The Margaret Hennigar Public Library in Bridgewater is hosting an adult sex education seminar. Photo: SSPL
South Shore Public Libraries are putting on an adult sexual education seminar to help fill the gaps left by the public school system.
For most people, you take a sexual education course in middle school then never again. According to Julie Veinott who works with South Shore Sexual Health that can be problematic.
“Many people haven’t taken sex-ed in many and as some things have changed and some things that were never taught in the first place it can leave people with a lot of questions.”
While most of the scientific info surrounding sexual health and STIs hasn’t changed Veinott says there have been societal shifts.
“When many people took sex-ed it was from the perspective of two individuals in a relationship or when non-binary terminology was not even around, now we know things are so much more complex and we want people to be well equipped.”
The event is being hosted at the Bridgewater Public Library on April 22 at 7 p.m. Adults and mature youth are invited to attend though space is limited in accordance with COVID-19 protocols.
Attendees will have the opportunity to watch various presentations and there will be a show-and-tell portion where Veinotte will show how to use various contraceptive devices.
There will also be an anonymous question box which Veinotte says makes it easier for people to find out what they really want to know.
“Learning sex-ed in a classroom with your teenage peers can be daunting so the question box is a way for people to get involved without the fear of being ridiculed.”
Space is limited at the Bridgewater Public Library due to COVID-19 restrictions so admittance will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis.
