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[–] la_fupacabra 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

We have sex Ed.

You're assuming a lot about a lot of the US here. I agree these things should be taught, especially nutrition and sex ed, but even when they are it's incredibly shitty. My sex ed was essentially "here's some tampons and condoms, a video, and that's it". I think we also got soap. I didn't even learn that you couldn't get pregnant by being fingered till I was probably 13. I think you need to actually teach the material as well as comprehension for that to work, and now a days most people are too lazy for that.

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[–] theepilepticferret ago 

I went to a Catholic school in Canada, and although it was government mandated that they had to teach us sex-ed, the classes heavily focused on abstinence. Sure, they mentioned all the other stuff like condoms and birth control, but we were told that sex and masturbation were sins, and if we did them we were going to Hell. It really messed me up for a while, and as a young adult I didn't really enjoy my sexuality.

Thankfully the government in this province has implemented a new & more comprehensive sex-ed program, and all schools are required to teach it in its entirety. They've also made homosexuality, bisexuality, trans-sexuality, etc. a mandatory component of the program too, which I think is awesome because when I was in school they told us that was a choice and a sin too.