"Our children are not going to be just 'our children' - they are going to be other people's husbands and wives and the parents of our grandchildren."

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The theme of experience is universal, yet Mary Calderone manages to capture its essence in a uniquely profound way. Taking a moment to internalize this can shift our mindset, reminding us that our perspective on experience often shapes our reality.

About Mary Calderone

Mary Steichen Calderone was an American physician, author, public speaker, and public health advocate for reproductive rights and sex education.

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"I truly feel that there are as many ways of loving as there are people in the world and as there are days in the life of those people."

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"Before the child ever gets to school it will have received crucial, almost irrevocable sex education and this will have been taught by the parents, who are not aware of what they are doing."

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"Unless you're trying to make a movie on the sly, there's no way to get around this. If you want to use public spaces, film on the streets, have the cooperation of the police, you have to have a permit."

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"Young people should be helped, sheltered, ignored, and clubbed if necessary."

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