When I was a kid my mom explained sex to me but only the reproductive part. I didn't know anything about erections so I though people had sex by scissoring.

A.

Because my scope of the naked body was limited to my own (female) and my barbies', I used to believe that sex was when a male and female rubbed their bodies together, making sure that the lower private parts were touching. I had no idea what was really involved. :)

Traci

I used to believe that sex was when a boy and a girl would lie on their sides and hump each others legs.

Debbie

I used to believe thatsex was just kissing naked

Anon

My mother gave me a book, "How You Are Changing", rather than a sex talk. Notably, this book is written for with a Christian approach to puberty, and sex. It wasn't until I was well into my teens that I realized it was possible to have sex without being married.

... or being able to do the splits.

Anon

I used to believe having sex was when you would "sleep with someone". I mean sleep. And you had to roll around on the bed naked with a guy, and fall asleep. That's how you have sex, and that's how babies are made.

Marlene

Until I was 13, I thought missionary position was impossible in real life as it would hurt the girl being under a man. Imagine my surprise.

Anon

when I was younger my older sister told me parents watch adult movies where people are naked. well one day i wanted to watch nightmare on elm street and my mom said NO because its an adult movie. so when she was outside i put in the vcr tape in and fast forward it to see naked people and when it showed freddy Kougars face. I hurry up and shut it off and went and told my sister that our parents like to watched people with melted faces get naked

Shelly

When I was younger my mom explained sex to me as a "special hug." I thought that meant hugging and kissing at the same time.

Anon

When I was 9 I read a quote from a celebrity in Reader's Digest that said something alone the lines of "when a man has an orgasm, his legs shake a bit and then he goes to sleep". So for the next few weeks until I investigated further I believed that!

Jefftexas

My mother never bothered to raise me up with a clear image of sex. Whenever a bedscene on TV she didn't hide it from me.
One day when she was washing her face in the bathroom I walked up to her and asked. 'Does sex hurts?' 'No, she said'. Confused as I was; 'Why are the peoples faces so full off pain when doing it then?' She smiled 'Because they like it so much, it hurts'

hannah

I used to believe that when people had sex, they just got naked and kissed under the covers. My mother explained how sex worked to me at a young age, but the real image I got was from watching my grandma's soap operas.

Emma Rose

when i was about 28 years old i had a boyfriend but i had never heard or learned about sex before in my entire life. so when he took off his pants and revealed his "nooney" i screamed "what the hell is that!?" he ended up having to explain sex to me. then he broke up with me. i am now 56 and to this day i have not had a boyfriend. ever. =/

wilma patterson

i used to think you had sex by kissing

derek

I used to believed that having sex meant that the man and the woman rubbed their body parts together... up until 8th grade, I had never heard of penetration.

Nancy Peterson