--- description: Teaches ninth-graders about masturbation, like they've never heard of it before title: This Sex-Education Book Is Too Hot and Sexy, Parents Complain image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a2d64c5052d2626/69869eed35ba6f67e4c035a7/42-17304022.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Sex-Ed Book Is Way Too Sexy, Parents Complain  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Aug 9, 2014 2:14 AM CUT  Sex Spelled in Alphabet Blocks --- Image by © Lew Robertson/Corbis Sex Spelled in Alphabet Blocks --- Image by © Lew Robertson/CorbisCorbis  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Aug 9, 2014 2:14 AM CUT California parents are complaining that a new sex-education book for ninth-graders has way too much hot, naked sex in it. The Fremont school board voted to replace a 10-year-old sex-ed book with a new book, titled _Your Health Today_, which includes details about things like foreplay, masturbation and bondage. Some parents are not happy about it. [Almost 2,000 of them have](http://www.thepetitionsite.com/591/723/720/remove-your-health-today-textbook-from-fremont-schools/ "undefined") signed a petition to remove the book from schools, but the school district says it has no intention of pulling it. “There’s a section that tells you how to talk to your prospective partners about your sexual history,” parent Asfia Ahmed told the [San Jose _Mercury News_](http://www.mercurynews.com/ci%5F26295077/too-much-sex-sex-education-book-fremont-parents "undefined"). “I am a very liberal person, and, in spite of that, I still find the book shocking.” Other parents were appalled to find mentions of ropes, handcuffs and sex toys. School-board president Lara Calvert-York said that despite parental objections, it’s better to educate teens early, before they become sexually active. “Ninth grade is the last time when we have an opportunity to help educate our students on how to be physically and emotionally safe,” she told the [_Mercury News_](http://www.mercurynews.com/ci%5F26295077/too-much-sex-sex-education-book-fremont-parents "undefined"). \[[_San Jose Mercury News_](http://www.mercurynews.com/ci%5F26295077/too-much-sex-sex-education-book-fremont-parents "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3094386/sex-ed-teens-fremont-parents-virginity/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3094386/sex-ed-teens-fremont-parents-virginity/"},"headline":"This Sex-Ed Book Is Way Too Sexy, Parents Complain","datePublished":"2014-08-09T02:14:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:48.603Z","description":"Teaches ninth-graders about masturbation, like they've never heard of it before","url":"https://time.com/3094386/sex-ed-teens-fremont-parents-virginity/","keywords":["Living","Education","Teens","Sex","Parents","Sexual Health","Sex Education"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a2d64c5052d2626/69869eed35ba6f67e4c035a7/42-17304022.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a2d64c5052d2626/69869eed35ba6f67e4c035a7/42-17304022.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Sex Spelled in Alphabet Blocks","caption":"Sex Spelled in Alphabet Blocks","creditText":"Corbis","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3094386/sex-ed-teens-fremont-parents-virginity/","name":"This Sex-Ed Book Is Way Too Sexy, Parents Complain"}}]}] ```