when i was 12, i asked my brother how he could ride his racing bike without being in pain. he looked at me completely baffled and asked me why i had asked such a question. i thought that mens 'bits' were in the same position as mine - directly under them between their legs - and thought that the skinny seat must really hurt. he laughed so much he cried!

PaganJay

i used to believe little girls had the same equipment as little boys (i must have dreamed this) but that it was just tucked inside and they pulled it out when they needed to use it.

tim dugan

When I was about 8 years old, and having just gone swimming in the cold lake (which we lived right next to), I went to the bathroom and noticed that my penis and testicles had shrunk CONSIDERABLY. I guess I hadn't really paid much attention to my penis before that age, since I didn't know that after cold swims male testicles tend to shrink up (which of course is a biolgoical function to keep them the right temperature).

Anyhow, when I saw my shrunken penis and testicles, I was absolutely mortified that my penis was going to disappear and that I was turning into a girl. I didn't say anything but I remember praying that I wasnn't going to turn into a girl.

After a few weeks I realized my penis was back to it's normal size and I wasn't turning into a girl.

Glen

when i was a little girl - about 5 - my 8 year old sister was kind of explaining body parts to me and she called the clitoris a Giblet.
when my mom told me she was removing the giblets out of a chicken, when i was about 12, i was horrified and wouldnt speak to her for weeks. i think i then officially hated my sister, lol.

lucy

After discovering masturbation at very early age on my own, and not knowing anything about sex, somehow I concluded I have discovered a substitute for narcotics and would be awarded for my invention.

Missed the Noble prize

I used to believe my weenie was a tail like animals have. My mom loves to bring this up when I bring a new girlfriend over to my parents house.

LaughedAtOften

I used to believe that my testicles were actually grapes

Anon

I used to belive that all babies were born the same, and the parents had to go out and buy a penis for the ones they wanted to be boys.

Josh

my little sister, at the age of 4, used to ask my brother to see his "tail." when he declined, she would announce "mommy, daniel won't let me see his tail!"

maggie

As a result of helping my mom change my baby brother's diapers when I was three, I somehow reasoned that the entire purpose of a boy's penis was to help the doctor tell if a baby was a boy or a girl, which was important because the parents would have to know that in order to decide what to name it and what kinds of clothes to buy. I believed this until I learned about "the birds and the bees" when I was eleven - it was certainly a shock.

Amanda M.

I used to believe that an erection only occured after a male was married and that it was a permanent thing.

Anon

My best friend in upper school believed that penises actually had a bone in because everyone refered to them as boners. She was about 14 before she learned that it was not so!

~Tigerlily~

In second grade it was common knowledge among us boys that the way you made your penis bigger was by holding pee in for as long as you could.

toon

When I was about 7 years old, my friend and I played house. He was the baby and I was the mother, and I ordered him to to take a bath. He stripped naked, and I saw his penis (the first one I had seen). I had learned that boys had a penis and what it looked like, but I never was told about testicles. I saw his testicles and thought they were another penis. From then on I thought boys had two penises!

Andrea

When i was little, i thought that when i grew up i could only have two kids because i only had two testicles.

nick

My grandma told me that when she was little she didn't know anything about puberty. She used to live on a farm and always ride horses. So one day she started crying and freaking out because she though the horses hairs got stuck ummm...down there.

Anon

Until I was 13, I believed that the instant a boy got aroused he would spray semen everywhere. In swim class, I refused to get close to the boys (who everyone could see were suddenly very interested in us girls in our bathing suits...) just in case they sprayed at me.

Jessie

When I was little I held the adament beliefe that girls only became girls when their willies dropped off.

My mum brings it up to this day.

Anon

when i was a little girl i asked santa for a penis for christmas. i thought it was a really awesome toy.

haha

I used to believe that a boy's penis was coiled up kind of like a garden hose, and when he peed, he had to unroll it..

Anon