In School Family Life Education

[Anonymous]

I understand specific trans health-related issues surrounding sex reassignment surgery, hormones, etc., that come later in life. But in terms of puberty and development, if you have a trans child, which family life education course do they take in school? Or do you pull them out? Well, I think one of the reasons the United States has so many issues it does between men and women is because boys aren’t taught, or at least exposed to a bare minimum understanding about mensuration and birthing ( so there is a lot of stigma surrounding some of their symptoms or things that occur - such ad tearing, releasing bowels during preg. Etc), I do think that separating kids when they’re younger is the right way to go about it, because let’s be honest it’s awkward embarrassing and there’s nothing wrong with that. How many of us couldn’t talk to our parents about something let alone our peers. That said if you have a trans child which class Do they take ?

[Anonymous]

They don't divide the kids by sex anymore, OP. Every kid gets the same family life, so "girls" learn about ejaculation and "boys" learn about menstruation.

[Anonymous]

MCPS doesn’t separate kids by gender or sex. Each class is presented with the same material.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They don't divide the kids by sex anymore, OP. Every kid gets the same family life, so "girls" learn about ejaculation and "boys" learn about menstruation.

OP here that seems inefficient. Woman’s health has long been underwhelming, especially for girls. If they don’t separate I can’t imagine they have time to get into how the female body works, common health issues (endometriosis, how to do self test for breast cancer, pelvic pain, etc.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They don't divide the kids by sex anymore, OP. Every kid gets the same family life, so "girls" learn about ejaculation and "boys" learn about menstruation.

OP here that seems inefficient. Woman’s health has long been underwhelming, especially for girls. If they don’t separate I can’t imagine they have time to get into how the female body works, common health issues (endometriosis, how to do self test for breast cancer, pelvic pain, etc.)

They're not doing that in the younger grades anyway. Anatomy and sex ed is ridiculously lacking in our country. Science in general is frequently treated as opinion, or something you can choose to believe in.

Separating kids by gender and teaching them only the basics about the other gender perpetuates what you're implying you want to prevent. Teaching everyone basic biology can help eliminate stigma and promote equality. If menstruation is taught to boys, along with the discomforts that go with menstruation, maybe they'll learn it's science rather than thinking girls are making up the pain or discomfort (men don't experience it, therefore it's not real). It also helps to remove the idea that it's only a female topic and girls should be ashamed to speak about it to or around men, that they have to hide the fact that they menstruate. It normalizes "female" issues and makes them human issues.

Women's health hasn't been neglected because women didn't have privacy. Women's health has been neglected because men didn't understand it or think it was important. Pulling boys out of the parts of biology that deal with female reproductive organs reinforces that idea. Also, it's science. Science isn't embarrassing.