Jessica Wynn
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
There is this bias in our language, objectively.
And naming anatomy correctly, it's not dirty.
It's just grown up.
You teach the real words.
It's not inappropriate.
It's actually a safety issue.
When kids know proper anatomical terms, they can communicate clearly if something's wrong or if abuse occurs.
Euphemisms create confusion, and confusion may protect abusers.
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.