- Joined
- Jul 7, 2022
Raised by a deeply Christian, conservative family and went to a private "fundie" school. I honestly don't remember a ton about the sex ed at the private school, but I know the "basics" were covered. I'd imagine it was comparable to what you'd learn in a public school. The bare minimum.
My mother drilled stranger danger/no-no zones into us at an early age and handheld us through our first periods. She taught us about different menstrual products and different methods for dealing with cramps/bloating/cravings. When I was going through my first period, she must have told a few of my female teachers (I was 9 so she was probably worried I'd freak out or my classmates would bully me) and I remember a few of them taking me aside to ask if I needed anything or was feeling ok. The idea that religious families or schools don't talk about menstruation or sex is wildly overblown in my anecdotal experience.
Can confirm my female peers saw menstruating and developing breasts as a badge of honor. I am concerned at how schools are increasingly becoming stand-ins for parents. Should schools teach about menstruation and sex, yes. Should that be where all the kids' knowledge comes from, no.
Another gross male story for the thread:
Played video games with this dude for a couple years. He'd occasionally flirt and I'd rebuff it or ignore it, but kindly. He'd always been a drinker but due to various events in his life he began drinking more heavily, and it was no uncommon for him to be sloshed when we played together and to not recall anything the next day. Idc if you drink when we play but if you're losing us the match or going AFK because you're hammered, it gets annoying. Things became untenable when he would get sappy/depressed drunk and would divulge intimate details about his sex life/sex interests. I assume in some bid to get me jealous or something. One night he told me about the hentai he was watching and how he had Discord phone/audio call sex with some random woman. I was both fascinated and horrified, so I just "uh huh, hmm, yeah" the whole time and then blocked him shortly after.
My mother drilled stranger danger/no-no zones into us at an early age and handheld us through our first periods. She taught us about different menstrual products and different methods for dealing with cramps/bloating/cravings. When I was going through my first period, she must have told a few of my female teachers (I was 9 so she was probably worried I'd freak out or my classmates would bully me) and I remember a few of them taking me aside to ask if I needed anything or was feeling ok. The idea that religious families or schools don't talk about menstruation or sex is wildly overblown in my anecdotal experience.
Can confirm my female peers saw menstruating and developing breasts as a badge of honor. I am concerned at how schools are increasingly becoming stand-ins for parents. Should schools teach about menstruation and sex, yes. Should that be where all the kids' knowledge comes from, no.
Another gross male story for the thread:
Played video games with this dude for a couple years. He'd occasionally flirt and I'd rebuff it or ignore it, but kindly. He'd always been a drinker but due to various events in his life he began drinking more heavily, and it was no uncommon for him to be sloshed when we played together and to not recall anything the next day. Idc if you drink when we play but if you're losing us the match or going AFK because you're hammered, it gets annoying. Things became untenable when he would get sappy/depressed drunk and would divulge intimate details about his sex life/sex interests. I assume in some bid to get me jealous or something. One night he told me about the hentai he was watching and how he had Discord phone/audio call sex with some random woman. I was both fascinated and horrified, so I just "uh huh, hmm, yeah" the whole time and then blocked him shortly after.
