What’s the best way to provide sex education for youngsters? At school? Through parents? From their peers? By encouraging them to do research online?
It’s pretty well known that sex ed in schools in Japan is somewhat lacking, and you certainly won’t learn about contraception or consent from Japanese porn or TV shows.
Well, a nonprofit has come up with a solution, of sorts: toilet paper!
The Sowledge (yes, “sow knowledge”) project seeks to teach kids about sex, sexual consent, abuse, and male and female anatomy by printing messages on toilet paper.
So when these young Japanese people are riding the porcelain bus, they will hopefully examine the paper and read the manga-style messages it carries. And presumably there will be nothing figurative about the fact that they then use the same paper to wipe their ass and flush it down the lavatory.
No precise information is given on recommended ages, but the website states that the information and themes aim to replicate the sex education that begins in elementary school in Japan.
