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[–] NeedyPlatter@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

My sex ed was pretty thorough I feel. It was part of our health units in school from grades 5-9. In the earlier grades, the class would be split into boys and girls, but as I got older the entire class was part of the lesson.

Most sex ed classes involved: -Showing diagrams of female and male reproductive organs (we had to label each one which I hated doing) -Students being able to ask questions about sex or puberty -Learning about consent -STI and safe sex -Birth control methods

There was also a LGBT/gender portion that was added to the curriculum later on. It covered things like: -Differences between gender and sex -Sexual vs romantic attraction (also covered ace/Aro people I believe)

  • What makes a person binary trans people or non binary -Defining different sexualities (gay, lesbians, bi, etc) -Differences between gender identity and gender expression

Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with how all this was taught to me.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Goddamn your school sounds awesome. Do you mind if I ask what era this was? I'm assuming more recent?

[–] NeedyPlatter@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago

It was from like 2014-2019 I think? I'm really bad with years lol

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Holy crap! That's awesome. I had NO classes. Wish I had. At some point I checked out a book from the library and learned more than most of my classmates.