Religious Groups Work to Translate Sex-Education Message - Program Designed for Black Teens Evolves to Incorporate Language and Culture of Latinos

“When the Rev. Evelyn Perez describes the strong feelings sex generates to the Latino teens in her church sex-education classes, she uses the metaphors of their cultures.

Sex, she tells those whose families come from Mexico, “is like eating a jalapeño — it is hot” For her Puerto Rican students, she relates it to the weather in their families homeland: “You know how hot it gets.”"

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