Yesterday I finished the 8th grade sessions on reproductive system. Monday I taught both boys and girls together from the textbook and by going over vocabulary and basic info on conception using a video on fetus development. Tuesday and Wednesday I took the boys and girls separately and answered their anonymous questions as honestly as I could. The female guidance counselor helps with the girls. All kids need signed parental permission. One of the boys questions (honestly this was asked by an 8th grade boy, "If you are having anal sex and your partner farts can it blow-up your testicles?") stretched my belief that I should honor the commitment to answer all questions honestly. I did search for some sort of medical answer to the question, but couldn't find any 'research' or physiological explanation of the possibility of this happening. There were a few chat type websites which I could acces from school (which is bizarre because the school blocks an incredible range of websites from anything that has the words game or sex attached to it to all sorts of websites like expedia and facebook) and found a few self-reports of injuries requiring surgery with a urologist from this experience. There were also many reports of people who find this experience very enjoyable. It is a weird world out there.
I did pass on what I found to the inquisitive young mind with the admonition of another possible danger of unprotected sex.
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