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Outsourcing the sex talk

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Berit Anderson

Local Julie Metzger isn't embarrassed to talk about sex. Or penises. Or vaginas. Or anything in between. In fact, if you pay the $70 to attend her sex-ed class at Seattle Children's Hospital, she'll likely talk your ear (and those of a gaggle of parents and pre-teens) off about them. Metzger is the subject of a recent New York Times Magazine article about her uniquely open approach to sex-ed.

“Parents walk in feeling almost victimized by preteens and puberty, and my job is to utterly transform their ability to connect,” she told writer Bonnie Rochman. “That sounds so arrogant, but I know when I walk in that room, that is my work.”

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Berit Anderson

By Berit Anderson

Berit Anderson was Managing Editor at Crosscut, following tech, culture, media and politics. She founded Crosscut's Community Idea Lab. 
 
 Previously community manager of the Tribune Company’