The State

of Sex Ed

www.rescripted.com
Intro

At Rescripted, we believe Sex Ed is broken.

We learn way more about how to abstain from using our bodies and fully expressing them
in Sex Ed than we do about how they actually work. Fast forward, and we see this
impacting people of all genders in their adult lives today. Very few people understand their
own bodies, let alone the bodies of others. And that’s an issue, especially when it comes to
family-building in our 20s and 30s. When we don’t understand our bodies, we can’t use
them to their fullest potential, improve them, or channel them in the ways that we’d like.

We decided to put data behind our inclinations around Sex Ed and the anecdotes we’ve
collected over the years, so we surveyed 1,000 of our community members, and this is
what we found.

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Media and the internet are dominant
sources for sexual health information
in 2023, but people don’t trust it.

28% of people
first learned about sexual health from social media and other media
outlets, meanwhile only 7% first learned about it from healthcare
providers

45% of people
get majority of their information about sexual health from social media and
other media outlets, meanwhile only 9% get majority of it from their
healthcare provider

94% of people
rely on the internet (Google, social media, community forums) for answers
to their questions about reproductive and sexual health

However…

76% Only 6%
of people of people
think social media think mass media People are turning to
and the internet is a gives an accurate these outlets for
source of representation of insights, but feel
misinformation reproductive health they’re being
about reproductive
and sexual health
misinformed there.

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Sex Ed has historically taught us to
avoid sex vs. empowering us over our
own bodies. That's got to change.

2x as many people
learned about abstinence
in Sex Ed than they did
sexuality, birth control
options, and abortion

3x as many people
learned about STIs in Sex Ed
than hormonal health, yet we More people learned
know ~80% of women will how to put a condom on
experience a hormonal issue a banana in Sex Ed than
at some point in their lifetime about their own
reproductive hormones

There’s no trustworthy place to go to

get educated on your body.

76% of people believe there’s misinformation

spread about reproductive and
sexual health within their
peer group

Porn is the of people

Only feel like
#1 source they’re an

of misinformation about reproductive and 29% expert on

their own
sexual health, according to 46% of people body

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The majority of people aren’t
confidently educated about their bodies
and how they work.
Without an understanding of your health, it’s challenging to improve it.
Without an understanding of other people’s health, it’s challenging to
support them.

14% of people 18%

say they don’t know anything
about their reproductive
of people
say they don’t
anatomy, and less than 1/4 know anything
of people feel educated
about sexuality and
about their anatomy in
LGBTQ+ sex
general

35%
Only Only

of people feel educated about the

18%
menstrual cycle and pregnancy of people feel educated
prevention about their own hormones

Only

1/4 15% of people

of people feel educated have no knowledge about the
about ovulation ovulatory period

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Debunking Sexual Health
Misconceptions
32% of people
think a person who menstruates can’t pee with a tampon in.

They can; it’s a different hole. Females have two openings: the urethral opening and the
vaginal opening.

think a person with a uterus can only get

pregnant during their ovulation window.

53% Sperm can survive in the female reproductive system

for up to 5 days, so if sex occurs a few days before
ovulation, there’s still a possibility of fertilization.
of people

1/4 of people
think women exclusively fake orgasms.

Men can fake orgasms, just like women.

It’s possible for men to ejaculate during sex without experiencing an orgasm. Orgasm and
ejaculation are two separate physiological processes that usually occur together but can
also happen independently.

STDs/STIs in America

There’s a lot of confusion about how common STDs and STIs are in actuality.

Meanwhile estimates for “What % of

adults do you think get STIs each year?"

2-92%
ranged from

23% of people say they’ve

gotten an STI

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It’s 2023 and…
Communication with sexual partners on difficult topics
remains uncomfortable and taboo.
They teach us how to do linear equations in school, but not how to have
difficult, intimate conversations. 🤦‍♀️

34%
of people 43%
aren’t comfortable of people
talking to a sexual
partner about aren’t comfortable talking to a sexual
abortion partner about masturbation

30%
of people
aren’t comfortable Social conditioning
talking to a sexual partner has us fearful to
about birth control options or fertility
masturbate, or at least
admit to it.

27%
25% of people
of people don’t masturbate,
aren’t comfortable talking to a sexual partner despite it offering
about STDs/STIs numerous health
benefits such as

90%
Stress and pain relief

Improved sleep and sexual

satisfaction
of people aren’t comfortable
talking to a sexual partner about sexual Boosted bodily awareness
fantasies or fetishes and self-connection

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You’re
NOT
alone!
It’s normal to feel
embarrassed during
sexual experiences.

46% of people
have felt ashamed during a sexual
or intimate moment

It’s normal to not orgasm every time.

41%
Majority of people only orgasm sometimes
10% of people
during sex, including men never orgasm during sex or aren’t sure
if they do

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 The nuclear family isn’t for everyone.
There’s no one-size-fits-all model for
"the" ideal family.

22%
don’t

70% 8%
plan to have children aren’t sure yet

61% 14%
of people of people
want a partner with want multiple
kids as their ideal partners with kids
family as their ideal family

10% 3%
prefer to be a
of people single parent
want a partner
without kids as
their ideal family
1%
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kids (and that’s their ideal family!)
How We’re Rescripting
Sex Ed in 2023…

Teach young women about how their bodies actually work, so they can feel
empowered over them instead of uncomfortable or scared

Encourage people to "do their own research" in a thoughtful and science-

backed way, so they can come to their own conclusions rather than take
what they see in the media at face value

Help people understand their fertility and how to get ahead of it, so they’re
not waiting until they’ve decided to have kids to be proactive

Bridge the gap between conventional and alternative medicine so people

know all their options when pursuing optimal fertility, whole person health,
and pregnancy prevention

Paint an accurate picture of sex, STDs/STIs, and sexual experiences so

there are realistic expectations

Educate on the entire spectrum of sexuality and sexual preferences so

people can explore for themselves and be accepting of different ideologies

Teach people skills for how to talk through difficult topics with partners,
family members, and healthcare providers, so they can be their own
advocates with full confidence

Paint one’s reproductive, hormonal, and sexual health as a 360-ecosystem.

What’s inside is affected by what we consume, how we move and think, and
the toxic load we take on

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