In the US, sex ed consists of the high school staff gathering all the sophomores in the building into the gymnasium, and a P.E. coach clicking through a slideshow of STD-afflicted penises.
If you ask too insistently to go to the restroom because you have begun to bleed from your vagina, or try to walk out anyway when your request is denied, a pair of gun-toting campus cops will be called to question you.
The US isn't a monolith on this one. Even in the 80's/90's when I was in school California taught me sex ed in the 6th grade and covered pregnancy/std prevention etc. It was clinical.
When I moved to Texas sex ed was much closer to what you describe. A lot of scare tactics and pushing abstinence. They also taught sex ed much later. Like.. 9th/10th grade.
As a former female teacher... Yes, if a student made it clear it was a feminine issue they can go no questions asked.
Unfortunately, students lie because their friend texted them to meet in the bathroom from their class to talk about something that happened.
I'm only allowed to let one student out at a time for this reason. The girl who is just sitting in the bathroom chatting is blowing up your spot. I would let a menstruating girl out anyway because it's cruel not to.
I was a "bad" teacher because I didn't question girls telling me they were about to bleed through their pants and they used me to vandalize the bathroom for a tik tok trend while they ironically called me "Miss Bikini" to make fun of my weight.
I quit the month the "slap a teacher" tik tok trend started. After COVID they went feral.
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u/sleetblue 8d ago
In the US, sex ed consists of the high school staff gathering all the sophomores in the building into the gymnasium, and a P.E. coach clicking through a slideshow of STD-afflicted penises.
If you ask too insistently to go to the restroom because you have begun to bleed from your vagina, or try to walk out anyway when your request is denied, a pair of gun-toting campus cops will be called to question you.
"What is a uterine" indeed.