What holidays are in May? If you said Mothers Day or Memorial Day you’re really missing the party, because May is Sex Ed For All Month! With all the abortion legislation in the news, sex education is painfully relevant and our ignorance on the subject can be dangerous, even deadly. But there’s humor to be had in just how stupid we are when it comes to sex, and maybe humor is the best way to approach such a sensitive subject. We have several little sex education nuggets for you this month, and a (totally not funny) source to go to if you’d like to take a more serious role in May’s biggest overlooked holiday…
John Oliver is always top-notch, but his piece on Sex Ed is one of his best. Don’t miss the teacher explaining how to use a condom in Mississippi, where condom demonstrations are explicitly forbidden in class!
18 women share the dumbest things men believed about reproductive health. Goddesses give us patience. Pamela Ross on SomeEcards.com, May 2019
28 people who really didn’t understand how the female body works. Jasmin Nahar on BuzzFeed, Jan 2018
34 Things Some Men Believe About The Female Body That Concern Me, Jame Jackson on BuzzFeed, Jan 2019
20 Myths About Sex. Some About Men. Some About Women. Some Silly. Some Funny. 2 Deadly Serious., Phoebe Gavin on UpWorthy, July 2014
It’s Funny But It Isn’t True: Debunking Myths About Aging and Sexuality, Laurie Mintz in Psychology Today, Feb 2012
5 most hilarious sex myths ever, Reagan Gavin Rasquinha in Times of India, July 2017
…and as we promised, here is a source for NON-humorous, REAL INFORMATION for just about anything to do with sex. (Or, you know… ‘planning parenthood’!)
