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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