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MAN: WHAT IF I WANNA HAVE
SEX BEFORE I GET MARRIED?

TEACHER: WELL, I GUESS
YOU JUST HAVE TO BE

PREPARED TO DIE.

NARRATOR: THE MOST IMPORTANT CLASS IN THE SCHOOL OF LIFE...

MAN: SEX EDUCATION.

NARRATOR: IS THE ONE
THAT ALMOST EVERYONE FAILS.

MARGARET CHO: MY PARENTS
STILL HAVE NOT TOLD ME WHERE

BABIES COME FROM.

WOMAN: JUST TELL THEM TO
KEEP YOUR HANDS OUT OF WHAT'S

INSIDE YOUR SWIMMING SUIT.

DITA VON TEESE: I LEARNED
ABOUT SEX FROM MY FATHER'S

PLAYBOYS AND MY
MOM'S COSMOPOLITAN.

RUPAUL CHARLES: PEOPLE ASSUME
THAT PORN SEX IS EVERY DAY SEX.

IT IS NOT.

NARRATOR: FEW THINGS GET PEOPLE HOTTER UNDER THE COLLAR

THAN SEX EDUCATION.

MAN: SHOULD BE
CALLED PERVERSION.

DAN SAVAGE:
THEY'RE NOT DOING SEX ED,

THEY'RE DOING SEX DREAD.

NARRATOR: SO WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN REFORMERS DARE TO KICK

THE HORNETS' NEST
OF SEX ED POLITICS?

REPORTER: SURGEON GENERAL
JOYCELYN ELDERS IS FORCED TO

RESIGN BECAUSE OF COMMENT
SHE MADE ABOUT MASTURBATION.

JOYCELYN ELDERS: IT WAS
LIKE A STAB WOUND IN MY HEART.

DR. DREW PINSKY:
SEX EDUCATION IS POLITICAL.

IT'S PRETTY SCARY.

NARRATOR: IN CENTRAL TURKEY,

ARCHEOLOGISTS UNEARTH
A STONE AGE SCULPTURE THAT

NEATLY SUMS
UP THE BIRDS AND BEES.

ON ONE SIDE,
TWO LOVERS, ON THE OTHER,

THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE SEX
ACT, A MOTHER WITH CHILD.

8,000 YEARS LATER,

TEACHING THESE VERY
BASIC FACTS OF LIFE

HAS BECOME A POLITICAL
AND CULTURAL MINEFIELD.

DON LEMON: I DIDN'T HAVE
SEX ED IN SCHOOL AT ALL.

I GREW UP IN THE
DEEP SOUTH AND I WENT TO A

CATHOLIC SCHOOL, NO SEX ED.

WOMAN: THIS IS A DIAGRAM
OF THE UTERUS OR WOMB.

GLORIA ALLRED: OF COURSE,
IT WASN'T EVEN CALLED

SEX EDUCATION AT THE TIME
BECAUSE NO TEACHER WOULD UTTER

THE WORD SEX,
IT'S CALLED HYGIENE.

WOMAN: IT'S BECOMING ROUND
WITH THE BEGINNINGS OF A BOSOM

AND THE START OF A
REAL WAISTLINE AND HIPS.

SHANNON BOODRAM: IT WAS
MY GYM TEACHER WHO LOOK LIKE

SHE AIN'T NEVER HAD SEX.

MIND YOU KNEW
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

WOMAN: YOU'VE PLAYED THE FIELD
FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS, JEFF.

DAN SAVAGE: MY PARENTS
TRIED BUT IT WAS A

STRUGGLE FOR THEM.

YOU KNOW, THEY WANTED TO BE
GOOD AND HIP PARENTS WHO COULD

TALK TO THEIR KIDS ABOUT SEX.

MAN: IT WASN'T THE FIRST
TIME FOR EITHER OF US.

DAN SAVAGE: WE WOULD RUN
SCREAMING FROM THE ROOM.

MAN: A SUCCESSFUL COUPLING
STARTS WHEN THE MALE GRABS A

FEMALE IN A TIGHT GRIP.

PENN JILLETTE: I
CAN REMEMBER WATCHING TV,

WATCHING ABOUT SEX
ON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC.

YOU WOULD TAKE YOUR PANTS OFF.

RAVI PATEL:
AT A VERY YOUNG AGE,

I WAS TRYING TO WATCH THOSE
SQUIGGLY LINES ON THE PREMIUM

CHANNELS THAT WE DIDN'T
PAY FOR JUST TO CATCH A BOOB.

THAT'S CLEARLY YOUR BODY
TELLING YOU, YOU WANT BOOBS.

NARRATOR: AFTER 100
YEARS OF SEX EDUCATION,

APPEARING IN SCHOOLS
AROUND THE GLOBE,

YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
MORE CONFUSED THAN EVER.

MANY BLAME THIS ON POLITICAL
AGENDAS WHICH THEY BELIEVE

STAND IN THE WAY OF A
STUDENT'S RIGHT TO KNOW.

MIRIAM REUMANN: IT'S
PROFOUNDLY SHOCKING THAT YOU

WOULD HAVE HAD A MORE
THOROUGH SEX EDUCATION IN THE

1950'S THAN FIVE YEARS
AGO IN HIGH SCHOOL.

SARAH MIRK:
AS OF MARCH 1ST, 2016,

ONLY 24 STATES IN UNITED
STATES ACTUALLY REQUIRED THAT

SEX ED BE TAUGHT IN
SCHOOLS, AND OF THOSE,

ONLY 13 REQUIRE THAT
IT'D BE MEDICALLY ACCURATE.

DR. DREW PINSKY: I SUSPECT THE
PRIMARY REASON HUMAN SEXUALITY

IS POLITICAL IS BECAUSE IT'S
A GOOD WAY TO GET ELECTED.

IT'S THE HOT BUTTON ITEM
THAT WE FEEL INTENSELY ABOUT.

NORA GELPERIN: WE'VE GOT
A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO

ARE REALLY HUNGERING
FOR MORE HONEST,

ACCURATE INFORMATION
ABOUT SEXUALITY.

THEY'RE NOT FINDING IT
IN THEIR HEALTH CLASSES,

THEY'RE NOT GETTING IT
FROM THEIR PARENTS AT HOME.

WOMAN: A CHLAMYDIA OUTBREAK
THAT GOT EVERYONE TALKING

ABOUT THE SMALL TOWN
OF CRANE LAST WEEK,

NOW HAS THE SCHOOL LOOKING
AT POSSIBLE WAYS TO FIX IT.

DAN SAVAGE: SEX
EDUCATION IS A FAILURE.

THERE ARE KIDS TODAY DRINKING
BLEACH AS BIRTH CONTROL,

DRINK A CAP OF BLEACH
BEFORE YOU HAVE SEX,

THAT'S BIRTH CONTROL.

DR. DREW PINSKY: THE
MYTHS SURROUND SEXUALITY AND

BEING SAFE WITH SEX
ARE ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE.

DAN SAVAGE: YOU CAN'T GET
A GIRL PREGNANT IF YOU STOP

THRUSTING INSIDE HER AFTER
YOU EJACULATE BECAUSE IT'S THE

TRUSTING AFTER EJACULATION
THAT BREAKS OPEN HER EGGS.

NORA GELPERIN: SHE CAN'T
GET PREGNANT IF YOU HAVE SEX

STANDING UP.

SHE CAN'T GET PREGNANT
IF YOU HAVE SEX IN A POOL,

IF YOU DRINK A LOT
OF MOUNTAIN DEW.

THERE'S A LOT THAT'S MISSING.

THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT
YOUNG PEOPLE DESERVE AND

THAT WE AS ADULTS

HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY
TO PROVIDE FOR THEM.

NARRATOR: PEOPLE TEND
TO IGNORE SEX EDUCATION,

UNTIL A SOCIAL UPHEAVAL
OR OTHER DISASTER FORCES

THEM TO CONFRONT
THE FACTS OF LIFE,

LIKE THE WORLD WARS
OF THE 20TH CENTURY.

MIRIAM REUMANN: SEXUAL
EDUCATION STARTS GETTING GOING

PRIMARILY WITH THE ANTI-VD
CAMPAIGN DURING WORLD WAR I.

NARRATOR: THIS RARE 1917
BRITISH FILM DEPICTS THE

HORRORS OF A SOLDIER
BRINGING HOME SYPHILIS TO

HIS INNOCENT WIFE,

CAUSING THEIR NEW BABY TO
BE BORN PERMANENTLY BLIND.

♪ [REVEILLE PLAYS]

SOLDIER: FALL IN.

NARRATOR:
DURING WORLD WAR II,

SOME AMERICAN FILMS
DEVELOPED AN AGGRESSIVE TONE

OF SEXUAL BLUNTNESS.

SOLDIER: THE ARMY RECOGNIZES
THE RISKS PRESENT WITH A

LARGE NUMBER OF MEN
TO THE SATISFACTION OF

THEIR SEXUAL IMPULSE.

HOWEVER, IN THE EVENT
OF CONTACT WITH A

CONTAMINATED WOMAN, MALARIA,
GONORRHEA, AND SYPHILIS,

THEY DESTROY YOUR LIFE.

JANE WARD: THESE FILMS ARE
DELIVERING SOME PRACTICAL SEX

EDUCATION THAT WAS VERY
HELPFUL BUT ALSO THEY DEPICT

WOMEN AS DANGEROUS, FILTHY,
LIARS WHO WILL SEDUCE MEN INTO

SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS
THAT ARE DANGEROUS.

SOLDIER: IF THE WOMAN
HAS GONORRHEA OR SYPHILIS AS

SHE PROBABLY HAS, THERE WILL
BE MILLIONS OF THE GERMS

ON THE RUBBER, ON
THE HAND THAT REMOVED IT,

AND ON THE SURFACES
SURROUNDING THE PENIS.

MIRIAM REUMANN:
THEY WERE BRUTALLY FRANK,

THERE'S LOT OF CLOSE-UPS
OF DISEASED BODY PARTS.

I WILL WARN YOU,

DO NOT WATCH THE WORLD WAR II
VENEREAL DISEASE VIDEOS

WHILE YOU'RE EATING
BECAUSE, GOOD LORD,

THE AMOUNT OF DISEASED "PEEN"
ON THERE IS JUST HORRIFYING.

ADOLF HITLER: IF YOU
WANT A STRONG GERMANY,

YOU MUST ONE DAY
BE STRONG TOO.

NARRATOR: MEANWHILE,
THE GERMAN HIGH COMMAND WAS

INSTRUCTING ITS NAZI YOUTH
TO HAVE MORE SEX IN A

DIABOLICAL POLITICAL
ATTEMPT TO PROPAGATE

ARYAN RACIAL TRAITS.

REPORTER: THE CHILDREN FROM
THIS ASSEMBLY LINE BELONG

TO THE STATE.

NARRATOR: THE NAZIS ENCOURAGE
SUITABLE YOUNG WOMEN

TO HAVE SEX
WITH SS OFFICERS,

AND BEAR THE CHILDREN OF
THESE OUT-OF-WEDLOCK UNIONS.

AN ESTIMATED SIX TO 8,000
CHILDREN WERE BORN AND

ULTIMATELY ABANDONED BY THE NAZIS WHEN WORLD WAR II ENDED.

WHILE SOME SEX EDUCATORS WERE
BRUTALLY DIRECT DURING TIMES

OF WAR, EVERYDAY SEX ED FOR
SCHOOL CHILDREN LEFT THEM

PRACTICALLY TONGUE TIED.

JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN: WHAT
YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IS TEACH

THEM ABOUT SEX WITHOUT MAKING
THEM TOO INTERESTED IN IT.

SO HOW DO YOU THAT?

YOU'LL TEACH SEX ED VIA
FROGS, HERRINGS, AND YES,

BIRDS AND BEES.

MAN: THESE SMALL FINGERS
BELONG TO ANOTHER KIND OF BABY,

A BABY MONKEY.

NARRATOR: THERE WERE LOTS
OF IMAGES OF CUTE ANIMALS,

BUT LITTLE PRACTICAL
INFORMATION ABOUT HOW

THESE BABIES CAME TO BE.

MAN: EACH BABY STARTS LIFE
FROM A SINGLE EGG WHICH WAS

FERTILIZED BY THE FATHER.

EGGS GROW IN THE
MOTHER'S BODY.

TRISTAN TAORMINO: THERE'S
A LOT OF TECHNICAL SCIENTIFIC,

A LOT OF DIAGRAMS.

NO ONE WAS REALLY
TALKING ABOUT SEX.

MAN: FOR EACH PUPPY, THERE
MUST HAVE BEEN A SEPARATE EGG.

ANN COULTER:
IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW,

DIAGRAMS OF EGG MEETS SPERM
AND THAT SORT OF THING.

TRISTAN TAORMINO: THE GIRLS
GOT SHOWN FALLOPIAN TUBES

WHICH DID NOT COME IN HANDY
WHEN I THEN WENT TO HAVE A

SEXUAL EXPERIENCE FOR THE
FIRST TIME WITH SOMEONE ELSE.

NARRATOR: BUT AN EMERGING
SCHOOL OF THOUGHT ARGUED THAT

THE ONLY EFFECTIVE WAY
TO TEACH SEX ED WAS TO BE

DIRECT AND UNFLINCHING.

THE ANIMATED FILM HUMAN
GROWTH SHOWED ANATOMY LESSONS

AND REPRODUCTIVE DIAGRAMS
AS IT PLAYED ON SURPLUS

16 MILLIMETER ARMY
PROJECTORS IN CLASSROOMS.

MAN: WHEN A BOY IS BETWEEN
THE AGES OF 13 AND 16,

THE TESTES BEGIN TO
PRODUCE SPERM CELLS.

SARAH MIRK: HUMAN GROWTH IS
AN EARLY SEX ED FILM FOCUSED

ON SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT.

WHEN THIS FILM WAS SHOWN IN
SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES,

PEOPLE WERE REALLY
KIND OF BLOWN AWAY.

TEACHER: LET'S USE THE
PROJECTOR TO EXPLAIN IT.

MAN: IT SHOWS A MUCH MORE
EXPLICIT KIND OF SEXUALITY.

WOMAN: ABOUT MENSTRUATION,
IS IT REALLY NORMAL FOR

THE BODY TO BLEED LIKE THAT?

MAN: I'D LIKE TO KNOW
MORE ABOUT DIFFERENT

KINDS OF HORMONES.

TEACHER: YOU CAN DISCUSS
THESE SAME QUESTIONS WITH YOUR

TEACHER AND YOU CAN ASK
ANY OTHERS YOU HAVE IN MIND.

NARRATOR:
MEANWHILE, IN SCANDINAVIA,

ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE
LINE OF MAVERICK EDUCATORS

BROUGHT A DEEPLY PERSONAL
STORY TO THE POLITICAL DEBATE

OVER SEX ED PLAYING
OUT AROUND THE WORLD.

JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN: THE
KEY FIGURE IN THAT MOVEMENT

WAS A FASCINATING WOMAN
NAMED ELISE OTTESEN-JENSEN WHO

WENT MOSTLY BY
HER NICKNAME OTTAR.

[INAUDIBLE].

JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN: ELISE
OTTESEN-JENSEN WAS THE 17TH OF

18 CHILDREN BORN INTO
A NORWEGIAN FAMILY,

AND HER ONLY YOUNGER
SIBLING, SISTER,

COMMITTED SUICIDE AFTER
BECOMING PREGNANT ACCIDENTALLY

OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE.

AND SHE EVENTUALLY MARRIED A
SWEDE AND ENDED UP IN SWEDEN.

AND EVENTUALLY TURNED
TO SEX EDUCATION,

GIVING TALKS ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY,

AND PRESSING THE
GOVERNMENT TO REQUIRE IT

WHICH IT EVENTUALLY DID.

WOMAN: SO WHAT YOU DO IS
PUT THE CONDOM OVER THE PENIS.

JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN: WHAT'S
REALLY INTERESTING ESPECIALLY

FROM AN AMERICAN
PERSPECTIVE ABOUT SWEDISH

SEX EDUCATION IS THAT
ELISE OTTESEN-JENSEN TARGETED

IT VERY MUCH AT
THE INDIVIDUAL.

THERE WAS MUCH LESS WORRY
AND CONCERN ABOUT THE

DANGERS OF SEX.

[SPEAKING SWEDISH].

YOU KNOW,
TEEN PREGNANCY, OR STD'S,

AND MUCH MORE BUT HELPING
EACH INDIVIDUAL DEVELOP AND

DETERMINE A HEALTHY
SEXUAL LIFE.

AND SHE'S SUCH A HUGE
FIGURE THAT SHE WAS ON

POSTED STAMPS IN SWEDEN AND
SHE APPEARS ON SCULPTURES AND

MONUMENTS ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY.

NARRATOR: OTTAR WAS
THE FIRST TO ACHIEVE THE

GOAL OF NATIONWIDE STATE
REQUIRED SEX EDUCATION.

IT WAS NOT IN THE CLASSROOM
BUT IN A SECLUDED LABORATORY

THAT THE NEXT BARRIERS
IN SEX ED WERE FALLING.

JANICE IRVINE:
MASTERS AND JOHNSON WERE

2 SEX RESEARCHERS
AND THEY WERE VERY INTERESTED

IN WHAT HAPPEN TO THE
BODY DURING SEXUAL ACTIVITY.

NARRATOR: ST. LOUIS, 1957,
A PAIR OF SCIENTISTS BEGIN

CLANDESTINE RESEARCH
ON HUMAN SEXUAL RESPONSE,

IN PARTICULAR, ORGASMS.

THEY WOULD KEEP THEIR LAB
RESULTS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

FOR 10 YEARS.

BUT EVENTUALLY, THEIR
DISCOVERIES WOULD EDUCATE THE

WORLD ABOUT SEX.

JANICE IRVINE: MASTERS AND
JOHNSON WERE SEX RESEARCHERS.

THEY WERE VERY INTERESTED
IN WHAT HAPPEN TO THE BODY

DURING SEXUAL ACTIVITY.

MARGARET NICHOLS: THEY CHARTED
THE HUMAN SEXUAL RESPONSE AND

THEY DID DO IT BY
OBSERVING PEOPLE HAVE SEX.

NARRATOR: WILLIAM MASTERS
LAUNCHED HIS AUDACIOUS STUDY

OF LIVE HUMAN SEX AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN 1956.

BUT INFORMED THAT WOMEN
OFTEN FAKED ORGASMS AND

MEN COULDN'T TELL
THEM FROM THE REAL THING,

MASTERS PARTNERED UP
WITH AN AMBITIOUS STUDENT

NAMED VIRGINIA JOHNSON.

VIRGINIA JOHNSON: WE DON'T
FEEL THAT ANYONE SHOULD TELL

ANOTHER HUMAN BEING THAT
THEY SHOULD OR NOT RESPOND OR

BE RESPONSIVE
OR BE SEXUALLY ACTIVE.

WILLIAM MASTERS: OUR
JOB IS TO PRODUCE AS MUCH

FACTUAL MATERIAL AS WE CAN.

IF THE FACTS DON'T ALWAYS
FIT PRECONCEIVED IDEAS,

THEN OF COURSE WE'RE
IN SOME DIFFICULTY WITH

THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

NARRATOR: FROM 1957 TO 1965,

MASTERS AND JOHNSON OBSERVED
AND RECORDED 10,000 ORGASMS.

THEIR POOL OF TEST
SUBJECTS CONSISTED OF

382 WOMEN AND 312 MEN.

THEIR STUDY REVEALED THAT
WOMEN HAVE THE ABILITY TO

EXPERIENCE MULTIPLE ORGASMS.

AND THAT EVEN THE ELDERLY
ARE SEXUALLY ACTIVE.

JANICE IRVINE: THIS WAS
SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY,

VERY CONTROVERSIAL OR WOULD
HAVE BEEN IF IT HAD BEEN

WIDELY KNOWN, BUT THEY KEPT
THIS WORK VERY, VERY SECRET.

NARRATOR: IN 1966,
MASTERS AND JOHNSON FINALLY

PUBLISHED THEIR WORK.

THE TIMING WAS RIGHT BECAUSE
THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION WAS

REACHING ITS CLIMAX,
ASSISTED BY ANOTHER MASTER

STROKE OF SCIENCE,
THE BIRTH CONTROL PILL.

JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN: WHAT'S
REALLY CRITICAL ABOUT THIS

MOMENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY
IS THERE IS MUCH MORE PUBLIC

DISCUSSION ABOUT SEX AND
MASTERS AND JOHNSON WERE AT

THE HEART OF THAT.

JERRY SPRINGER: THE RULES
WERE CHANGING IN THE MIDDLE

OF US GROWING UP.

DEBORAH TOLMAN: THERE
WAS SO MUCH THAT WAS STARTING

TO BREW AND
HAPPEN WITH SEXUALITY.

REPORTER: WE NOW SEEM TO BE
WITNESSING IN THIS COUNTRY AN

INTENSE PREOCCUPATION WITH
THE PURSUIT OF PLEASURE.

ELLEN MORE: THE WHOLE WORLD
WAS CHANGING AND SEX WAS PART

OF IT AND CONSERVATIVES WERE
BEGINNING TO GET NERVOUS ABOUT

WHAT THAT MIGHT MEAN
FOR AMERICAN VALUES.

JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN: BECAUSE
OF THAT NEW EXPLICITNESS,

THERE'S A COUNTER REVOLUTION.

NARRATOR: THIS WOULD MARK THE
BEGINNING OF A NEARLY 50-YEAR

LONG RALLYING CRY ACROSS
THE GLOBE AS CULTURAL AND

RELIGIOUS CONSERVATIVES
FIGHT TO REMOVE SEX ED

FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

CAL THOMAS: WE DON'T BELIEVE
THAT SEX EDUCATION CAN BE

PROPERLY TAUGHT WITHOUT A
PROPER VALUE SYSTEM ANY MORE

THAN DRIVER EDUCATION CAN BE
TAUGHT BY JUST HANDING KIDS

THE KEYS AND SAY GO OUT AND
LEARN THE RULES OF THE ROAD.

LESLIE KANTOR: INTERESTING
BACKDROP TO THIS IN THIS '60S

WAS THAT THAT WAS WHEN THERE
WAS A SUPREME COURT DECISION

TO TAKE PRAYER OUT
OF THE SCHOOLS.

[GROUP INAUDIBLE].

SO, FOR CONSERVATIVES,
THERE WAS A FEELING THAT PRAYER

WAS BEING TAKEN OUT,
SEX EDUCATION WAS BEING PUT IN,

AND THE THINGS WERE GOING
THE WRONG DIRECTION.

NARRATOR: THEN, THE BITTER
DEBATE OVER SEX EDUCATION

BECAME PERSONIFIED BY A
FREETHINKING AMERICAN WOMAN

WITH A TART-TONGUED
NAMED MARY CALDERONE.

MARY CALDERONE:
THEN THEY ASKED ME,

"WHAT IS TOO MUCH
MASTURBATION?"

I SAID,
"THERE ISN'T SUCH A THING.

WHEN YOU GET
TIRED JUST STOP."

JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN:
MARY CALDERONE WAS ONE

OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
FIGURES IN THE HISTORY

OF SEX EDUCATION.

NARRATOR: DR. CALDERONE'S
CHILDHOOD WAS SCARRED BY

SEXUAL TRAUMA.

IT WOULD LATER FUEL HER
PASSION FOR SEX EDUCATION.

ELLEN MORE: HER MOTHER
OUTFITTED HER WITH METAL MITTS

TO WEAR WHEN SHE WAS SLEEPING
SO SHE WOULD NOT MASTURBATE.

MARY CALDERONE: WE HAVE AN
OBLIGATION TO MAKE AVAILABLE

TO YOUNG PEOPLE AS MUCH
BASIC FACTUAL MATERIAL AS

THEY NEED AT THEIR PARTICULAR
STAGE OF EVOLUTION.

DEBORAH TOLMAN: MARY WENT
AROUND THE COUNTRY TALKING

ABOUT THE NEED TO
EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT SEX.

REPORTER: DR. MARY CALDERONE,

SHE IS RESOLUTELY IN FAVOR
OF SEX EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS

BEGINNING WITH KINDERGARTEN.

MARY CALDERONE:
SMALL CORRECTION...

MAN: SURE.

MARY CALDERONE: TO BEGIN AT
FIVE IS A LITTLE BIT LATE

BECAUSE SEX EDUCATION BEGINS
AT THE MOMENT OF BIRTH.

NARRATOR: SHE BECAME A PIONEER WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD

IN THE '50'S.

IN THE 1964,
SHE FOUNDED SIECUS,

THE SEX INFORMATION
AND EDUCATION COUNCIL

OF THE UNITED STATES.

SIECUS DELIVERED PRACTICAL
SEX EDUCATION MATERIALS

TO SCHOOLS WHILE
DR. CALDERONE BECAME

THE ORGANIZATION'S
FACE AND VOICE.

JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN: SHE DID
NOT VIEW HERSELF IN ANYWAY AS

A SEXUAL REVOLUTIONARY.

SHE SAW HER EFFORTS AS A
WAY TO SHAPE AND CONTROL THE

SEXUAL REVOLUTION.

NARRATOR: MEANWHILE,
THE COUNTER REVOLUTION WAS

GATHERING STEAM.

MAN: I THINK THE GREATEST
DANGER FACING AMERICA IS NOT

COMMUNISM, I THINK IT'S
MORAL DECAY FROM WITHIN.

NARRATOR: CONSERVATIVE
POLITICIANS WERE SEIZING ON

SEX EDUCATION AS
ONE WAY TO RALLY THE

EVANGELICAL VOTING BLOCK.

THAT'S WHEN THEY
REALLY STARTED KICKING THE

HORNET'S NEST
OF SEX ED.

JANICE IRVINE: A CONSERVATIVE
ORGANIZATION PUT OUT

A PAMPHLET CALLED,
"IS THE SCHOOL HOUSE THE

PLACE TO TEACH RAW SEX?"

OPPONENTS WOULD
SAY THINGS LIKE,

"THEY'RE TEACHING PEOPLE TO
MASTURBATE IN THE CLASSROOM.

THEY'RE SHOWING OUR
CHILDREN PORNOGRAPHY.

THE SEX EDUCATION TEACHER
TAKES HER CLOTHES OFF IN FRONT

OF THE CLASSROOM AS
A WAY TO TEACH BIOLOGY.

ELLEN MORE: THE NEW RIGHT
WING OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

WERE HORRIFIED AT THIS
THREAT TO CHRISTIAN VALUES.

AND WHEN THEY SAW MARY
CALDERONE GIVING TALKS,

THEY BEGAN TO TARGET
HER PERSONALLY.

NARRATOR: DR. CALDERONE'S
POLITICAL ENEMIES RESORTED TO

NAME CALLING, BRANDING HER,
THE "SIECUS SEXPOT."

ELLEN MORE: SHE WAS
ATTACKED FOR THINGS THAT

WERE COMPLETELY UNTRUE.

NARRATOR: AT ONE POINT,
HER ENEMIES ATTRIBUTED A

FALSE STATEMENT TO
DR. CALDERONE THAT READ,

"NOBODY NEEDS TO WORRY
ABOUT CHILD MOLESTING.

IT REALLY DOESN'T HURT
CHILDREN THAT MUCH."

ELLEN MORE: THE VERY
CONSERVATIVE JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY

CAME AFTER HER
WITH A VENGEANCE.

JOHN BIRCH:
THIS IS A FIGHT FOR THE,

FOR OUR CHILDREN
AND FOR OUR FAMILIES.

NARRATOR: THE EMBATTLED DOCTOR CONTINUED TO RUN SIECUS

AND MADE TV APPEARANCES
ABOUT SEX ED.

BUT HER POLITICAL
ADVERSARIES HAD ALREADY

DROWNED OUT HER MESSAGE.

DR. CALDERONE WAS ONE
OF THE FIRST SEX EDUCATION

FIREBRANDS TO BE DEMONIZED
BY THE OPPOSITION,

BUT HARDLY THE LAST.

MAN: HERE'S DOCTOR
[INAUDIBLE].

FRONTING FOR THE
HOMOSEXUAL LOBBY,

TO PROMOTE HOMOSEXUALITY.

NARRATOR: YET THE NEXT
PUBLIC FIGURE TO ENTER THE

POLITICAL MINE FIELD
OF SEX ED WAS A TRUE BLUE

RELIGIOUS CONSERVATIVE.

WITH A LIFE-SAVING MESSAGE.

MAN: WE CAN NO LONGER
AFFORD TO SIDESTEP FRANK,

OPEN DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT SEXUAL PRACTICES.

HETEROSEXUAL AND HOMOSEXUAL.

NARRATOR: IN THE 1980'S,
ANOTHER GLOBAL CATASTROPHE WAS

GATHERING THAT MADE SEX
EDUCATION A MATTER OF

LIFE AND DEATH
ALL OVER AGAIN.

REPORTER: AIDS AND HIV ARE
SPREADING IN SOME NATIONS

AT A FRIGHTENING PACE.

MARGARET NICHOLS: WE
NOW KNOW THAT AIDS EXISTED

IN AFRICA
PROBABLY IN THE 1930'S.

REPORTER: IN AFRICA, NEARLY
SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION

PEOPLE MAY BE HIV POSITIVE.

JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN:
BEFORE THE HIV CRISIS,

SCHOOLS IN AFRICA MOSTLY
IGNORED SEX EDUCATION.

AFTER HIV, MOST NATION
STATES ON THE CONTINENTS

START ADDRESSING IT.

THE IDEA IS TO TELL PEOPLE TO
AVOID SEX UNTIL THEIR MARRIED

AND I THINK THAT'S THE
SUM AND THE SUBSTANCE OF

MOST SEX ED THAT HAPPENS
IN MOST PARTS OF THE WORLD.

NARRATOR: IN
THE UNITED STATES,

AIDS SEEMED TO TIME
ITS ARRIVAL WITH GRIM IRONY,

JUST AS A NEW ADMINISTRATION
ASSUMED POWER.

ON JANUARY 15TH, 1981,
JUST FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE

PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
OF RONALD REAGAN,

NEW YORK CITY RECORDED ITS
FIRST AIDS-RELATED DEATH.

MAN: WE ARE FACED WITH AN
EPIDEMIC WHICH INITIALLY

STARTED IN GAY COMMUNITY.

REPORTER: MORE THAN 70% OF
THE VICTIMS ARE HOMOSEXUAL

MEN WHO GET IT
FROM SEXUAL CONTACT.

MARGARET CHO: THE DISEASE
WAS KILLING MEN SO RAPIDLY AND

THERE WAS STILL SO MUCH
SHAME AND HOMOPHOBIA.

DR. DREW PINSKY:
I WAS 23 YEARS OLD.

I WAS PUTTING PATIENTS
IN THE GROUND WHO HAD HIV.

IT WAS TIME TO TALK TO
THEM ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THERE

WAS GONNA BE A PROBLEM
IF SOMEONE DIDN'T.

NARRATOR: YET THE
RESPONSE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE

WAS A DEAFENING SILENCE.

ALL: PEOPLE WITH
AIDS, UNDER ATTACK.

WHAT DO WE DO?

ACT UP, FIGHT BACK!

MARGARET NICHOLS: WHEN
THE AIDS EPIDEMIC STARTED,

THE ATTITUDE OF THE
GOVERNMENT WAS SO DISMISSIVE.

MAN: WE'VE GATHERED HERE
ACROSS IN THE WHITE HOUSE IN

ABSOLUTE FRUSTRATION AND
DESPAIR OVER THIS GOVERNMENT'S

LACK OF RESPONSE
TO THIS EPIDEMIC.

NARRATOR: BY 1985, 12,000 AMERICANS HAD CONTRACTED AIDS,

HALF OF THEM HAD DIED, AND THE EPIDEMIC WAS ACCELERATING.

JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN:
WHAT HIV MEANT IN THE 1980'S,

IT WAS REGARDED AS
A DEATH SENTENCE.

REPORTER: THE CAUSE OF
AIDS IS UNKNOWN AND THERE IS

NO KNOWN CURE.

JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN: AND SO,
CONSERVATIVES HAD TO ADDRESS

THE SUBJECT AND THEN THE DEBATE
BECOMES, WHAT DO YOU SAY?

JOHNNY DEPP: HI, I'M
JOHNNY DEPP OF 21 JUMP STREET.

I DON'T KNOW A
WHOLE LOT ABOUT AIDS,

BUT I WANNA INTRODUCE YOU
TO A COUPLE OF GUYS WHO DO,

DR. ROBERT WINDOM, THE
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH,

AND THE SURGEON GENERAL
OF THE UNITED STATES,

DR. C. EVERETT KOOP.

NARRATOR: DR. KOOP WAS
AN EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN

CONSERVATIVE AND THE
NATION'S TOP DOCTOR.

YET BY HIS OWN ACCOUNT,
THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION

EXCLUDED HIM FROM
ALL DECISION-MAKING ABOUT

AIDS FOR THE
FIRST FIVE YEARS.

JOCELYN ELDERS: DR. KOOP
WAS THRUST INTO THE MIDDLE

OF THE HIV/AIDS
CRISIS IN EARLY 1980S,

AND HE WAS DEALING WITH
THE PRESIDENT WHO WOULDN'T

EVEN SAY THE WORD.

PRESIDENT REAGAN: I'M
STILL HOPEFUL THAT WE LEARN

SOMETHING AND FIND OUT IF
THERE ARE MORE THINGS AND

BETTER THINGS THAT
WE CAN WITH REGARD TO

THIS TERRIBLE PLAGUE.

NARRATOR: AS THE
PRESIDENT WAITED AND HOPED,

PEOPLE SICKENED AND DIED.

BY 1986, THERE WERE
AN ESTIMATED 370,000

HIV VIRUS INFECTIONS.

FINALLY, IN 1988, THE
PRESIDENT AUTHORIZED DR. KOOP

TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

DR. KOOP MAILED OUT AN
EIGHT-PAGE EDUCATIONAL

PAMPHLET WITH FACTS ABOUT AIDS TO EVERY SINGLE HOUSEHOLD.

AT THE TIME, THESE
107 MILLION ENVELOPES WERE

THE LARGEST MASS
MAILING IN US HISTORY,

RIVALING EVEN THE CENSUS.

DR. C. EVERETT KOOP:
WE ARE TAKING THE STEP BECAUSE

THE EPIDEMIC OF
MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT HOW

AIDS IS SPREAD AND HOW IT
IS NOT SPREAD SEEMS AT TIMES

AS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL
AS THE EPIDEMIC ITSELF.

BRUCE WEISS: AND IN IT,
IT STATED THAT CONDOMS,

OUTSIDE OF ABSTINENCE
WHEN YOU HAD SEX,

WAS THE ONLY KNOWN WAY
OF PROTECTING YOURSELF.

WE SAW DURING THAT ONE
YEAR ALONE A 20% INCREASE

IN CONDOM USAGE.

NARRATOR: AND IT FINALLY LED
THE PRESIDENT TO FOLLOW THE

EXAMPLE OF JOHNNY DEPP AND
DR. KOOP TO FILM HIS OWN

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.

PRESIDENT REAGAN: WE ALL
GROW AND LEARN IN OUR LIVES.

AND I'VE LEARNED THAT ALL
KINDS OF PEOPLE CAN GET AIDS,

EVEN CHILDREN.

BUT IT'S THE DISEASE
THAT'S FRIGHTENING,

NOT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE IT.

YOU CAN'T CATCH AIDS
FROM HUGGING SOMEONE.

I'M NOT ASKING
YOU TO SEND MONEY,

I'M ASKING FOR SOMETHING MORE
IMPORTANT, YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

MAYBE IT'S TIME WE ALL
LEARNED SOMETHING NEW.

DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER: HELLO?

YOU ARE ON THE AIR.

NARRATOR: THE REAGAN YEARS
ALSO SAW THE RISE OF ONE OF

THE WORLD'S MOST
IMPROBABLE SEX EDUCATORS.

DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER:
THE MAIN THING FOR YOU, JOAN.

JOAN: YES.

DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER:
IS TO HAVE AN ORGASM.

TRISTAN TAORMINO: I THINK
OF DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER AS

AMERICA'S FIRST SEX EXPERT
WHOSE MISSION IT WAS TO

EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT SEX.

NARRATOR: DR. RUTH WAS
ORPHANED AS A YOUNG GIRL WHEN

HER PARENTS DIED IN A
NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMP.

SHE WAS RAISED AT A SWISS
ORPHANAGE WHERE SHE PRACTICED

A KIND OF DOCTORING
AT THE AGE OF 10.

DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER: WE DID NOT
HAVE ANY FORMAL SEX EDUCATION,

BUT I DO REMEMBER
THAT AS CHILDREN,

WE DID A LOT OF DOCTOR PLAY.

WHICH MEANS THAT IT WAS
A LITTLE BIT OF TOUCHING AND

A LITTLE BIT OF
HUGGING AND A LITTLE BIT,

MAYBE EVEN OF KISSING,
AND IT WAS VERY ENJOYABLE.

NARRATOR:
SHE'D FOUND HER CALLING.

MOVING TO THE
UNITED STATES IN 1956,

DR. RUTH TRAINED AND
WORKED IN SEX THERAPY UNTIL

A NEW YORK CITY RADIO
STATION PAID HER $25

TO HOST ONE OF THE FIRST
CALL-IN SHOWS ABOUT SEX.

DR. SARI LOCKER:
WHEN I WAS 11 YEARS OLD,

I DISCOVERED
DR. RUTH'S RADIO SHOW.

IT WAS IN THE SUMMER AND
I STAYED UP LATE AT NIGHT.

MAN: GOOD EVENING, DR. RUTH.

DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER:
GOOD EVENING.

MAN: I'VE BEEN OUT WITH
A GIRL FOR SIX YEARS NOW,

AND SHE'S HAVING A HARD
TIME HAVING AN ORGASM, EH.

DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER: DO YOU
KISS A LONG TIME BEFOREHAND?

MAN: OH YES, I KISS
HER QUITE A BIT, EH.

DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER:
AND YOU TOUCH HER?

MAN: YES, I DO.

DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER: GOOD,
TRY TO BUY A VIBRATOR.

NARRATOR: IN 1984,
"GOOD SEX WITH DR. RUTH"

PREMIERED ON CABLE TV.

DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER: THERE'S
NO SUCH THING AS A VAGINAL,

WHAT YOU CALL INTERNAL ORGASM
AS AGAINST CLITORAL ORGASM.

WOMAN: OKAY.

NARRATOR: DR. RUTH'S TV
SHOW WAS SYNDICATED AROUND

THE WORLD AND
AIRED UNTIL 1991.

FOR MORE THAN A DECADE,
THE FOUR-FOOT-SEVEN GERMAN

JEWISH-AMERICAN DOCTOR
DOMINATED THE CONVERSATION

ON SEX EDUCATION.

DAN SAVAGE: ONE OF THE
THINGS ABOUT DR. RUTH,

THE CULTURE HAS ALWAYS BEEN
MORE COMFORTABLE LISTENING TO

PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
SEX WHO YOU ASSUME

ISN'T PARTICULARLY SEXUAL.

IT'S EASIER TO LISTEN TO
DR. RUTH TALK ABOUT SEX

'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
PICTURE DR. RUTH HAVING SEX.

DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER:
I HAVE DEVOTED MY ENTIRE LIFE

TO HUMAN SEXUALITY.

I HAVE HELPED LOTS OF
PEOPLE TO HAVE GOOD SEX.

NARRATOR: WHILE SEX ED
IN THE AIRWAYS GOT COZY WITH

EACH OTHER, SEX AND POLITICS REMAINED A TOXIC MIX,

AS A PUBLIC FIGURE DISCOVERED
IN 1994 WHEN SHE DARED TO

ADDRESS A SPECIFIC SEX ACT.

MAN: THERE WAS A FIRE STORM.

ANCHOR: SHE'S PUSHING
AT A RADICAL AGENDA.

JOYCELYN ELDERS: WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT SEX ED IN AMERICA,

WE DON'T DO VERY WELL.

WE RANK BEHIND MANY OTHER
INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES IN

OUR SEXUALITY EDUCATION.

THEY START EARLIER.

THEY TALK TO THEIR
CHILDREN ABOUT SEX.

NARRATOR: IN
THE CZECH REPUBLIC,

SEX EDUCATION BECAME
MANDATORY IN 2010.

IN ENGLAND, LESSONS ABOUT
PUBERTY AND INTERCOURSE START

FROM THE AGE OF SEVEN.

IN LUXEMBOURG, BASIC
SEX ED BEGINS AT SIX.

BUT BY THE LATE 1980S, THE RISE OF THE MORAL MAJORITY

SAY NO TO SEX AGENDA
KNOCKS THE UNITED STATES FROM

ITS PLACE AS A
PIONEER IN SEX EDUCATION.

WOMAN: I WAS
13 WHEN I GOT PREGNANT.

NARRATOR: AS A RESULT, TEEN
PREGNANCY AND STDS SKY ROCKET

TO THE HIGHEST RATES IN
THE INDUSTRIALIZED WORLD.

IN 1993, A NEW FIGURE
EMERGES IN THE FIGHT TO

SPREAD THE
WORD ABOUT SEX ED.

PRESIDENT CLINTON:
I AM PROUD TO APPOINT,

A PLAIN SPOKEN
LEADER FROM ARKANSAS,

OUR COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH,
DR. JOYCELYN ELDERS.

JOYCELYN ELDERS: I WENT TO
WASHINGTON TO REALLY TRY AND

IMPROVE THE HEALTH
OF THIS NATION.

PART OF THAT IS TO
EDUCATE CHILDREN ABOUT THE

FACTS ABOUT SEX.

NARRATOR: BY THE TIME
SHE TAKES THE JOB OF

SURGEON GENERAL,

JOYCELYN ELDERS SEEMS
UNIQUELY SUITED TO LEAD THE

TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICA'S
ATTITUDES ABOUT SEX.

JOYCELYN ELDERS: I GREW UP
IN SOUTHERN RURAL ARKANSAS

IN A THREE-ROOM SHACK.

WE HAD NO RUNNING WATER.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ELECTRICITY.

IN THIS SMALL COMMUNITY,
NOBODY TALKED ABOUT SEX.

IT WAS IGNORANCE IS BLISS.

AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS.

NARRATOR: NO STRANGER TO
HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION,

DR. ELDERS PUT HERSELF THROUGH MEDICAL SCHOOL THEN ROSE

TO THE HEAD OF THE ARKANSAS
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN 1987.

JOYCELYN ELDERS: OUR AIM AT
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS NOT

BEEN TO PREVENT ABORTIONS.

IT HAS BEEN TO
PREVENT PREGNANCY.

IF YOU CAN'T CONTROL
YOUR REPRODUCTION,

YOU CAN'T CONTROL YOUR LIFE.

WE IN AMERICA HAVE NOT FELT
THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT

CONDOMS, BUT I FEEL WE'VE
GOT TO TALK ABOUT CONDOMS.

DR. JANICE IRVINE: SHE
WAS FRANK, SHE WAS GUTSY.

I THINK SHE WAS FABULOUS.

NARRATOR: IN 1994,
DR. ELDERS ATTENDED THE

UNITED NATIONS
CONFERENCE ON AIDS.

SHE WAS ASKED IF ENCOURAGING
MASTURBATION MIGHT KEEP

YOUNG PEOPLE AWAY FROM
RISKIER SEXUAL BEHAVIOR.

HER ANSWER TOUCHED THE
HOT BUTTON OF SEX ED AND

WAS IMMEDIATELY
DISTORTED BY THE MEDIA.

JOYCELYN ELDERS:
IN REGARD TO MASTURBATION,

I THINK THAT THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT THAT'S A

PART OF HUMAN SEXUALITY
AND IT IS A PART OF SOMETHING

THAT PERHAPS SHOULD BE TAUGHT.

ANCHOR: SHE'S PUSHING
IN A RADICAL AGENDA.

REPORTER: NATIONAL RIGHT
TO LIFE ORGANIZATION ISSUED

A PRESS RELEASE
CALLING DR. ELDERS A

PRO-ABORTION EXTREMIST.

TRISTAN TAORMINO: PEOPLE
JUST REALLY FREAKED OUT THAT

THE U.S. SURGEON
GENERAL WAS SAYING,

"HEY, KIDS SHOULD KNOW
WHAT MASTURBATION IS."

DR. JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN:
SHE DIDN'T SAY SCHOOL SHOULD

TEACH CHILDREN
HOW TO MASTURBATE,

BUT THERE WAS MASSIVE
DISTORTION IN THE MEDIA.

NEWT GINGRICH: WHY DOES
THE PRESIDENT KEEP HER?

I ASSUME HE
SHARES HER VALUES.

I ASSUME HE
THINKS IT'S OKAY.

JOYCELYN ELDERS: IT WAS
10 DAYS LATER THAT I HAD THE

CALL ASKING FOR MY RESIGNATION.

I TOLD MR. PANETTA
I WOULD NOT RESIGN.

NARRATOR: WHILE DR. ELDERS
STANDS HER GROUND,

THE MISINFORMATION ABOUT
HER STATEMENT CONTINUES

TO SPREAD IN THE MEDIA.

ANN COULTER: JOYCELYN ELDERS
THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT

WE TEACH 14-YEAR-OLD
BOYS TO MASTURBATE.

ANCHOR: SHE ALSO IS
ADVOCATING LETTING LESBIANS

INTO THE GIRL SCOUTS,
CONDOMS FOR EIGHT-YEAR-OLDS,

AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.

NARRATOR: REPUBLICANS ARE
JUST TAKING CONTROL OF THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FOR THE FIRST TIME

IN 40 YEARS,

AND THEY PRESS THEIR
ADVANTAGE AGAINST DR. ELDERS.

[PHONE RINGING]

JOYCELYN ELDERS: WELL, I
GOT A CALL FROM THE PRESIDENT

ASKING ME TO
HAVE MY RESIGNATION ON

MR. PANETTA'S DESK.

I SAID, "MR. PRESIDENT,
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I SAID?"

HE SAID,
"YES, THEY TOLD ME."

I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT,

BECAUSE I FELT THAT I
HAD NEVER SAID ANYTHING IN

WASHINGTON THAT BILL CLINTON
HADN'T BEEN HEARING ME

SAY FOR 10 YEARS.

NARRATOR: WHEN THE POLITICAL
PRICE OF SUPPORTING A PLAIN

SPOKEN LEADER GOT TO
BE TOO HIGH FOR HER BOSS,

DR. ELDERS WAS LEFT
WITH ONLY ONE OPTION.

JOYCELYN ELDERS: IT WAS
LIKE A STAB WOUND IN MY HEART,

BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN,
I FELT THAT IF HE WANTED

MY RESIGNATION,
HE CAN HAVE IT.

REP. JOHN BOEHNER:
IT'S ABOUT TIME.

JOYCELYN ELDERS HAS BEEN THE,
AN ALBATROSS AROUND THE NECK

OF THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION
SINCE HER ANNOUNCEMENT OF HER

ASSIGNMENT SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

JOYCELYN ELDERS: YEAH.

I REALLY FELT THAT ALL OF THE
COMMENTS I MADE WERE TRUE AND,

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT
THE COUNTRY NEEDS TO APPROACH

MANY OF THESE ISSUES.

AND THE LONGER WE WAIT,
I FEEL THE MORE CHILDREN WE

ARE GOING TO LOSE.

AND IT, I DON'T
FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW,

I SHOULD START
SECOND-GUESSING MYSELF TODAY.

JANICE IRVINE:
IN THAT MOMENT,

I REALLY FELT THAT
JOYCELYN ELDERS EMBODIED

THE VULNERABILITY OF SEX
EDUCATORS ALL ACROSS AMERICA.

SHE HAD BEEN STIGMATIZED
BY HER ASSOCIATION WITH SEX,

MERELY FOR TALKING ABOUT
TEACHING A TOPIC IN A

CLASSROOM, AND NOBODY
HAD COME TO HER DEFENSE.

IT'S REALLY QUITE POIGNANT
AND HEARTBREAKING.

NARRATOR: WHILE AMERICA
TAKES ANOTHER STEP BACKWARD

WHEN IT COMES TO SEX ED,
OTHER COUNTRIES ARE TAKING

THE CAUSE OF SEX
EDUCATION TO NEW HEIGHTS.

MICHELE B. GOODWIN:
IN SPAIN OR IN SWITZERLAND,

THE RATE OF HIV AND AIDS
AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE AND

ADULTS IS DRAMATICALLY
LOWERED THAN IT IS IN

THE UNITED STATES.

WOMAN: THIS ISN'T
HOW YOU USE A CONDOM.

DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER:
SEXUALITY EDUCATION IN SWEDEN

IS EXCELLENT, BECAUSE
IN ALL OF THE SCHOOLS,

IT'S TAUGHT DEPENDING ON
THE LEVEL, AGE APPROPRIATE.

[SPEAKING SWEDISH].

JACLYN FRIEDMAN: IN THE
SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES,

SEX IS CONSIDERED
NORMAL AND HEALTHY FOR

YOUNG PEOPLE TO EXPLORE.

AND IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY
NORMAL IN THE CONTEXT OF A

TEEN RELATIONSHIP FOR
THE BOYFRIEND OR GIRLFRIEND

TO SLEEP OVER,
AND THE PARENTS, YOU KNOW,

ACCEPT THAT MAYBE THEY'RE
BEING SEXUALLY ACTIVE.

NARRATOR: IN AMERICA, CONSERVATIVES FAST TRACK THEIR

OWN COMPREHENSIVE
APPROACH TO SEX ED.

PRESIDENT BUSH: ABSTINENCE
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IS THE ONLY

CERTAIN WAY TO AVOID
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES.

MARTY KLEIN:
IT WAS A DISASTER.

TEACHER: YOU MAKE A DECISION
THAT YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO

HAVE SEX UNTIL YOU MEET AND
MARRY THAT ONE SPECIAL PERSON.

NARRATOR: BY THE
1990S IN THE US,

MOST OF THE ADVANCES TO
PUBLIC SEX EDUCATION MADE

SINCE THE 50'S
ARE POLITICAL ROAD KILL.

TRISTAN TAORMINO:
THE LATE '90S,

THERE IS THIS INCREASE IN
ABSTINENCE ONLY SEX EDUCATION.

NARRATOR: IN 1993, THE
SOUTHERN BAPTIST ASK AMERICAN

TEENS TO PUT A RING
ON IT AS PART OF THE TRUE

LOVE WAITS CAMPAIGN.

WOMAN: VIRGINITY
IS GREAT FOR THE '90S.

MAN: ONE OF HIS COMMANDMENTS
IS TO REMAIN SEXUALLY PURE.

DR. MARTY KLEIN: A LOT OF
YOUNG PEOPLE WERE TAKING

ABSTINENCE PLEDGES.

NARRATOR: YOUNG PEOPLE
CONVERGED AT CONFERENCES

AROUND THE GLOBE,

WHERE THEY MADE CONTRACTUAL
AGREEMENTS OR COVENANTS

STARTING WITH THE WORDS,
"TRUE LOVE WAITS".

THEY PLEDGED ABSTINENCE.

DENNY PATTYN: OUR GOAL
ACTUALLY IS TO CREATE A

CULTURE SHIFT IN AMERICA.

WE WANNA SEE THE CONCEPT OF
ABSTINENCE BE THE NORM RATHER

THAN THE EXCEPTION.

JOSEPH PALACIOS: ABSTINENCE
ALLOWS TIME FOR PEOPLE

TO HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP.

MELISSA MOSCHELLA: ABSTINENCE
ONLY FOCUSES ON THE FACT

THAT SEX INVOLVES RISKS.

IT ENCOURAGES CHILDREN
TO EXERCISE SELF-CONTROL,

WHICH IS GONNA BE IMPORTANT
FOR THEM NOT ONLY PRIOR

TO MARRIAGE BUT
ALSO DURING MARRIAGE.

PRESIDENT BUSH: ABSTINENCE
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IS THE ONLY

CERTAIN WAY TO AVOID
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES.

JOYCELYN ELDERS: WHEN I THINK
OF ABSTINENCE ONLY EDUCATION

I THINK THIS IS OBVIOUSLY
BEING PROMOTED BY PEOPLE

WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND
HUMAN SEXUALITY.

TRISTAN TAORMINO: THERE'S
A LOT OF FEAR MONGERING AND

A LOT OF SCARE TACTICS IN THIS
ABSTINENCE ONLY EDUCATION.

STUDENT: WHAT IF I WANNA
HAVE SEX BEFORE I GET MARRIED?

TEACHER: WELL, I GUESS
YOU JUST HAVE TO BE

PREPARED TO DIE.

AND YOU'LL PROBABLY TAKE
WITH YOU YOUR SPOUSE AND ONE

OR MORE OF YOUR CHILDREN.

DAN SAVAGE:
THEY'RE NOT DOING SEX ED,

THEY'RE DOING SEX DREAD.

DR. MARTY KLEIN:
IT WAS A DISASTER.

THREE QUARTERS OF THESE
YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAD PLEDGED

VIRGINITY UNTIL MARRIAGE,

THEY HAD SEX BEFORE
THEY GOT MARRIED.

AND THEY WEREN'T
PREPARED FOR IT,

AND SO THEY JUST
WOUND UP HAVING A LOT

OF UNPROTECTED SEX.

REPORTER: IN
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA,

1,400 TEENAGE GIRLS
BECAME PREGNANT LAST YEAR,

AND THE NUMBER OF KIDS
CONTRACTING AIDS DOUBLED.

SHANNON BOODRAM: COMING
FROM A CATHOLIC SCHOOL,

I DEFINITELY GREW UP WITH
THE ABSTINENCE ONLY MODEL.

WE WERE THOUGHT SEX
OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE WAS EVIL,

AND IT LED TO GREEN
VAGINAS OR PREGNANCIES.

AND SO, THE FIRST
TIME I HAD SEX,

I HAD A LOT OF
GUILT WITH THAT.

AND IT WAS HARD FOR
ME TO RECONCILE WITH,

"WHO AM I NOW?"

I MEAN,
"AM I GOING TO HELL?

DO MY
PARENTS STILL LOVE ME?

DO I STILL LOVE MYSELF?"

SEX AND SHAME JUST
DON'T GO GOOD TOGETHER.

NARRATOR: SEX AND SHAME
ARE AN UNHOLY UNION THAT HAS

MADE ITS WAY
AROUND THE WORLD,

THANKS TO THE SPREAD
OF WESTERN CULTURE.

AND THE EFFECTS ARE
OFTEN SOCIALLY DISASTROUS.

RUCHIRA GUPTA: IN INDIA,
THERE'S VERY LITTLE TALKING

ABOUT SEX, EITHER BY
PARENTS OR IN SCHOOLS.

THERE'S A LOT OF
SHAME, FEAR, AND GUILT.

AND REMEMBER, THIS IS
A COUNTRY WHICH INVENTED

THE KAMA SUTRA.

KAMA SUTRA WAS THE
FIRST SEX ED MANUAL.

THERE ARE WOMEN
CHARACTERS ON THE PROWL,

LOOKING FOR SEX
AND ENJOYING SEX.

THERE WAS NO FEAR, SHAME, OR
GUILT AROUND SEX OR SEXUALITY.

NARRATOR: WHEN THE BRITISH EMPIRE CONQUERED INDIA

IN THE 1700S, THE NEW
OVERLORDS IMPOSED NOTIONS

OF WESTERN SEXUAL
SHAME ON A REMARKABLY

UNINHIBITED CULTURE.

RUCHIRA GUPTA: THE
KAMA SUTRA BECAME SOMETHING

WHICH WAS
"NOT TO BE LOOKED AT,"

WHICH WAS BAD.

AND SO, INDIA NOW HAS
BECOME THE THIRD LARGEST USER

OF PORN IN THE WORLD,

AND THE TREND IS
THAT IT'S INCREASING.

THERE'S A LOT OF
GUILT AROUND IT,

RATHER THAN SEX
TO BE CELEBRATED.

JOHNNY SINS: MAYBE YOU
NEED A LITTLE RUBDOWN.

NARRATOR: IN THE ABSENCE
OF REAL SEX EDUCATION,

PEOPLE TURN TO PORNOGRAPHY
TO FILL THE GAP.

CAROLINE HELDMAN: PORN
HAS NOW BECOME THE PRIMARY

SOURCE OF SEX EDUCATION.

DITA VON TEESE: I'VE DATED
MEN MUCH YOUNGER THAN ME AND

YOU CAN FEEL THE PRESENCE
OF THE PORN INFLUENCE IN THE

WAY THAT THEY LEARN
HOW TO HAVE SEX.

I THINK IT'S JUST
A LITTLE, LIKE,

"OH WOW, YOU SAW
THAT IN A PORN MOVIE.

WOW, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S INTERESTING."

RUPAUL CHARLES: PEOPLE ASSUME
THAT PORN SEX IS EVERYDAY SEX.

AND I'M HERE TO
TELL YOU, IT IS NOT.

CAROLINE HELDMAN: THE
AVERAGE AGE THAT BOYS ARE

ACCESSING PORNOGRAPHY
FOR EXAMPLE IS AGE 11.

IN FACT, ONE OF MY STUDENTS
TOLD ME THAT THE HAND THAT'S

USE FOR MASTURBATION HAS
SHIFTED FROM THE RIGHT HAND TO

THE LEFT HAND BECAUSE THE
RIGHT HAND IS FOR THE MOUSE.

NINA HARTLEY: PORNOGRAPHY
IS A FANTASY, IT'S A MYTH.

AND IT'S A SAD THING WHEN
ANYBODY IS FORCED TO TURN TO

AN ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCT
TO TRY TO GLEAN PIECES

OF FACTUAL INFORMATION.

CAROLINE HELDMAN: KIDS
ARE SEEING ACTS THAT CAUSE

PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO A WOMAN'S
BODY WITH ALL OF THE VERBAL

AND PHYSICAL AGGRESSION.

YOUNG BOYS ARE GETTING
A FRIGHTENING MESSAGE ABOUT

THE ROLE
OF VIOLENCE IN SEX.

SARI LOCKER: SEX SHOULD
BE ABOUT FEELING GOOD.

IT SHOULDN'T BE ABOUT
WONDERING HOW YOU LOOK AND

WONDERING IF IT LOOKS LIKE
THE PORN MOVIE THAT YOU SAW.

NARRATOR: WHEN
IT COMES TO SEX ED,

THE INTERNET
ISN'T ALL PROBLEMATIC.

SOME YOUTH ARE USING
TECHNOLOGY TO TAKE THEIR

EDUCATION OUT OF THE HELPLESS HANDS OF GROWNUPS AND

GET THE WORD
OUT OF THEMSELVES.

LACI GREEN: LET'S TALK
ABOUT HOW TO PROPERLY PUT

A CONDOM ON A PENIS.

NARRATOR: THE NEED FOR
COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION

BECOMES MORE
OBVIOUS EVERY DAY.

AND EVERY DAY, IT GETS
HARDER AND HARDER TO FIND

PEOPLE BRAVE ENOUGH
TO TAKE ON THE TASK.

JANICE IRVINE: ONE
TEACHER RECENTLY SAID TO ME,

"I DON'T WANNA
DO THIS ANYMORE.

I WAS APPROACHED
BY THE PRINCIPAL TO

TEACH SEX EDUCATION,

AND YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A
BACKGROUND CHECK TO DO THIS.

IT'S WORSE THAN TRYING
TO ADOPT A CHILD.

IT'S SCARY, IT'S INTRUSIVE,
IT'S INTIMIDATING,

AND FRANKLY, IT'S SHAMING."

DEBORAH TOLMAN: IF WE
JUST TALK ABOUT SEX EDUCATION

AS A THING THAT HAPPENS
IN CLASSROOMS AND SCHOOLS,

WE ARE MISSING THE BOAT,

BECAUSE SEX EDUCATION
HAPPENS ALL OVER THE PLACE

ALL THE TIME.

NARRATOR: WITH SOME SCHOOLS GETTING AN F IN SEX EDUCATION,

A NEW GENERATION IS TAKING
SEX ED RIGHT TO THE PEOPLE

WHO NEED IT MOST, AND
ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS CLICK.

DITA VON TEESE:
NOW MORE THAN EVER,

WOMEN ARE KIND OF THE ONES
THAT ARE REALLY TALKING ABOUT

IT IN A RISQUEÉ WAY,
AND TEACHING SEX ED IN A

WONDERFUL, LIKE, FUN WAY,
THAT MAKES IT FUN TO WATCH

AND YOU GET REAL ANSWERS.

LACI GREEN: NOPE, NOPE.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

SARAH MIRK: LACI GREEN IS
AN AWESOME VIDEO BLOGGER WHO

DOES SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION
VIDEOS GEARED TOWARD TEENS.

NARRATOR: WHAT STARTED
AS A HOBBY FOR THE

UTAH BORN TEEN,
HAS TURNED INTO A PHENOMENON.

HER YOUTUBE CHANNEL ALONE HAS
OVER ONE MILLION SUBSCRIBERS.

LACI GREEN: STEP ONE,
UNWRAP WITHOUT TEARING.

NO TEETH Y'ALL,
YOU COULD PUNCTURE IT.

DEBORAH TOLMAN:
SHE'S SMART, SHE'S FUNNY,

AND SHE DOES YOUTUBE VIDEOS.

THAT'S WHERE KIDS ARE.

IT'S EXACTLY WHERE
THEY'RE GOING.

DAN SAVAGE: BUT THE IDEA
THOUGH THAT WE CAN STOP

TEENAGERS FROM BEING
SEXUAL IS RIDICULOUS.

DEBORAH TOLMAN: WE HAVE
DAN SAVAGE, HE'S ON THE RADIO.

HE'S ON THE INTERNET.

HE TALKS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS,

WHICH IS A FUNDAMENTAL
PART OF SEXUALITY THAT

SEX EDUCATION HAS
NEVER DONE A GOOD JOB,

EVEN GOOD SEX EDUCATION.

NARRATOR: INTERNET EDUCATION
PIONEERS PROVED THAT TECH

CAN GET THE WORD OUT, WHERE THE ESTABLISHMENT CAN'T.

AND THAT LESSON ISN'T
LOST ON THE VETERANS OF

THE SEX ED WARS.

NICOLE RESSA: AS
YOUNG PEOPLE GROW UP AND

AS THEIR BODIES CHANGE,

THEY WANNA KNOW WHY
THESE CHANGES ARE HAPPENING.

AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD,
WE HAVE ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION

TOGETHER WITH HEALTH SERVICES.

JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN:
PLANNED PARENTHOOD,

THEY'RE NOW OPERATING
TEEN TEXTING SERVICES.

IF YOUR FRIEND
TOLD YOU, YOU KNOW,

YOU CAN'T GET
PREGNANT THE FIRST TIME.

YOU CAN'T GET PREGNANT
WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR PERIOD.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY TEXT
SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS THE ANSWER,

AND THEY'LL TEXT YOU BACK.

NICOLE RESSA: WE NEED
TO CHANGE WITH THE TIMES.

THAT YOU REALLY HAVE
TO STRIVE TO BE CULTURALLY

COMPETENT AND UNDERSTAND,
FIRST AND FOREMOST,

THAT TEENS HAVE
THEIR OWN CULTURE.

NARRATOR: POLITICAL
CRUSADERS HAVE LONG TRIED TO

SUPPRESS SEX EDUCATION,

ONLY TO LEARN THAT IT
CAN'T BE SHAMED AWAY.

BETTY DODSON:
WE ARE SO INHIBITED.

I COULD CRY EVERY NIGHT
BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP,

BUT I DON'T.

I JUST MASTURBATE.

NARRATOR: AS TECHNOLOGY
OPENS UP NEW FRONTIERS FOR

SEX EDUCATION, MANY PEOPLE
ARE STARTING TO SLEEP

BETTER AT NIGHT.

MARGARET CHO: THIS IS A
VERY IMPORTANT PHILOSOPHY,

THAT YOU GOT TO
LEARN WHAT PLEASES YOU,

THAT SEX IS NOT ABOUT YOUR
RELATIONSHIP TO ANYBODY ELSE.

IT'S ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP
TO YOUR OWN BODY.

TRISTAN TAORMINO:
MY FUTURE OF SEX ED INCLUDES

COMPREHENSIVE SEX
EDUCATION FOR EVERYONE.

A NEW GENERATION OF PARENTS
WHO ARE DEDICATED TO

RAISING THEIR CHILDREN
TO BE SEX POSITIVE.

DITA VON TEESE: I THINK
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF PARENTS

COULD LEAD THEM TO
THE RIGHT PLACE TO LEARN.

DR. DREW PINSKY: THERE'S
NO WAY TO PREPARE A CHILD FOR

THE DELUGE OF TECHNOLOGY,
BUT TO CONSISTENTLY

MAKE YOURSELF AVAILABLE.

"ARE YOU CONFUSED
ABOUT ANYTHING?

DO YOU EVER WONDER
WHERE BABIES COME FROM?"

JUST BE THERE AS A
SOURCE OF INFORMATION.

DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER:
THEY SHOULD SAY,

"HERE IS A SUBJECT MATTER
WHICH IS SO DELIGHTFUL,

WHICH BRINGS
SUCH HAPPINESS."

NARRATOR: SO,
WHAT'S THE ANSWER?

HOW CAN WE SEPARATE
THE POLITICS AND REMOVE

THE AGENDAS
FROM SEX EDUCATION?

NORA GELPERIN:
I HOPE WE'RE MOVING IN

A POSITIVE DIRECTION.

BUT I THINK THE JURY IS
STILL OUT ON THAT ONE.

DAN SAVAGE: IN AMERICA?

DR. DREW PINSKY: UM...

MARGARET CHO: UM...

RUPAUL CHARLES: UH...