![]() They run the gamut from innocent to downright technical. I haven’t done any fancy editing these are the questions just as the kids asked them. Here are some actual questions from students and my answers to them. ![]() ![]() I answer the questions both during class time and on a blog I maintain at school. This is the Question Box, a place where kids can drop any question they have about human sexuality. Next to the box are scraps of paper and some pencils. In the back corner of my classroom is an old shoebox with a hole cut into the top of it. Talking about sexuality, intimacy, relationships, and pleasure can’t be done in a vacuum. Instead, the first thing I do is establish ground rules. People should speak for themselves, laughter is OK, we won’t ask “personal history” questions, and we’ll work to create a community of peers who care about and respect one another. Only then can we get to work. I don’t hand out pamphlets about safer sex, although those are stacked on a table near the door. On the first day of my Sexuality and Society class, I don’t pass around anatomy drawings. Remember how weird it was to ask questions about sex as a teenager? High school teacher Al Vernacchio answers his students’ questions about everything from DIY birth control to how to tell when a guy really likes you, in an excerpt from his new book.
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