By: GV

In reply to SarahCT.

Seriously, “sex ed” should be renamed “procreation ed” because it is much more about that than it is about sex. There’s a LOT of stuff that same-sex couples do in bed that cis straight people do too and that isn’t talked about ever in sex ed.

I’m bi, and it wasn’t until I started looking into safe sex for same-sex partners on the internet that I learned about dental dams and gloves and why they are important and which diseases and bad stuff can be transmitted or caused by whom and to whom in those situations. This stuff isn’t just relevant to lesbians but to ANYONE who has a pussy or a partner who has one, and that’s a boatload of people. Were I only interested in cis boys I’d still be woefully ignorant about all that.
To a lesser extent it applies the other way too – the “use a condom for buttsex/fellatio” line is much more insisted upon when talking to gay boys, but straight couples are just as likely to do those things and catch AIDS and other STIs from them.

TL;DR “sex ed” is a dangerous joke and it’s way past time for a revolution.