We should teach children about miscarriage during sex ed. Here’s why
We should teach children about miscarriage during sex ed. Here’s why | Jessica Zucker
I feel this in my bones
Miscarriage and still births are still so taboo, which contributes to/exacerbates the feelings of isolation and despair which often follow. And it’s not at all helped by the misinformation that’s out there.
Some of the most unhelpful types of advice I frequently see involve versions of ‘avoid stress’, which, if you think about it for more than a minute is not only something of an empty platitude, but also makes no sense given the number of full-term babies born into extremely stressful conditions throughout human history
Properly understanding and talking about the potential vagaries of pregnancy might also go some way to challenging anti-abortion rhetoric, which tends to fetishise pregnancy (always at the expense of the pregnant person. And reality). It was quite apparent that some of them don’t understand how pregnancy works when those US politicians started waffling about ’re-implating foetuses’ during in ectopic pregnancies… I dare say people like that have never heard of a molar pregnancy, for example.
Basically, we need to demystify pregnancy for everyone’s sakes
Certified Sex Ed Post!
Miscarriage is such a lonely, lonely thing, and people so often act like you deserved it. I think if people realized the percentage of pregnancies that end in miscarriage, that might, you know, stop.
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