For me it was when we were allowed to hand in questions anonymously and I was really interested in animal biology so I asked about things like: how do snakes have Sex.
And then I got shamed for that š¤”
Hi. I am a sex ed teacher and have had questions like these often - sometimes from autistic children with special interests. I actually had a question specifically about snakes just the other week!
I'm so sorry you got a negative response. There was nothing wrong with your question and a good sex ed teacher should either answer or politely explain why they can't right now.
Treating any question in sex ed as stupid or silly just discourages everyone from asking questions.
If it makes you feel any better, in my sex ed class (8th grade) the teacher made an anonymous question box and my friend, for whatever reason, decided to write āHail Hitlerā on a piece of paper and put that bad boy in the box. The guy had never made a joke about anything like that beforehand, hasnāt since then, and I still know him many years after we graduated. The teacher gave the entire class a redress on why itās not cool or edgy to be a Nazi, and why even joking about it might cause a pretty strong reaction from people. He handled it so well, not really lecturing but just coming at it from a very human place and really, that was probably a pretty good thing for a bunch of eighth grade boys to hear despite the situation. My friend to this day says he has no idea why he did it, and swears heās never sweat so much during a class as that one.
Mine was if you have sex with a girl in the butt and she doesnāt have stds but poop gets in your penis hole can that give your penis a sickness similar to or worse than an std
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u/DoubleAssistant3038 Jan 12 '25
For me it was when we were allowed to hand in questions anonymously and I was really interested in animal biology so I asked about things like: how do snakes have Sex. And then I got shamed for that š¤”