Latchkey Urchins & Friends S1.E14. The Sex Education We Didn't Get—with guests Emily Munroe, sex educator, & Elise Schuster, founder, OkaySo App
We are thrilled to share this interview with Emily Munroe and Elise Schuster about healthy and inclusive sex education for children, teens, and people of all ages, and the app Okay So. OkaySo is a free, anonymous app for iOS and Android where you can ask any questions you have about sex, relationships, identity and more to teams of experts who provide personalized support and information. After this interview, Anne and Alison feel much more optimistic about kids these days growing into healthy adults.
Emily Munroe is a former Science and Comprehensive Sex Education Curriculum consultant in the Bay Area. Prior to Covid she taught Biology and CSE for middle and high schoolers for 10 years as well as advising students in their Genders and Sexualities Alliance. She also worked with BACHE (Bay Area Communities for Health Education) now known as CARDEA as a CSE curriculum consultant. She is on a temporary hiatus as a Sexpert on OkaySo.
Elise Schuster, MPH, is a sexuality educator with 15 years of experience in pleasure-based sex education and youth development. Elise has a masters in public health from Columbia University with a specialization in sexuality and health and spent many years working at Babeland and The Door - a major youth development agency in New York City. Elise is the co-founder and Executive Director of OkaySo, a free online platform that connects young adults with questions about sex and mental health to experts they can't reach any other way.
http://okayso.co, Instagram: @heyokayso
00:00 Anne and Alison catch-up
20:05 Research Corner with Alison: The Dutch Hunger Winter Studies
What The Dutch Hunger Winter data and studies taught us about how stress and trauma get passed down through generations.
23:40 Interview with Emily & Elise
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