The turning point was the AIDS crisis. By the late 1980s, the Dutch government realized that fear and moralizing did not stop the spread of HIV. Unlike the "Just Say No" campaigns in the US, Dutch public health officials opted for "damage control." By 1991, the government had gathered enough data to prove that teenagers were already sexually active. The official policy became: You cannot stop teenagers from having sex, so you must teach them how to do it safely.
: Materials from this era, such as those sometimes found in historical archives like AliExpress
By 1991, sexual education was already well-established in Dutch schools. The approach was comprehensive, aiming to prepare young people for healthy relationships and to protect them from risks such as sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unintended pregnancies.
Dit is de vraag die generatie ’90 het meest stelt. Na de reeks verdween Sofie (echte naam: ) uit de schijnwerpers. Ze werkte jarenlang als docant Nederlands op een middelbare school in Utrecht. In een eenmalig interview in De Volkskrant (2015) zei ze: “Ik word nog steeds op straat aangesproken. Mensen van 35 zeggen dan: ‘U heeft mijn jeugd getekend.’ Ik hoop dat ze het op een goede manier bedoelen. Ik ben trots dat we iets normaals hebben gemaakt van iets normaals. Het was geen pornografie, het was anatomie.”
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