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Podcast: Slate Advice
Episode: Mom & Dad: Squeamish Feelings About a Sex-Ed Book
Description: On this episode: Jamilah Lemieux, Zak Rosen, and Elizabeth Newcamp are joined by Slate writer, Aymann Ismail, to talk about his piece, Closed Book. He tracked down one of the most challenged booksâa health and sexual education book called Itâs Perfectly Normalâto see why itâs being banned. Itâs âparticularly blunt and graphicâ yet Aymann was surprised at the feelings of embarrassment and shame surfacing as he read the book. They talk about parentâs squeamish feelings when it comes to sexual education, why age-appropriate education is so important, and what these involuntary reactions have to do with book...