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How peer educators can transform sex education

Thea Holcomb · TED

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Where are teens supposed to learn about sex, asks student speaker Thea Holcomb. From alarmist imagery about sexually transmitted diseases? From the Internet and all its attendant judgment, bias and dysfunction? The answer, she suggests, lies with peer educators. In this talk, Holcomb explains why properly trained peer educators are the right people to disseminate both accurate information and healthy attitudes. As she says, "When you get accurate, judgment-free information from your peers, you realize that sex ed doesn't have to be scary."

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Institution
TED
Department
TEDxSaltLakeCity
Speaker
Thea Holcomb
Year
2015
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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