We need better sex ed, and we need it NOW.
Reddit useru/13Vicious01askedthe community: “What’s the weirdest sex myth you’ve ever heard?”
The thread quickly filled with a colorful variety of myths and rumors people heard about sex while growing up.
If anything, the thread is a stellar reminder that honest and open sexual education is critical and necessary.
Here’s what people shared:
1. u/TacoLita
2.
“That sneezing more than seven times in a row will give you an involuntary orgasm.”
u/geoffbowman
3.
He has four children, and yes, he was also the PE teacher."
u/daejane1
4. u/kaydyee
5.
“You get a male child if you conceive with both people on their right side.”
u/i-need-blinker-fluid
6.
“‘Its not sexy for a man to make noises in bed.’
u/Kate_dog_png
7. u/LoudManagement6634
“The myth is actually a bit more nuanced (and ridiculous) than this.
This simply makes no sense.
Yet, the single woman would be seen as the ‘looser’ of the two.”
u/Scholarish
8.
“When I was in high school, my then-boyfriend told me that friction from sex stops your period.
Spoiler alert: He was very wrong.”
u/Barfignugen
9.
His logic was that it was the woman’s job to go down, not the man’s.”
u/yeetgodmcnechass
10.
“A woman can’t get pregnant if she doesn’t orgasm.
This from a 43-year-old man.”
u/Mysterious-Bee9014
11.
“I was working self-checkout at a big blue box store.
A couple was buying onions, and being bored, I asked what they were cooking.
In shock, I say, ‘That is not true.’
The dude got super angry with me for not lying so he could hit it raw.”
u/Karsa69420
12.
“I had a health class teacher tell us that alcohol negated birth control.”
u/Worldly_Ad_6483
13. u/DantheOutdoorsman
14.
“Masturbation causes blindness and hearing loss.
A kiss is the actual act of procreation, not genital sex.
Swallowing still causes pregnancy, as does any kind of skin contact with sperm.
I believed in some of those as late as 15.”
u/stcloud777
15.
“That if you’re a virgin with endometriosis, then having sex can cure you.
u/figureitoutdude
“A doctor told me that getting pregnant could cure my endometriosis.
I immediately switched doctors.”
u/QuixoticForest
16.
“Way too many people still think the female orgasm isn’t real.”
u/ConduckKing
17. u/Travice0
18.
“That using peanut butter on the genitals is a form of birth control.”
u/MatthewAllenSr
19.
That weighed heavily on my mind the 101st time the next day.”
u/motociclista
20.
“The child’s sex is determined by who did the most work in bed.”
u/Stitch_03
21.
“You get hairy palms from masturbating.”
u/indictmentofhumanity
22.
We were all like, ‘Oh, honey, nooo.’
We had decent sex ed at my school, so I don’t know where she got that from.
u/EmiliusReturns
23.
“That one ovary is responsible for making boys, and the other is for making girls.
u/SoundingInSilence
24.And: “That the hymen is proof of virginity.
u/lob_hax
Note: Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
