During 4th grade sex ed, our teacher told us that when a girl got her period, it was like a faucet being turned on inside of her. All of the girls were convinced from that point on that there was a giant faucet that spewed blood stuck in our tummies.
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- HA! I used to think when you got your period, you would just pee blood...I wish it was like that...if only.Anon
- I used to believe period blood came from the nipples. I thought that was what "padded bras" were for!!Anon
- I used to believe all babies came out as girls and later on in life some of those girls turned into boys — Tom
- In first grade a boy told me that he could see girls naked with his microscope lens. I beleived it for years.— Jeanette
- A[n] nth grade teacher only had to finish the nth grade when he or she was in school.— MD Caruso
- In 6th grade, I thought that once you got your period, you'd have it forever!!!! 24/7Anon