Democracy Dies in Darkness

We teach girls to be ashamed in sex ed. This has to change.

PERSPECTIVE | A weekly comic by Katie Wheeler

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November 5, 2017 at 12:00 a.m. EDT
(Katie Wheeler for The Lily)

As a preteen, the information I received about sex was pretty unhelpful. I think the idea of young women masturbating and finding sex enjoyable is really uncomfortable for a lot of adults, which is unfortunate, because even if you don’t talk about it, it’s still happening. If we can’t bring ourselves to speak candidly to young adults about sex, how can we expect them to communicate confidently with their partners about their needs?