex thing figured out already and you could see a HUGE weight lifted off him and his blood pressure drop at least 20 pointsā€¦ In those years (late 50ā€™s-early 60ā€™s) there was no sex ed in high school. It is interesting tho that my science career was in reproductive physiology at a medical school.

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So apparently when you told him you had it figured out you werenā€™t fucking aroundā€¦er uh or maybe you were!

Not until I was 16 which was 4 years after that ā€œtalkā€.

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