Our introductions to sex are so formative. And a lot of us are stumbling around the world trying to make up for lost time and learn the things we should’ve been taught when we were 12. As a sex educator, Ruby has seen this first hand in her years teaching sex ed in classrooms all across the country, training professionals on how to be more informed and inclusive when it comes to talking about sex, and running contraception distribution teams. In this episode she’ll be tackling all the different ways that sex ed and inherited shame can impact us, as well as examining why a one size fits all approach to sex education doesn’t serve us.

CREDITS:

Host: Ruby Rare

Producer, Editor and Sound Design: Bea Duncan

Executive Producer: Hana Walker-Brown

Production Assistants: Rory Boyle and Mars West

Social Assets: /Forward Slash

This is a Broccoli Production

Full transcript available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16MW3RADmrv8gf_SvcX9sp85N0KuFhwP1/view?usp=sharing

RESOURCES:

Brook

The UK's leading provider of sexual health and wellbeing for young people under 25

Service directory: https://www.brook.org.uk/find-a-service/

Website: https://www.brook.org.uk

The National Domestic Abuse Helpline, run by Refuge

Free and confidential helpline.

Phone: 0808 2000 247 (24 hours a day)

Galop

Hate crime, domestic abuse and sexual violence support service for LGBT+ people

Helpline: 0800 999 5428 (Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm / Wednesday & Thursday, 10am-8pm)

Website: http://www.galop.org.uk

LINKS & FURTHER READING:

Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults, by Ruby Rare https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sex-Guide-Adults-Hardcover-2020/dp/B08RHY5S84

No Outsiders https://no-outsiders.com

Brook Learn - free online sex education https://learn.brook.org.uk/

Rukiat Ashawe https://www.instagram.com/iamrukiat/?hl=en

Decolonising Contraception https://decolonisingcontraception.co.uk/

Brilliant Questions About Growing Up: Simple Answers About Bodies and Boundaries https://www.waterstones.com/book/brilliant-questions-about-growing-up/amy-forbes-robertson/alex-fryer/9780241447987

Can We Talk About Consent? https://www.waterstones.com/book/can-we-talk-about-consent/justin-hancock/fuchsia-macaree/9780711256545

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