I knew a man who never got the sex education in school right. He thought periods were for girls who were sexual active, so virgins didn't get periods.
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- When my mom was a child, she thought that while girls had periods, boys had hemorrhoids!Anon
- I also used to think that Mommies didn't have periods. I thought it went away once you had a baby.— T
- i thought the phrase "getting a boner" referred to men getting their periods. — astrid
- I used to think that guys had periods, too. — Laurie
- i used to believe that women wore bras because their periods happened in their boobies.Anon
- i used to believe when iwas young that during periods, one bleeds through thier breastsAnon