Why We Need Sex Ed Now - For the Visual Learners

Why We Need Sex Ed Now (For the Visual Learners)

You may have noticed that I feel very strongly about the fact that we (and by “we” I mean “Americans”) need to be better educating our children when it comes to sex. I love this infographic for its clear depiction of why. I hate this infographic because of how true it is.

Two of my favorite sources on sex-positive child-rearing are Airial Clark of The Sex Positive Parent and Lanae St. John – The Mamasutra. Check them out!

Sex ed

JoEllen Notte is a writer, speaker, and mental health advocate whose work explores the impact of depression on sex and relationships. Since 2012 she has written about sex, mental health, and how none of us are broken here at The Redhead Bedhead.

JoEllen has led workshops nationwide on sexual communication, navigating consent, having casual sex kindly, and dating as an introvert. She has toured sex shops, spoken at length on dildos, and even started a sex school but she is happiest and most effective when writing and speaking on behalf of quiet people who have sex. Check out her video series on attending conferences as an introvert and her extensive writing on sex and depression.

JoEllen has spoken at Clark College, University of Chicago, University of Tennessee, the Guelph Sexuality Conference, Woodhull’s Sexual Freedom Summit, and the Playground Conference

JoEllen’s first book The Monster Under the Bed: Sex, Depression & The Conversation We Aren’t Having was published by Thorntree Press in March 2020. Her new book In It Together: Navigating Depression with Partners, Friends, and Family was published by Thornapple Press in March 2023.