When I think back to high school, I can still picture the grainy slideshow that changed everything: a cartoon uterus, an outdated diagram of the reproductive system, and a teacher who looked vaguely traumatised trying to explain ovulation using a whiteboard marker.
The entire lesson, from what I can remember, was basically one long fear campaign. The message was clear: if you even so much as look at a boy, you’ll get pregnant and die. Okay, maybe not die, but definitely…

