The Sex Questions From Seventh Graders Tumblr that went viral before being yanked from the web was full of some of the most off-the-wall questions about human anatomy I think I've heard in a long time. Come to think of it, I haven't heard any of this since, well, middle school.
They're downright hilarious. But they're also downright terrifying!
The handwritten sex questions were allegedly put up by a teacher who kept her (or his?) identity anonymous. How it was pulled off Tumblr, and how the accompanying Twitter account disappeared, isn't clear. But sites that picked up photos of the notecard show some poorly spelled questions:
I heard that guys can have sex until they die is that true
Does porn make your sperm stronger
How do the sperms move? Can your eggs brake?
Is there other ways to have a baby but without having sex?
Go ahead. Laugh.
OK, now that you're done, can we talk about sex education for a second here? It's still a controversial issue in America thanks to puritanical parents who refuse to look at the facts: kids have questions about sex. If we're not answering those questions, these are the kinds of things they think are true ... that porn will make their sperm stronger, that their eggs will "brake."
The problem is kids talk about sex ... a lot. And when we're not giving them good information to use in those talks, things get dangerous. The myth I still recall being whispered in the locker room dealt with the best way to prevent pregnancy: by peeing after sex. Can you imagine how many pregnant teenagers that little bit of "birth control" created?
I've said it before, and I'll say it again and again ... I don't want to be a young grandmother. But if we don't tell kids the truth about sex, they're going to keep on believing in myths and fairy tales. And myths and fairy tales aren't funny when they start screaming at 2 a.m. for a diaper change, are they?
What's your take on the Sex Questions From Seventh Graders? Funny or scary?
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I was an art teacher, and oddly, I was asked to teach 5th-8th graders sex ed.
It was our first class; aside from the physicalities of sex, in my sex ed class we talked about being open to talk to your doctor/parents/spiritual leaders, respecting yourself and others, making choices that you aren't ashamed of then, after going over the basics, it was Q&A time.
This was from one of my 7th grade girls, "P-Money," as the oddly called me, "can you get pregnant taking it up the butt?"
I REMEMBER MY FIRST SEX TALK. My mother started it when i was 10. She asked first did i know what a period was. I answered yes momma it goes at the end of a sentence.(little to my surprise she was meaning aunt flow.) I remember her saying Really Tiff Really. After all the talks with Lashawn(my big sister). I was confused she said well what about sex. I said well you have a boy and a girl with different body parts which helps tell you if they are boy or girl. She was disappointed at me but i remember her laughing and calling my grandmother. So she waited until the school talked about then she elaborated more with what i learned at school. When i got to the age now I sit back and still laugh with her about what i said. She will say yes baby you was really slow coming up. lol i love my mom she so amazingly funny
i thought it was funny till i realised it was from 7th graders..then i face palmed.
Kids are missinformed and go to one another for answers their parents don't give them. My 7 yo knows a lot more (all age appropiate but preparing her for the follow up). We don;t want our kids having babies yet we are horrified at the thought of them being informed at school or at home!! We want them to be celibate but we do not educate them about not being celibate either.
I remember subbing in a grade 10 health class and being asked if a penis could get stuck while having sex. This was from a girl in grade 10!!
Yes, when kids ask these kinds of questions, they should be given open, honest, frank, TRUE answers. Anything less is just asking for trouble. If you don't provide an inquisitive child with real information, the rumors fly, and they believe all of it! Educating your child about sex doesn't mean they'll go crazy and start having sex young, or unmarried, or whatever your hang-up. We had "the talk" in my public school in the 5th grade, and my mom answered my questions. I didn't have sex until I was nearly 20 years old. And, trying to scare them doesn't help either. Like that school that was telling kids they would die if they used condoms. Know what that does? Makes a teen have sex and not use a condom. FAIL. Sex is a fact of life, and you can't make it go away. Just grow up and deal with it.