Diary of a Gen-Z Student: It’s time for some proper sex education

A guy can be a ladies’ man, a Casanova, a playboy. And society will praise him for his charm, fortitude and good looks. But a girl will be labelled a slut faster than you can say misogyny

Jane Cowan: 'I did spend about four months making a bird house in transition year. So, I can see why it was so difficult to fit in topics like condoms and STIs.' Picture: Barry Cronin

Our education system gets a lot wrong when it comes to teaching young people about sex. Wrong in the sense that they basically don’t teach you anything and just hope that you’ll make use of Google when the time comes.

One sexual education class I received at the age of about 15 discussed the mystery of menstruation: "When blood passes through the female body every month." I remember the quote so well because I cackled at how poorly it was being described.