Let’s talk about sex

Rather than spend this morning typing a laundry list of things I am upset about, as per usual.  I thought I’d share some stories.  I had a student email me this week, with a very interesting query.  He wanted to know if he should tell someone that a friend, whom remained nameless, had been huffing paint.  My response of course, was that if he didn’t want his friend spending the rest of his life ordering coloring books online, then yes he should intervene.  Of course, I suspected that “he” was his “friend”,  and followed up with a few questions of my own.  An ancillary function of any teaching job, is often listening and offering advice to students that trust you.  This situation represented one of those moments.  More often than not, the questions I get are less serious.  In fact, frequently, the questions are so strange, that it takes compelete muscle control not to burst into laughter.  The following examples apply:

“You said that semen is 40% glucose, then why does it taste so salty?”

Yes, this was a real question, in a human sexuality course I taught, as was the following question:

“Is it possible to get someone pregnant from oral sex?”

Sometimes, it’s simply statements that are made, as in:

“My boyfriend’s doctor told him he had to have sex at least three times a week to regulate his bood sugar. He’s diabetic.”

And it’s not just the ladies:

“Yeah, but masturbation in the morning will prevent pregancy for the day because you get rid  of all the semen in the morning.” 

Now, I am not making fun of my students, so don’t assume I am.  Although, reading these quotes again, makes me chuckle.  It’s more of a social commentary on a lacking sex education system in this country.  I mean, the sad thing is, these are not junior high students, not high school studnets.  I teach at the collegiate level.  These are undergraduate students.  If they get to this age level, with a terribly skewed understanding of human sexuality…there is a problem.  Statistically, 80% of these students have had some kind of sexual encounter already.  Would you want your kids going to the gun range, with the idea in there head that bullets taste like skittles.  Probably not.  Well, it’s equally dangerous to let them leave the home everyday with a incomplete picture of the ins and outs (no pun intended) of sexuality.  They need to understand the risks and rewards associated with the acts. 

Otherwise, they will end up satire, on my blog…for all to see.