When Did Porn Become Sex Ed? By Debra Roffman

The article "When Did Porn Become Sex Ed?" by Debra Roffman was about a conversation between adults and teens about what happens after the word “yes.” The article started off with an email from a 21 year old college student wondering about sex. When she was in middle school and high school her sexuality teachers didn’t teach much other than don’t have sex. She felt she couldn’t talk to her parents about the subject because that is just awkward. She came to a solution by watching pornography to become knowledgeable. It seems in America that we like to stay away from the natural but awkward talks. Many parents feel uncomfortable talking to their children about sex, puberty, or life itself. Roffman brought up an example that when you name babies body parts you only mentions the boys genitals and not the girls. This continues as teachers educate students on puberty. Normally teachers do not go into details, but only teach the basics. This will leave students with questions. I feel annoyed that teachers and parents do not want to educate their children because it is the way of life and they will find out …show more content…
We, the people, assume that all guys want is to “finish” and the girls are just their to help. We see it as the guys are in control because that the rumors we hear and we continue to follow them. As Roffman is trying to explain is that they are dirty rumors they are not always true. She explains that women are not the only ones that want love and connection, so do guys. They may not know how to show it, but its there. She explains that they are not fully educated on their partners needs or feelings. Roffman stated that when she looks back she felt that all she had to go on was rumors. I feel like that is all everyone goes on. Everyone is so stuck on what he or she said they don’t get to know the person and their feelings. When people have meaningful sex it will really develop a loving