Do you feel as if you don’t get enough sex education during school

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They need to include lgbt+ information. I'm pan and genderfluid and I know what to do from my bestfriend.

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I took 4 years of it myself because I was very interested in the subject. I learnt a ton.

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We were basically called sluts in our sex education class lmao

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I came to this board planning to ask the same question. Good sex education is about so much more than P in V= pregnancy! It includes women's orgasms (I had NO idea how that worked), consent, emotional and physical safety, and so much more.  The lack of sex education in most U.S. schools is horrifying... as largely evidenced in these chat boards.

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The school o went to didn't teach us anything about sex. Until I was older, I thought that if a penis went inside a vag then the person automatically became pregnant.

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i remember we had the thrive program at my school and they basically shamed anyone who didn't choose to remain abstinent... they made a few people hold cups of water, then chew cheezits, and then spit them into the cup (minus one person, who had clean water). then they passed the cups around and were like "would you rather drink water from a person who's been around or someone who's pure and abstinent?" it was fucking wild lmao.

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My school district didn't have sex ed at all. In seventh grade life science, there was a bit about the reproductive system, although it was limited to learning about your own biological sex--since I'm a girl, I only learned about the uterus, etc, and didn't learn anything about the male reproductive system. High school health class was only 1 semester, had no sex ed whatsoever, and it was pretty much just trying to scare us out of doing drugs. (Which, as a person who DIDN'T EVEN WANT to do drugs, was a completely ineffective and pointless tactic.)
So everything I know about sex comes from the internet, Laci Green videos, this app, and my more mature friends. And I still probably don't know that much-- for example, you know how I didn't get to learn about penises in 7th grade? Well, I'm asexual and penises lowkey scare me, so I still haven't been able to bring myself to learn about them. Ahhh!
BUT, I do probably know more about vaginal health than the average 18-year-old! So that's good! 😂
But yeah, I do feel like my school completely failed me on that front. And my parents never even gave me "the talk", so I spent a good couple of years thinking sex had something to do with a penis going between your breasts?? (Lol, my friend tried to explain it to me with a hand gesture--her pointer finger of one hand going into and out of her other pointer and thumb making a circle, and I had no idea what the circle was supposed to represent!)

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my teacher did not hold back on any information if we had a question about it she give it to us straight

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My school refused to teach the girls and boy seperate so us girls didn’t end up learning a lot about our own bodies. The teacher only went through period topics briefly, Barley any of the basics were talked about. Not one student wanted to ask questions at the end because of the awkward mix, I’m still young and don’t understand a lot of the new things my body is throwing at me and it’s really confusing 😩

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My school doesn't have sex ed, so I do my own research.

Do you feel as if you don’t get enough sex education during school

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