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(Maybe NSFW, but I hope not!) Do you think a male, or a female, would make a better sex ed teacher?

Asked by Dutchess_III (46826points) January 11th, 2018

This was prompted by another post in which sex ed came up. I noted that the male Biology teacher tasked with teaching us sex ed, in HS in the 70’s, was VERY uncomfortable with it. That was too bad because I had a lot of questions, but after the first one, which was “Can you still get pregnant if you have sex when you’re having your period?” his discomfort was so obvious I couldn’t ask any more.

OTOH, when I was about 5, which would be early 60’s, a neighbor girl my age said, “This is what sex is!” and she led me to the curtains where she had a naked Ken on top of Barbie.
She cautioned me not to tell my mother, so I went right home and asked my mother! (Looking back on various behaviors by those girls…I think they were being abused.)
Anyway, Mum was very straight forward and matter of fact about it. Looking back, that’s quite surprising. She wasn’t fond of sex herself. She made that much clear as I grew older. But she grew up on a farm so…..

And another time, at that same age, another neighbor lady matter of factly told me where babies come from. She told me there was another hole, in front of the anus. That was news to me! Fascinating.

At one point, when I was 10 or so, I read the word “Intercourse,” and I asked my Dad what it meant. He sighed fondly and said, “Oh, it is a very, very wonderful thing between a man and his wife, and you’ll understand when you get older.”

So, based on MY experiences the men seemed to have a emotional feeling about it that the women didn’t have, whereas the women were matter of fact about sex, and and were able to give “Just the facts, Ma’am.” Bonus points if you can name where that statement originated!

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