WheI was 11 my mother gave me a book about sex. But it was very slanted toward a religious viewpoint and never mentioned arousal. Since it said that sex could only occur when a man's body was a certain way, I assumed that men's bodies were cyclical, just like women's.
A childhood belief about sex

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that women gave birth to girls and Men gave birth to boys— Rob
- i used to think that women gave birth to their husbands and marry them...— Pat
- Until I was five, I used to think that women gave birth to baby girls and men gave birth to baby boys— Cassidy K
- When I was younger, I thought that Labour Day was when all sorts of women gave birth.— Greg
- When I was little I believed little men and little women worked inside my body to make everything work.— Ashley
- When ever someone said ''read aloud'' I assumed aloud was the title of a book. Lol.— Delaney