The only thing I remember from health class was the teacher putting her whole arm in a condom.
Which is shocking given how anti-sexhealth my parents were and the community I grew up in at large. No idea how that teacher had a job but damn, respect.
I kinda hate that kind of demonstration because arms have bones, dicks do not, so it’s not really a valid one. They’re basically blood balloons and condom size actually does matter to them working. There is such a thing as too small (or too large)
Seriously, it does way more harm than good giving the impression that condoms are a one-size-fits-all thing. An uneducated guy could buy a box, use the whole package getting soft every time because his dick is getting put in a mild sleeper hold, and come to the conclusion that he can’t have sex with a condom.
Proper health education for boys and young men should include talking about “finding the condom that works for you.” Women don’t usually do one set of birth control and just go with it forever no matter how shitty it is, they try different things until they find one that works, sucks the least, or find an alternative. They don’t just try a pill, have side effects, and give up on the idea of birth control because some ignorant teacher suggested that all birth control is the same because (makes some inane demonstration).
Sometimes hearing y’all talk about health Ed classes that actually taught y’all stuff is wild to me. I live in a red state. Sex education for me was basically a two-day seminar where they showed us pictures of the gnarliest venereal diseases they could find. Like that’s it. We didn’t see a condom at all. Learning about condoms for us was first hand. In a Motel 6 that took cash with my girl after we bought a few different brands to try them out.
Given my state and area I grew up I’m surprised. When I joined the military I got the bombardment of “here are STDs!” Scare tactics. And I can’t recall they talked about condoms. Pretty crazy.
The only thing I remember from health class was the teacher putting her whole arm in a condom.
Which is shocking given how anti-sexhealth my parents were and the community I grew up in at large. No idea how that teacher had a job but damn, respect.
I kinda hate that kind of demonstration because arms have bones, dicks do not, so it’s not really a valid one. They’re basically blood balloons and condom size actually does matter to them working. There is such a thing as too small (or too large)
Seriously, it does way more harm than good giving the impression that condoms are a one-size-fits-all thing. An uneducated guy could buy a box, use the whole package getting soft every time because his dick is getting put in a mild sleeper hold, and come to the conclusion that he can’t have sex with a condom.
Proper health education for boys and young men should include talking about “finding the condom that works for you.” Women don’t usually do one set of birth control and just go with it forever no matter how shitty it is, they try different things until they find one that works, sucks the least, or find an alternative. They don’t just try a pill, have side effects, and give up on the idea of birth control because some ignorant teacher suggested that all birth control is the same because (makes some inane demonstration).
Sometimes hearing y’all talk about health Ed classes that actually taught y’all stuff is wild to me. I live in a red state. Sex education for me was basically a two-day seminar where they showed us pictures of the gnarliest venereal diseases they could find. Like that’s it. We didn’t see a condom at all. Learning about condoms for us was first hand. In a Motel 6 that took cash with my girl after we bought a few different brands to try them out.
Given my state and area I grew up I’m surprised. When I joined the military I got the bombardment of “here are STDs!” Scare tactics. And I can’t recall they talked about condoms. Pretty crazy.