Hi, i'm in med school and part of an organisation which is mostly doing preventive work in all kinds of places and in a lot of topic.

We also go to schools and talk about reproductive health. I'm a long time lurker on this sub, saw some pretty terrible stuff here and i'm sure there is a lot more i haven't saw but you guys did.

So my question is what would you tell the kids in this topic? We are talking about kids aged between roughly 12-16yrs.

We talk about basic anatomy, menstruation, hygiene, protection and all this general stuff,, so i'm looking more for misconception you see often and should be emphasized more.

Always thought Elliot was a hardcore roman Catholic. But just heard him say ' when god gives you a uterus, then maybe we will listen' when discussing abortion to a man which he really disagreed with, but understands it is a woman's choice.

Yeah, it is a TV show. I normally hate him and his Catholic views, but I was like 'alright Elliott, you do care' on this one

How the hell did we land on "the stork flies in with the baby" as a way to explain sex to kids?

Anyone even know?

I visited him in the dorm, the building was devided in 2 sections, male and female. I visited him in the men's section, so when I needed to go to the bathroom, he said he'll show me the way to the women's section. Before we headed, he asked if I'm going for #1 or #2, I said #1, he said "OK" and we went there.
It was quite an elaborate route with several staircases and crossings. Finally I get into the stall, do my thing, and then I notice there's no paper. I shout to him to get me some from wherever their stogage is. He says confused "we keep our tp in our rooms, why u asking? I thought you were going #1?"

I overheard a conversation between two girls and they apparently didnt know you could clean down there. They infact thought you couldn't get it wet at all in belief that they would suck up water and go mouldy like a bath toy. I then proceeded to explain that thats not how vaginas work. Safe to say, they were suprised. I did refer them to some websites for womens health and hygiene.

I just found this funny

He hears me mention stuff about my menstrual cycle fairly regularly. He knows there are different phases.

Today I learned, I thought the menstrual cycle only encompasses the actually period/menstruation So he thought at some point during that week of bleeding, is when someone would be ovulating

That was just such a funny misconception to me 😭😂

Edit: A good amount of discourse in the comments about me finding this funny and about whether or not my boyfriend not knowing this info is a reflection of his character

I don’t think it says anything about his character How is he meant to know if he’s never been taught? Even if he’s meant to do his own research, how is a man who’s never been taught supposed to know what questions to even ask? I myself, as a woman, was unaware that “PMS” happened BEFORE you actually start bleeding (during the luteal phase). Didn’t know that until years of already menstruating I’d never even heard of the follicular phase until like literally last year (at age 23) and prob also couldn’t explain ovulation

Bc they’re not questions that have naturally popped into my mind

And we come from a US state that doesn’t do sex ed (apart from learning about how sperm cells and egg cells come together)

So yes this is funny to me bc it’s a bit ridiculous that we can go so long without understanding how our bodies work, I find that silly And I don’t think it makes him stupid or a misogynist

The diagrams I was shown in school or see on the internet don't match up to what I see in the mirror. My urethra is at my vaginal opening with less than a mm of separation. There's only smooth skin from the clit down to the holes. Is it just a simplification to show the urethra really high up so that it's obvious it's a different structure? Or is my anatomy just weird?

So last night I was over at my boyfriends(19m) place. I was ovulating so a bit more horny then normal and my boyfriend was intentionally tormenting me because why not and it’s funny.

Then he looks at me and says “your ovaries must be burning right now”

And I’m just like “huh”

And he’s like “well because they produce the hormones”

And I’m just like “well just because they produce hormones doesn’t mean they burn when I’m horny”

It made me confused and then I laughed. I mean he gets that why produce the hormones which is good but like where did the idea they burn when your horny come from?

Edit: yall I’m scared, this post made me mute my phone for a while because of the notifications

I'd like to read the entire article.

I am AMAB/identify as male and I am here because I think the misconceptions many men have about women’s bodies is funny (sometimes…) but also such a damned shame. The least you can do is to learn some about it so you can be a better partner, friend, father, etc.

Of course there are incels who couldn’t care less about any of it, but I think most guys who are in a relationship with anybody AFAB could learn a bit.

An example might be that I read a comment or story once, probably on this very subreddit, about a guy who went to buy his gf/wife tampons and thought the sizes varied due to vaginal size 🤣 nope! For different amount of flow.

Could save a trip and your gf laughing at you hysterically

My youngest brother (16m) shares a bathroom with me, I have a heavy flow and so i use a lot of tampons. my brother noticed all the blood in the trashcan and he got very concerned, poor kid shuffled up to me in the kitchen and asked in a worried tone, "are you okay??? do you need to go to the hospital???" he was honestly scared for my wellbeing because i "lost so much blood" and he was like, "how are you even still alive???" poor kid looked like he saw a ghost.

Edit: okay im genuinely curious as to why people are downvoting each other in the comments when there's nothing to be mad about?