When my sister was around 4, someone read her that Dr Seuss book about the things that go through a machine and the stars go onto their tummies. Somehow, she inferred that if she wanted to change into a boy, all we would have to do was put her through a machine, and she would come out the other end with a penis. I fully believe that this was because my aunt used to refer to a vagina as a womans "special star".
A childhood belief about rude bits
others believed things like this
- i used to beleive that a comdom machine would stop you getting pregnant. Not the condoms. the actual machine.— Mr scared-of-swimming-pool-changing-rooms.
- i used to believe that our ansering machine was the washing machine and that it could talk
— tamara - When I got my feet measured by the electronic machine, I thought that the machine will squash my feet!— Helen
- My sister thought a fruit machine (the gaming device) could turn one item of fruit into another.— Richard Davies
- I used to believe that if I put my arm in the washing machine while it was going that it would rip off.— Hannah
- I learned in the first grade that the Sun was a star just like all the other stars, only it was MUCH bigger.— Geoff