Sex Ed

     The first time I really learned about sex was from my older brother. I don't remember how old I was, but since he is two years older than me my parents had the "talk" with him. He then proceeded to come to me and tell me everything that my parents had told him. Ever since then my brother has been my go to for any kind of information that I felt uncomfortable talking to my parents about. My older brother and I have a really close relationship; he is one of my best friends. He has told me about his hook ups and we talk about sex. He always told me to use protection and to be never give in to pressure. He also told me that if I were to get into a serious relationship with someone that I should ask them to get tested before we slept together. He honestly taught me so much that my parents or school never did. I went to Catholic school my whole life so their form of sex ed was to remain abstinent since the Catholic Church does not believe in contraception. However, in my high school my health teacher did try actually talking to us. She would let us ask questions and if we felt uncomfortable saying them, then we could write them down. It was a great system honestly because everyone was so open and willing to talk. Although, I did go to an all-girl school so it was easier to talk without feeling like we are being judged from the guys. It was still very informative and it is much better than telling us to just not have sex. Most teens are going to have sex so it is better to just tell them how to protect themselves from unwanted pregnancies and STIs.
     I saw this video "You will die" on Facebook and I just thought about how fear tactics are used to prevent sex in teens. It is just insane that people are so afraid of sex that they will tell kids that they will die if they have sex. Also in The Purity Myth how one of the students said that her teacher told the children that they would go to jail and be fined if they had sex. That is just wrong because it is drilling in kids that sex is wrong. They will either fear or when they do have sex they will keep it a secret. They will not know how to use condoms, and if something goes wrong, then they will be to afraid to talk about it with anyone. It is just sad and crazy how people are so afraid of a natural thing that all people and animals do. IT IS JUST SEX!! It is not murder or anything foul.