Puberty Sexual Education For Boys And Girls -1991- English.29l -

Was it better or worse than today? It was different. Today’s kids have access to too much information; we had access to too little. We had to rely on whispers in the locker room and scrambled cable channels.

The Birds, The Bees, and The VHS Tape: A Look Back at Puberty Sex Ed for Boys and Girls in 1991 Was it better or worse than today

Let’s be honest: In 1991, mainstream public school sex ed was strictly heterosexual. If you were a boy who liked boys or a girl who liked girls, you were invisible. The curriculum assumed every student would grow up to get married and have 2.5 kids. We had to rely on whispers in the

If you were a tween between the years 1989 and 1993, you likely remember the distinct smell of a school gymnasium turned into a makeshift classroom. It was a mix of floor wax, awkward silence, and industrial-grade hand sanitizer. The curriculum assumed every student would grow up

Retrospective, circa 2024 Reading Time: 5 minutes