18 – (PT. 1) Our Sexual Education System Sucks ft. Nicole Johnston

The taboos surrounding sex, sexuality, and sexual health have been a long, withstanding battle that advocates still fight to eradicate. This is for the young generation to feel comfortable in their own gender and sexuality—for young women to freely talk about their menstruation, for non-binary fellows to embrace their unique well-being, and for everyone to embrace their sexual nature.

We are graced by my prodigious colleague Nicole Johnston—a feminist and community organizer who has a fiery commitment to policy development that intersects between gender equality, peacebuilding and post conflict development, and the role of public policy in designing gender transformative peace processes. 

Here’s an overview of what we discussed.

• A brief background of how we met as colleagues taking master’s degree together
• The struggles and social limitations of living in a “man’s world” that fueled Nicole’s passion for feminism
• Nicole’s endometriosis journey and the stigma that shrouded reproductive health in medical space
• Hitting puberty and the dilemma of teenage girls’ menstruation situation
• The role of intersectionality in an inclusive conversation about sex education
• Internet as a double-edged sword in the sex education space
• How a community can impact on your mindset growth and gain your safe space

Resources:

NYHSSE’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/notyourhighschoolssexed/?hl=en

NYHSSE’s Website - https://notyourhighschoolssexed.weebly.com/

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