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Áine Aventin, Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast

Five important things you should have learned in sex ed – but probably didn't

It's important to talk about sex with your partner. SeventyFour/ Shutterstock

If you grew up in the 90s and 00s, you may feel that sex education didn’t teach you much of practical value. Most sex education during this time followed a “prevention” approach, focusing on avoiding pregnancy and STIs, with most information largely targeted at heterosexual people.

While some schools are now making their sex education more “sex positive” and inclusive, that doesn’t change the fact that many in their 20s and 30s feel they’ve missed out on vital education that could have helped them better navigate the complex world of relationships and sexuality as adults.

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