“I doubt that I was in the majority among my classmates in choosing to abstain from sex. But since almost all of us received the same sex education, I’d be willing to bet that the rates of pregnancy and STDs at my school were below average: because our health educators did their best to teach us to value and understand safe sex. And we were taught to value and understand it together: co-ed sex education sent the message that everyone was responsible for making smart decisions about sexual activity – not just the girls. Most of us ended up having sex with members of the opposite sex, so it made sense that we learned about it together, too.”
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Jean Hannah Edelstein on why good sex education is not about preaching abstinence
(via guardiancomment)
