When I was in elementary school, I learned from a classmate that gay people are men who have sex with each other. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how that worked and somehow came to the conclusion that it involved dueling with penises. I didn't learn of my error until well into middle school, and to this day when I think of gay people penis dueling is the first thing that jumps to my mind.
A childhood belief about rude bits

others believed things like this
- My mom told me sex was people making out with no clothes on, boy was I surprised in middle school!— Amie
- When I was in elementary school I use to think that teacher lived at school at their desks all year long.Anon
- When I was in elementary school nuns cam to our school. I thought that 'nun' meant they had no religion.Anon
- My brother used to believe that when we went to school dogs went to dog school to learn to speak and read— Matt
- I used to believe that gay sex involved a man sticking his penis inside another man's penis.Anon
- I used to think my elementary school gym teacher's name was "Jim Class".— Brandon Campbell