Sex education in the United States is complicated at best.
Everyone seems to have a different opinion of what kids should learn about sex, from abstinence-only policies to graphic depictions of how babies get made. This results, at the very least, in a whole lot of cognitive dissonance when it comes to actually teaching kids about sex.
For many people, the confusion of how to approach sex ed manifests itself in a bizarre mashup of sexual facts, half-truths, and lies being taught to kids who may not know anything else about sex.
To demonstrate this, people on Reddit shared some anecdotes of the worst things they learned in school-sanctioned sex ed classes— and some of them may be things you learned in school, too.
INSIDER was unable to independently verify all of these stories, but everything listed is as good an example as any of what not to teach kids in a sex ed class.
1. Women can't get pregnant if they have sex on top.
"8th grade, the teacher said that a girl can't get pregnant while on top because gravity wouldn't let the sperm go up. One girl was already pregnant at the time. We graduated with a class of 20 with five children" - Reddit user KWBC24
2. You can't get STDs if you're in love.
"The reason moms and dads can have sex without a condom is because you can't get STDs if you're in love. I s--t you not." - Reddit user HopBiscuit
3. A penis can penetrate a woman's cervix.
"That a man's penis can be big enough to penetrate a woman's cervix and get into her uterus." - Reddit user GnarlyG
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