This is the last week of Beyond The Birds and the Bees: Sexual Education in the 20th Century, the awesome show running right now at the John Nicholas Brown Center For The Humanities. While I tend to be a little disappointed by the exhibits there, this one really thoroughly traces the history of sex education in the Army, at home, and in schools since about World War 1. Highlights include old Army posters warning soldiers about the diseases foreign women carry, sex ed surveys filled out by previous exhibit visitors, creepy videos from the fifties where boys learn about sex from their overly enthusiastic track coach, and that one episode of 90210 where Andrea the 40-year old virgin gets West Beverly students to distribute condoms and promote AIDS awareness and Kelly won’t do it because she’s ridiculous and there’s a school committee meeting where Donna’s mother thinks condom distribution is bad and Brenda wants to write an article for the school paper about how she thought Dylan knocked her up that time but he won’t let her and then Andrea’s all “No, really, it’s okay Brenda, I have more important things to think about right now, because your brother made fun of me for being a virgin and I’m really distraught because he’s my soul mate even though he’s lame and has ridiculous hair and I’m clearly twice his age.”

Or, for those of you who prefer your sex intake to be a little less academic and a little more involving kiddie pools, Pride season is officially kicking off on Thursday with lube wrestling at Trixx. Because nothing says “proud of who you are” like watching twinky strippers grapple to pull each other’s underwear off. [nb: Lube wrestling is also pretty much the only Pride-related activity I find remotely entertaining, so don’t think I’m being judgy.] It’s supposed to start at 9, which judging from past experience means it’ll start at about 11:30.

And here’s a related video to get you in the mood, just because I get this song stuck in my head every single time I walk by LaTour Auto Body on Valley Street. It used to be one of my favorite songs back when I was nine:

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