Why were so many 50s parents hung up about sexual education?
Sex education it self, did not hit the school systems until the 1970’s and even then it was refered to as Health class. As throughout history the only trainning for motherhood was to watch, assist and ask, but only your own mother, she was the model all girls followed. So mother after mother passed on the info she had learned, which was related to a lot more than motherhood. The examples set and given were those passed through generations. Much of the info from a time yrs before, a time where certain things were not to be discussed “sex” being only one. So of course the first parents breaking that chain would be uncomfortable doing so, even to the point of wondering if it were the right thing to do. Also being raised that it was not to be spoken of, one would feel at a loss, as to how to bring it up, behave, answer, how far to go, as there were no examples to follow, no one to ask for advice. They were totally on their own and pretty lost, so ya, they must have been pretty uncomfortabl
