#i actually got decent sex ed throughout elementary and middle school

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every time i hear about anyone screaming and crying about sex ed for children all i can think of is the sex ed i got when i was 8 years old which was literally just "these are your swimsuit parts and if someone touches you here and makes you uncomfortable you should tell a trusted adult about it"

#i mean we got the 'if someone touches you and you dont want them to you can say no' talk too #but when you are 8 years old that is literally all your sex ed is going to be. swimsuit parts #it helps them verbalize those things with their 8 year old understanding of the world #shay speaks #ok2rb #i actually got decent sex ed throughout elementary and middle school #like afaik everyone got the period talk and the genitals talk so i never ran into guys who didnt understand how periods worked #even though they did still separate the classes by gender like. everyone got the same talks #which is how i think it should be done. idc if it is gender separated or not bc like #that can be something that can be a bit more comfortable for kids to talk about their questions on this topic #with other people who are going to have similar experiences to them wrt this kind of thing #and then as they get older you can do integrated classes for this