That "gather around like children finding their first girly-magazine in the ditch to hear the forbidden knowledge" is a priceless visual!
I have been treating fertility issues for many years, and I find that, even with 30-45 year old women the lack of knowledge of how their cycles work, and of how to detect signs of what is going on within them at times of the month other than the actual period, is staggering. I normally have to spend a session doing a little "how your body works" lesson, which I really wish I was teaching to young teenagers, because a little knowledge and understanding can help with preventing conception as much as it can help with promoting conception and help give you genuine ownership of the body you live in.
Somehow all the focus on "sex ed" has led to greater ignorance, and I've never been sure what to make of this.
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Date: 2022-03-10 01:32 pm (UTC)I have been treating fertility issues for many years, and I find that, even with 30-45 year old women the lack of knowledge of how their cycles work, and of how to detect signs of what is going on within them at times of the month other than the actual period, is staggering. I normally have to spend a session doing a little "how your body works" lesson, which I really wish I was teaching to young teenagers, because a little knowledge and understanding can help with preventing conception as much as it can help with promoting conception and help give you genuine ownership of the body you live in.
Somehow all the focus on "sex ed" has led to greater ignorance, and I've never been sure what to make of this.