Jessica Wynn
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Podcast Appearances
See, that kid doesn't know what they're talking about.
Yeah, we're definitely on opposite ends of that experience.
And I was thinking about it.
I think because I was in the orchestra, I got out of health class, like I would get out of health and gym.
So I think I just skipped sex ed.
I never had a sex talk at home.
I just didn't live in that kind of house.
So I did what kids do when adults won't explain things.
I reverse engineered it.
I looked at old encyclopedias, books I was absolutely too young to be reading, and movies that I probably should have had a permission slip for.
And before anyone could shame me, though, I was like squatting over a mirror in my bedroom, checking it all out.
Like, all right, let's see what's going on here.
But I think it was healthy.
And I think that's probably rare.
But there are entire generations of women who have gone their whole lives without ever looking at their own vulva.
And that's not accidental.
So historically, women were kept ignorant on purpose.