Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don’t come into the world.
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Interpretation
The line reads like a deliberately paradoxical defense of “sex education” that turns into a satirical jab at social hypocrisy. By saying girls cannot be taught too early “how children don’t come into the world,” the speaker implies that conventional instruction (or euphemistic moralizing) often teaches misinformation, denial, or shame rather than biological reality. The phrasing suggests a critique of bourgeois propriety: society claims to protect innocence while actually cultivating ignorance, leaving young women especially vulnerable to manipulation and unequal sexual norms. The quote’s sting lies in its negative formulation (“don’t come”), implying that what is transmitted is not knowledge but a repertoire of evasions—precisely what Kraus frequently attacked in public discourse.




