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Apr 2019
1h 23m

Sex Ed Failure Stories

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Sex Education should be used to teach children about their bodies and give them practical advice for the future. Instead it has been highjacked by religious groups and adults who's advice is impractical and sometimes hateful. We read stories of the ridiculous and harmful things taught in Sex Ed classes that have set so many back.  

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