Health teacher
blindly reading off the slides
of a powerpoint.
"Don't Have Sex Kids!"
"Pregnancy"
"STD's"
"Abstinence"
Perhaps if they took a break
from the negativity.
Perhaps if they stood back
and realized that
gasp
preaching abstinence isn't the solution.
The only reason for the
"Pregnancy"
"STD's"
is that they don't teach us
how to practice sex safely.
They make no mention of
Condoms
Diaphragms
Pills
They tell you over and over again
that if you have sex
there will be children
there will be HIV
there will be Herpes.
They make no mention of anything
other than the cis straight white vanilla sex
they leave the clitoris
off of all the diagrams of vaginas
out of fear that maybe a woman could
gasp
orgasm!
Preposterous!
They preach victim blaming.
They tell the girls
to stay sober
to never put your drink down
long pants
turtlenecks
Instead of teaching the boys
to keep their erections in their pants.
to treat women like humans
that no means no
she is not an object
she did not "deserve it"
she didn't owe you anything.
Ignorance isn't bliss
and Abstinence isn't safety.