The Wisdom of Girls: Teens, Sex, and Truth DVD

Grade levels: 7-12, Adults. This unique, evidenced-based, documentary-style program with real teens, whose sexual experience spans from virginity to teen motherhood, gives the audience a very personal view of the complexities of sex in the lives of teen girls and an impassioned plea to wait until they, as individuals, are ready to have sex. The girls in this DVD deal with the tactics that boys use to encourage sexual activity with girls, the many reasons why girls choose to have sex when they are not ready to take that step, the emotional and physical consequences of that choice, and why girls are not practicing safe sex and how to be safe. The girls emphatically tell the audience why waiting to have sex is the best choice.

This program is equally relevant for boys. They will watch this and be stunned to learn what girls think about with regard to sex and will have a new appreciation for how their requests and behaviors affect girls emotionally and physically. Each section of the DVD provides a time of reflection through open discussion or written exercise with the goal of self-exploration and concrete steps to act upon. 38 minutes, online leader’s guide.