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Sex ed gets graphic in new CNN series

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CNN debuts "This is Sex with Lisa Ling" featuring graphic sexual conversations happening in schools. (Reuters/Reuters)

CNN on Monday debuted a documentary series meant to investigate sex education in America -- but
the rst part of the series showcased surprising scenes about whats being taught in some schools.

The series is titled This is Sex with Lisa Ling and the network describes it as a series exploring the
taboos around sex in America and the ways in which sexuality has been stigmatized, policed and
politicized. The digital venture dropped Monday, and the rst part, titled Sex 101, featured a look
inside a California classroom talking about sex in graphic terms.

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The documentary showed students learning how to put a condom on fake penis models and being
taught about how to have safe anal sex, during the discussion at James Monroe High School in Los
Angeles. Questions involved the technical term for a female receiving oral sex and the area of skin
between a females private parts.

The school has leaned into the states very open sexual education laws and even has a teen health
clinic where students can get contraception and the Morning Afterpill for free.

Per California law, all of what is taught must be medically accurate and inclusive to all sexual
orientations and gender identities without promoting any particular religion. As a result, all topics
regarding sex are pretty much on the table. The class teacher mentioned that shes encountered
many students comfortable with telling her that theyre transitioning genders and prefer different
pronouns.

The segment noted that many parts of the country opt instead to teach abstinence-only sex
education in schools, sparking a debate over where to draw the line.

A similar debate unfolded earlier this year afterTeen Voguegot backlash for printing a guide to anal
sex, targeted at teens. While the magazine argued that it was merely promoting sexual education on
the subject, many parents were upset about the magazine promoting sodomy and perversion.

Elizabeth Johnston spoke onThe Todd Starnes Showafter she appeared in a viral video showing her
burning the magazine issue in question.

This is not a Republican issue or a Democrat issue. This is not a conservative issue or liberal issue.
This is a parent issue, she said.

The backlash to this article is rooted in homophobia. Its also laced in arcane delusion about what it
means to be a young person today, the magazines digital editor, Phillip Picardi,wroteon Twitter.

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CNNs segment, by contrast, bills itself as an exploration of the state of sexual education and the
conversation in America, whereas the Teen Vogue article presented itself as part of that education.
In either case, it has left many wondering what form, if any, sexual education in America should take.

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