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Strange but real lessons of American sex ed. Historian Lisa Andersen walks us through the decades.
⭐️ This episode originally ran on August 23, 2017 and is a favorite from the archives. We hope you enjoy, and we’ll be back next week with a brand new episode.
📚 The book Lisa talks about developing in this episode is now available. She co-wrote it with Lauren Bialystok and it’s called
Touchy Subject: The History and Philosophy of Sex Education. Using this link supports the show!
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Recommendations from the archive
• #220 The Staircase
• #221 How to Not (Accidentally) Raise a Rapist
• #224 Sex-Positive Books for Tweens and Teens (and Parents!) - with reading list (buying books from this link supports the show!)
• We’ve also got a whole series on Sex & Parenthood!
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• Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe!
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Strange but real lessons of American sex ed. Historian Lisa Andersen walks us through the decades.
⭐️ This episode originally ran on August 23, 2017 and is a favorite from the archives. We hope you enjoy, and we’ll be back next week with a brand new episode.
📚 The book Lisa talks about developing in this episode is now available. She co-wrote it with Lauren Bialystok and it’s called
Touchy Subject: The History and Philosophy of Sex Education. Using this link supports the show!
…
Recommendations from the archive
• #220 The Staircase
• #221 How to Not (Accidentally) Raise a Rapist
• #224 Sex-Positive Books for Tweens and Teens (and Parents!) - with reading list (buying books from this link supports the show!)
• We’ve also got a whole series on Sex & Parenthood!
…
• Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe!
• Follow us on Instagram
• Sign up for our newsletter, where we recommend other parenting + reproductive health media
• Buy books by LST guests (your purchase supports the show!)
• Website: longestshortesttime.com
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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