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Sex Ed: Beyond the Classroom

For this special web series, The Walrus spoke with teens, parents, and educators nationwide, on what we get wrong—and right—about gender, intimacy, desire, and consent

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Sex Ed: Beyond the Classroom

December 5, 2018January 28, 2019 - by The Walrus Staff

For this special web series, The Walrus spoke with teens, parents, and educators nationwide, on what we get wrong—and right—about gender, intimacy, desire, and consent

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Yes, They Used to Teach That. An Educator Reacts to Old Sex-Ed Videos

December 5, 2018November 14, 2019 - by The Walrus Staff
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How One Podcaster Got Us Talking about Sex

December 5, 2018July 9, 2019 - by Katherine Laidlaw

Kaitlin Prest explores the messy intersections of relationships, intimacy, and love

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The Last Good Sex-Ed Book

December 5, 2018November 14, 2019 - by Sue Carter

For forty-five years, Our Bodies, Ourselves helped empower curious women. Now that it’s going out of print, what will replace it?

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The Undoing of Ontario Sex Ed

December 5, 2018October 27, 2020 - by Erica Lenti

From school walkouts to government snitch lines: how Doug Ford’s curriculum reversal became a political flashpoint

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Learning Sex Ed Through Art

December 5, 2018January 9, 2020 - by Anubha Momin

How Nunavut’s Timiga, Ikumajuq became the most exceptional sex-ed program in Canada

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How to Have “the Talk” as a Muslim Father

December 5, 2018November 14, 2019 - by Yasir Khan

Growing up, I remained largely ignorant about healthy sexuality. Can I do better for my daughter?

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Why I Stopped Skipping My Period

December 5, 2018October 4, 2021 - by Eliza Robertson

After decades of treating menstruation as a burden, I learned to reconsider

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How the Internet Changed Sex

December 5, 2018August 14, 2020 - by Anna Fitzpatrick

The digital world is hyperconnected and completely unfiltered. That’s exactly why it has become an indispensable resource

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Four Religious Leaders on Sex Ed

December 5, 2018October 7, 2019 - by The Walrus Staff

We asked men and women from different faiths how they teach sex, pleasure, and consent. Their answers might surprise you

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