In seventh grade, I became a aware of what they used to call "venereal diseases," but was a little unclear on how you got them.
For some reason I was under the impression that venereal diseases only happened to people who weren't married. Syphilis and gonorrhea were not transmitted person to person; they were instead CAUSED by the act of two unmarried people having sex, the way smoking cigarettes causes cancer.
What I couldn't figure out was how marriage granted a couple immunity to these terrible diseases.
A childhood belief about sex
others believed things like this
- i though that the man and woman couldn't really have babies until marriage,lmao,what a stupid person i was— what a stupid
- A friend on mine thought that smoking menthal cigarettes would make his breath minty fresh.Anon
- I used to believe that I was the only person who had my name, and that no two people could have the same name.— Rebecca
- I used to believe fog was caused by cows smoking cigars. How could mom be lying?!— La Duchesse
- I used to believe that having children could only happen after a wedding with the person you are married to.Anon
- I used to believe that Alexander Graham Bell was not just one person. I thought that they were three people!— J.D.