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Joycelyn Elders (Surgeon General fired for her support of sex education and drug legalization) (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 17 points 6 hours ago

Goddess.

She was 100% right.

Amid a discussion of AIDS prevention, she was asked by an audience member about the prospects that masturbation could be more openly discussed and promoted as a means of keeping young people from riskier sexual activity.

“I think that it is something that’s part of human sexuality and it’s part of something that perhaps should be taught,” she said. “But we’ve not even taught our children the very basics. And I feel that we have tried ignorance for a very long time and it’s time we try education.”