How Might We Redesign Sex Education For Male Adolescents?
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In this episode, Nick and Elijah look at the roots of toxic masculinity and explore how we could redesign sex education for male adolescents. Join us for 1 hour as we share our own experiences of sex education as kids, unpack how our current approach to sex education is harming us, and conceptualize a new digital-first sexual education grounded in spiritual alignment.
This is the first episode in our new How Might We series, where every fortnight we explore a pressing societal issue related to our monthly design theme. Structured like an informal design sprint, we start with root causes and widespread pain points, and work through to a series of digital product concepts that we believe would help solve the problem.
Highlights
01:34 — "What is it that we weren't taught as kids?" about sex
11:36 — First sexual experiences and the lack of guidance on how to navigate them
13:57 — The value of a safe space to talk about sex
16:40 — Over-viewership of pornography, excess masturbation and testosterone dropping 50% in the last 3 decades in the US
21:18 — 3 pillars of a newly designed sex education experience
24:47 — How sexual energy is creative energy (root chakra) that can be channeled in constructive ways
28:49 — Highest impact areas for a newly designed sex education system to focus on
30:58 — Teaching bodily intuition so kids can develop emotional intelligence and control over their sexual energy
35:35 — Providing safe support for adolescents through digital interfaces
43:44 — How Tantric coaching can be leveraged for kids
46:27 — Gamified approach to teaching sex fundamentals and healthier behavior
48:01 — Using VR to simulate real life situations and teaching kids how to navigate them
50:21 — Education on consent, physical touch boundaries and power dynamics to create safe intimacy and platonic relationships
57:25 — Summary of ideas and principles for solving our flawed sex education system
Design Solutions
In this episode we formulated a new, holistic approach to sex education.
The Problem
Background
Key insights
The Solution
Overview
Key Features
Design Principles
Design Inspo
MVP Concept
Next Steps
What's needed
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In this episode, Nick and Elijah look at the roots of toxic masculinity and explore how we could redesign sex education for male adolescents. Join us for 1 hour as we share our own experiences of sex education as kids, unpack how our current approach to sex education is harming us, and conceptualize a new digital-first sexual education grounded in spiritual alignment.
This is the first episode in our new How Might We series, where every fortnight we explore a pressing societal issue related to our monthly design theme. Structured like an informal design sprint, we start with root causes and widespread pain points, and work through to a series of digital product concepts that we believe would help solve the problem.