Yes. I grew up not allowed to know anything about sex. At age 12 I was not allowed to study the reproductive system with my class (had to take a course in nutrition in the library instead), and was not allowed to take sex education in high school. I knew nothing about sex until I looked up porn. Porn is NOT the place to be educating yourself. Hell I didn't know oral was actually considered sex. So while I was 20 and experimenting, I was having sex the whole time and didn't know it. Thought I was still pure. And no one ever told me you can get STIs from oral. What if I had gotten an oral STI? My parents thought if I didn't know anything about it, then I wouldn't do anything. I was taught that masturbation was a sin, and that I would be hurt by it. I felt ashamed of my urges, and often self injured after masturbation. I didn't even know the word for it, or even knew it was a part of being "sexual." I wish parents would be more open to their kids, especially religious parents, because they often say it's a taboo subject, but kids can get into all sorts of trouble if not properly educated. I have a right to know about my own body and what it does. Hell, I thought I was going to die when I first got my period. The "sex talk" with my mom was "Hey, are you having sex?" "No" "Okay, don't." at age 16. I was so naive about sex that I let a stranger into my house, and he raped me. I didn't know what his intentions were. Education about safe sex is vital to the progression of this society.