Damned Right! How Could This Ever Be allowed?
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My parents presented me with a whole set of books when I was about 12. I think the series was called “ Lifecycle” or something. I remember they were red and white hard bound books with age appropriate text - not babyish but not college level either - with lots of color illustrations and diagrams. My parents said “Here. Read every word of these books and let us know if you have any questions.” Honestly I was perfectly okay with this approach. I was a reader and really didn’t want to discuss the subject with my parents anyway.
Was it around the early 1980’s? It may have been the of same book series. I loved to read and would disappear into my books for days until I was done. My parent teacher notes went home and I was reprimanded many times for getting caught in the back of class reading romance novels during math, history, science (the classes I sucked at). As a sheltered shut in until I moved out on my own, I wished I had a mom I could talk to, especially since I was never allowed to have friends over, go to friends houses or talk on the phone with anyone without my mom over my shoulder making sure I didn’t say something wrong. That book was a crappy education and so was sex ed in school.
I got the books on the mid 70s so it’s likely they were around in the 80s. Yeah they gave a dry and incomplete sex ed. Nothing exactly inspirational. They made me wonder what all the big deal was. But I guess I got marginally more detail than I got at my traditional Catholic school. The romance novels may have taught you you more.
Very dry and yes they sid