My friends son thought tampons were for mufflers for women so that they wouldn't fart.
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- I used to think that tampons were meant to absorb women's urine so they wouldn't have to go to the bathroom.— Koyaanisqatsi
- When I first met my husband, he thought women didn't fart. He was really surprised after he met me!!!Anon
- when i was a little girl, i beleived that women didnt have bums, because i never heard my mom fart. Anon
- My nephew (age 7) thought tampons were plugs for diarrhea. Anon
- I never knew how tampons worked, I always thought they would fit in a female flat, like a hot dog.— only me
- I thought the f-word was fart.— Caroline