At age six, my mum made a bit of a mess of explaining the birds and the bees to me. I asked her if you could get periods anywhere and she said yes. Of course rather than thinking that you could get them in any place that you went, I thought you could get them in any part of the body. Every nose bleed or cut on my knee was a potential period for the next two years until sex ed put me straight!
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- When I was a kid, I found out about a womans period and I thought that she would bleed through her breasts.— Michael
- My mum told me that if you sniffed poppies your nose would bleed.— Karen
- I used to think that your knee cap was called your knee ball.— Erika
My friend used to believe that bees made honey and jam.
— julia- I used to believe that honey was made from bees' pee when they drank too much water.Anon
- When I was little, I thought that birds feathers were made out of twigs and cat hairs.— Lily