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17 lies we need to stop teaching girls about sex

Fueled by outdated ideals of gender roles and the sense that female sexuality is somehow shameful, there are certain pernicious myths about girls and sex that just won’t die. That sex education in America has gaping holes doesn’t help much, either; in a recent Centers for Disease Control (CDC) report, just 6 out of 10 girls said that their schools’ sex ed curriculum included information on how to say no to sex. This lack of personal agency was reflected in a forthcoming study by sociologist Heather Hlavka at Marquette University as well, which found that many young girls think of sex simply as something that is “done to them.”

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tenaflyviper:

ppdk:

Ok now what

Not to be a killjoy,  but this isn’t checked privilege.

It’s gingham privilege. 😛

I know tumblr is particularly un-fond of doing any fact checking whatsoever.

So i’ll save you the trouble.

Gingham is a fabric type.

Plaid uses more than two colours and striped and is essentially US Tartan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gingham

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Check_pattern

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaid_(pattern)

everyone done trying to sound smart now?