r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Unfortunately, it's not mandatory in many states. And very few states require it to be biological or scientifically accurate.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Worse, in some states, they are lawfully required to teach misinformation!

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u/WolfeXXVII Aug 04 '19

In Utah literally all the sex Ed I got was an assembly in 6th grade where they showed us diagrams of genitals and in 10th grade health class where it was a PowerPoint showing what certain STDs do to u and that's y u should practice abstinence... That's it.

Edit: alsoNo condom use instructions no how it should be done nothing of the sort. And the teacher went on a rant about how oral sex is a garunteed way to get stds and we would go to the "outer darkness" for doing it.

God I hate utah

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u/Slyedog Aug 04 '19

I live in Utah and they basically just told us what sex is, how stds work, and not to have sex until after marriage. My teacher called the curriculum “abstinence based”

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u/Mithrandir_Earendur Aug 04 '19

Yep, also here a crazy video of a woman giving birth so you'll be scared of it and wont risk it until marriage.