Doctors Share 33 Weird, Unworldly, And Seriously Concerning Things They’ve Heard From Pregnant Women

I respectfully disagree because the question clearly shows how the grandmother at that time had little idea what was going to happen to her when delivering a child. It's actually really sad.

Sex Ed ?--Not In American Schools. They Might Show You How To Put A Condom On A Banana But That's About All

My Sex Ed was "don't do it, here are the diseases you can get, you will wind up pregnant, let's watch this GRAPHIC video of an abortion so if you do get pregnant you will keep the baby". Religious school was fun.

Sex Ed in many Republican-led states is, "DON'T HAVE SEX" and the multitude of things that could kill you if you have sex.

In Oregon, we have mandatory comprehensive sex ed. Our rates of STI and teen pregnancy are 30% lower than our states who preach that "abstinence only" religious b******t.

"No one needs Sex Ed... Their Mother and I will sit them down and discuss it with them when the time comes!" Or..."I learned about sex from my friends on the street corners by discussing what they'd heard, thought, and figured out...my kids can do the same." Or, from the grandparents of most unexpected/unwanted teen pregnancies: "My kids have been told not to have sex until they are married!" (Not understanding that not talking about it makes it MORE likely to happen.)

Unfortunately, a lot of US "sex ed" consists primarily of "don't do that, and especially don't do that unless you're married." Abstinence-only, no teaching about the birds and the bees, STIs, or contraception. :-(

I think you mean US civilisation, the rest of are not repressed

that is not standard for the western civilisation.

Probably other parts of the world too, we just don't get to hear about it.

It does here in Canada. My (13) son’s grade 9 health and gym class today also spoke of human trafficking, prostitution, child pornography and how them sending a girlfriend/boyfriend a pic of themselves is distributing child pornography and all the dangers that can come from that. This is in addition to all things reproductive with proper names and diagrams of the parts and knowing how and why they work. He has to do a report on one type of birth control and one STD. He also needs to make a pamphlet on one mental issue and he chose generalized anxiety disorder since he has it as do I. Edited to add this is at a Catholic high school.

Those screwy religious attitudes are actively trying to ban sex ed in schools (and in its place teach abstinence only) or at the very least get their child exempt from sex ed due to religious reasons.

What sex Ed? 80s parents put a stop to that.

This story is a hoax. Makes the rounds every few years.

It's probably hard to believe but sexual education has gotten worse over the years. Not just since the Christian right wing has decided they want to impose their beliefs on everyone else. When the economy was more agriculturally based, up until about 100 years ago, children grew up around animals whose mating behavior was plain to see. But 200 years ago, before male scientists and doctors started imposing their spurious opinions on sex, it was much more open. It was believed back then that women could only conceive if they had an "0" (stupid censorship). And 250 years ago, at the time of the Revolution, more than 40% of mothers had their first child less than 9 months after being married.

Hasidic Jewish boys get the talk the night of the marriage. Zero idea how a Woman’s body works or where it goes.

It does, but it is near nonexistent in the US.

Since there is no national guideline or requirement for sex ed in the united states, each state and, sometimes even each School district, decides exactly how they are going to teach it. That's if they teach it at all. Republican/Conservative states in the US are nearly 100% likely to teach abstinence-only sex education - which, as we all know is actually no sex education. The ironic thing, or really, the expected result, is in those states there are higher teeth pregnancy rates and higher STD rates. Kids don't learn how to protect themselves doing the thing that kids end up all doing, so the result is what it is. And now with Roe V Wade overturned and those same states trying to put severe restrictions on birth control, those children with no education regarding are now going to be required to be parents. Because God knows there isn't anything more educational to kids then becoming parents themselves while they're still children. Because they can't handle sex education

Okay, so let's come to the rescue of religion... I knew a catholic community leader (not enough priests in my country), who had to deal with similar problems. A deeply religious couple tried to make a child for years, but it didn't work out. They wanted to talk to him about their problem and how miserable they were, every few weeks and he would patiently listen to them, give advise, send them to different doctors, even to a psychologist. Maybe the problem wasn't of a physical nature? But nothing. Nobody could help. One day, after they tried particulary hard for weeks, the wife was complaining loudly, that her stomach hurts from all the attempts and the community leader asked her nicely to pull up her shirt. She complied and exposed her red and blue bellybutton and the community leader couldn't help but it and started laughing. He explained to them how reproduction actually worked and not even a year later their first child was born.

Just Western civilization, eh?

Should have said nothing. Agreed

He seems to have chosen the dumbest partner he could find. Neither one should be reproducing.

Not to mention he's practically taking advantage of his partner. Maybe she didn't want sex and he told her that lie to do himself a favor.

There is a decent chance her partner is just as ignorant as she is. Yes, he may be a pervert, but he might also be another naive person.

Scary thing is, he could have been told this by his family, and believed it! -- Personally, I think the kid was just concerned with getting his rocks off as much as possible!

I can only hope he said that *not* as a deliberate lie because he's a horny jerk, but because he somehow literally thought it was true himself. I have my doubts...

He may have just been stupid enough to actually think that.

Never attribute to malice what could be adequately explained by stupidity. In this case, for all we know the dude probably believed it too.

Doubtful, but maybe he’s as uneducated in the basics of life like she is.

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Get raped

I had sex Ed, but how the baby develops was never covered. It was just the very basics. But I knew about how the baby developed from way before puberty, from a book my mother had. I was a voracious reader.