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In fact, I did not get the "where the penis goes in the vagina" part of sex ed... as I recall, it was all about learning the proper names for anatomy, learning about condoms (the banana demonstration), STD's, how to get tested, pregnancy, childbirth, etc... but nothing about how to actually have sexual intercourse. I have never heard of such a thing in sex ed... so I really can't imagine why they would teach about "where the penis goes in to the ass."

I actually think it would be even better (and less controversial) if they simply included anal sex when discussing the safety of certain practices (for example, anal sex being much more dangerous for disease transmission than vaginal sex, due to the fragile tissue/blood factor). Hetero and homosexuals alike have anal sex, so the message would benefit all parties, without having to distinguish between the two and embarrass people.

Of course, bringing up anal sex in a classroom of high schoolers would require me getting either very drunk or high first, in order to survive the event. Which would also lead to me losing my job as a teacher, in that case. Anyway, just a thought.

I do think that some introduction of the Kinsey Scale would be extremely helpful, the way it's often done in college-level human sexuality classes. Of course, I got sex ed as an 8 year old 5th grader and then again in jr. high, when really a mature understanding of human sexuality probably can't occur until at least age 16-18, if not later (if ever, with some people).

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