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Works of Radical Imagination

: Coverage of menstruation, reproduction, and the physical mechanics of giving birth.

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Unlike segregated "boys in the gym, girls in the library" classes of the 1950s-80s, Sexuele Voorlichting kept both sexes together. The premise:

Furthermore, the "1991" context is critical. This was the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis. By '91, the "Just Say No" and abstinence-heavy curriculums were in full swing. While the videos showed the biology of reproduction, the "scary" side of sexual health was often taught via separate, fear-based PSAs that separated the act of sex from the biology of puberty.