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  • The History of Not Getting Pregnant | Lesson 020, Pt. 2

    The History of Not Getting Pregnant | Lesson 020, Pt. 2
    2026/09/02

    Before the pill, people were still trying not to get pregnant and trying to avoid sexually transmitted infections.

    In this episode of A Broad Sex Education, Cin and Brooklyn explore the history of non-hormonal birth control, from ancient condom-like methods and spermicides to sheep-gut condoms, syphilis prevention, wartime condom campaigns, and Thailand’s 100% Condom Use Program.

    Because the desire to separate sex from pregnancy is ancient and honestly, some of the methods were wild.

    📚Resources & Next Steps
    • A Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister

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    23 分
  • Birth Control 101: Test Your Contraception Knowledge | Lesson 020, Part 1

    Birth Control 101: Test Your Contraception Knowledge | Lesson 020, Part 1
    2026/08/30

    Think you know birth control?

    In this game-show style episode of A Broad Sex Education, Cin puts Asa and you to the test with a Birth Control 101 quiz. We cover condoms, the pill, IUDs, withdrawal, emergency contraception, fertility awareness, spermicide, vasectomies, and a few curveballs your high school health class probably skipped.

    Play along, keep score, and see if you can beat Asa.

    📚Resources & Next Steps
    • https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control

    Male Birth Control Methods

    • https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-evaluate-effectiveness-male-contraceptive-skin-gel
    • https://www.urologytimes.com/view/adam-a-long-term-injectable-male-birth-control-shows-promise-at-aua-2025

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    50 分
  • How Did Birth Control Become a Moral Issue? | A Mini Lesson Special

    How Did Birth Control Become a Moral Issue? | A Mini Lesson Special
    2026/08/19

    In this mini-lesson, we’re starting the ABSE Birth Control Unit somewhere unexpected: Genesis 38. Cin shares a conversation with Brooklyn about the biblical story of Judah, Tamar, and Onan. This story is often used in arguments about masturbation, withdrawal, “spilling seed,” and birth control.

    But when we look at the full story, it’s not just about semen. It’s about family duty, inheritance, religious morality, gender, power, and Tamar trying to secure her future in a system that gave her very few options.

    This episode also includes an ABSE update: Cin is going back to school for her master’s in sexual health, and the podcast format is getting a refresh. Future lessons will be organized by subject, starting with a birth control unit.

    Content notice: This episode discusses a biblical story involving sex, death, widowhood, pregnancy, inheritance, religious shame, and birth control stigma.

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    11 分
  • Would a Tradwife Survive the Good Old Days? A Yesteryear Book Report Special

    Would a Tradwife Survive the Good Old Days? A Yesteryear Book Report Special
    2026/08/12

    In this Book Report special, Cin is joined by fellow Bookworm Baddie Brooklyn to discuss Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke, a novel about a tradwife influencer, motherhood, marriage, gender roles, religious expectations, and the fantasy of returning to “simpler times.”

    We start with a non-spoiler discussion of the book, Natalie as a character, tradwife influencer culture, and what the story says about identity, ambition, religion, and gender roles. Then we move into spoilers to talk about pronatalism, reproductive pressure, motherhood as performance, the manosphere, family control, class privilege, and the difference between romanticizing the past and actually having to live in it.

    Content notice: This episode discusses pregnancy, reproductive pressure, emotional abuse or manipulation, gender-based violence, child neglect or abuse, religious pressure, and loss of autonomy. We give a clear spoiler warning before discussing major plot points and the ending.

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    48 分
  • The Pressure to Procreate Explained: Birth Rates, Power, & the "Right" Kind of Family | Lesson 019, Part 2

    The Pressure to Procreate Explained: Birth Rates, Power, & the "Right" Kind of Family | Lesson 019, Part 2
    2026/08/05
    In Part 2 of “When Are You Having Kids? The Pressure to Procreate, Explained,” Cin is joined again by Asa and Brooklyn to continue the lesson on pronatalism: the policy, practice, or belief that encourages people to have children. This time, we move from personal baby pressure into the darker history of how reproduction becomes political.We discuss “race suicide” panic, eugenics, white nationalism, Mussolini’s Battle for Births, Nazi motherhood medals, and how governments have used motherhood, birthrates, and family ideals as tools of nationalism, racism, and control. Then we look at the post-WWII nuclear family, the myth of the “traditional family,” the GI Bill, housing discrimination, gender roles, and how U.S. culture still celebrates babies while offering patchy support for parents.This episode asks: when society says it wants more babies, who is being encouraged to reproduce, who is being controlled, and what would real reproductive agency actually require?Content note: This episode discusses reproductive pressure, pregnancy, birth control and abortion access, infertility, eugenics, racism, white nationalism, fascism, forced or coerced reproduction, childfree stigma, and social pressure around parenthood.📚Resources & Next StepsSisters in Hate: American Women in the Front Lines of White Nationalism by Seyward Darby (Book)Mosley, Tonya. “What’s behind the ‘pronatalist’ movement to boost the birth rate?” NPR / Fresh Air, April 30, 2025.Crays, Allyson. “The Rise of Pronatalism in the U.S.: The Risks to Reproductive and Sexual Health Outcomes.” O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown Law, August 14, 2025.Staff, National Women’s Law Center. “Baby Bonuses and Motherhood Medals: Why We Shouldn’t Trust the Pronatalist Movement.” National Women’s Law Center, August 13, 2025.Forati, Rasadokht, and Deborah Bartz. “The Rise and Fall and Rise of Pronatalism: A Disingenuous Policy that Harms the Health of People and Society.” Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, vol. 53, no. 3, Fall 2025, pp. 435–443. Published online July 15, 2025.Kitchener, Caroline. “Trump Aides Solicit Ideas to Raise Birthrate, From Baby Bonuses to Fertility Planning.” The New York Times, April 21, 2025.Fischer, Howard. “Fascist Italy: The Battle for Births.” Hektoen International, Spring 2022.Ben-Ghiat, Ruth. “The Fascist Roots of the Far Right’s Obsession with Childlessness and Population Management.” Lucid, September 26, 2024.Follow along with this lesson:View the full presentation here 💌 Have a question?Submit it anonymously (Your question might be featured in a future lesson 👀)💭 Be part of the conversation: What’s something you’ve always wondered about human sexuality? Join the discussion on social ↓📲 Follow & connect:Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/abroadsexeducation/TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@abroadsexeducationYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@abroadsexeducation 📝 Want more like this?Join the newsletter for extra resources, reflections, and exclusive content.🌐 Explore everything:Visit the website → www.ABroadSexEducation.com
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    45 分
  • The Pressure to Procreate, Explained: The Language of Baby Pressure | Lesson 019, Part 1

    The Pressure to Procreate, Explained: The Language of Baby Pressure | Lesson 019, Part 1
    2026/07/29
    Having kids is one of the most personal decisions someone can make, so why does everyone else seem to have an opinion on it?In Part 1 of The Pressure to Procreate, Explained: The Language of Baby Pressure, Cin is joined by Asa and Brooklyn to unpack pronatalism: the policy, practice, or belief that encourages people to have children. We break down the language of baby pressure, from “when are you starting a family?” to “you’ll change your mind,” and discuss how phrases like childfree, childless, family planning, and settling down reveal hidden assumptions about adulthood, gender, and family.This episode also explores the myth of maternal instinct, the different expectations placed on mothers and fathers, and why supporting people who want children is not the same as pressuring everyone to have them. Then we begin the history section with Anthony Comstock, Comstockery, and how restricting access to birth control information became a form of reproductive control.This is Part 1 of a two-part lesson. In Part 2, we continue into race suicide, eugenics, fascist motherhood campaigns, the myth of the traditional family, and why “family values” often comes without actual family support.Content Note: This episode discusses reproductive pressure, pregnancy, birth control and abortion access, infertility, eugenics, racism, white nationalism, forced or coerced reproduction, childfree stigma, and social pressure around parenthood.📚Resources & Next StepsMosley, Tonya. “What’s behind the ‘pronatalist’ movement to boost the birth rate?” NPR / Fresh Air, April 30, 2025.Crays, Allyson “Ally.” “The Rise of Pronatalism in the U.S.: The Risks to Reproductive and Sexual Health Outcomes.” O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown Law, August 26, 2025.National Women’s Law Center Staff. “Baby Bonuses and Motherhood Medals: Why We Shouldn’t Trust the Pronatalist Movement.” National Women’s Law Center, August 13, 2025.Forati, Rasadokht, and Deborah Bartz. “The Rise and Fall and Rise of Pronatalism: A Disingenuous Policy that Harms the Health of People and Society.” Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, vol. 53, no. 3, Fall 2025, pp. 435–443. Published online July 15, 2025.Hochl, Karin. “Overview of Surrogacy in Switzerland.” Schaub Hochl Rechtsanwälte AG, August 2022.Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell. “Pregnancy is Insane.” YouTube, September 23, 2025.Jackdaw. “You’ve Been Lied to About Cavewomen.” YouTube, May 28, 2026.Follow along with this lesson:View the full presentation here. 💌 Have a question?Submit it anonymously (Your question might be featured in a future lesson 👀)💭 Be part of the conversation: What’s something you’ve always wondered about human sexuality? Join the discussion on social ↓📲 Follow & connect:Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/abroadsexeducation/TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@abroadsexeducationYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@abroadsexeducation 📝 Want more like this?Join the newsletter for extra resources, reflections, and exclusive content.🌐 Explore everything:Visit the website → www.ABroadSexEducation.com
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    40 分
  • How Do You Know If You Want Kids? | A Study Break Special

    How Do You Know If You Want Kids? | A Study Break Special
    2026/07/22

    Having children is one of the biggest decisions you'll ever make but how many of us actually stop to ask if it's what we want?

    In this Study Break episode of A Broad Sex Education, Cin is joined by Brooklyn and Asa for an honest conversation about choosing whether or not to become a parent. Together, we explore the reasons people have children, the social expectations around parenthood, pregnancy, adoption, family pressure, legacy, purpose, and why making an intentional decision matters more than following a life script.

    This episode isn't about convincing you to have children or not have them. It's about giving yourself permission to ask the question.

    Whether you're childfree, planning a family, undecided, or simply curious, this conversation is for you.

    In this episode, we discuss:

    • How to know if you want kids
    • Why people choose to become parents
    • Social and family expectations around having children
    • Parenthood, pregnancy, and adoption
    • The mental load of motherhood
    • Legacy, purpose, and finding fulfillment
    • Questions to ask yourself before having children

    📚Resources & Next Steps
    • How Not To Hate Your Husband After Kids by Jancee Dunn
    • Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

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    54 分
  • Why Do We Say Someone is Horny? | A Summer Break Life Update

    Why Do We Say Someone is Horny? | A Summer Break Life Update
    2026/07/01

    Class is on summer break! ☀️

    In this quick life update, I share what's been happening behind the scenes, why we're taking a short pause, and what you can expect when Season 3 returns with a brand-new series on reproductive care, family planning, and pregnancy. Before we go, we answer one fun question: Why do we say someone is "horny"? Explore the surprising history behind one of the English language's most common slang terms—and why no one can quite agree where it came from.

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    2 分