why do they not talk about this in sex ed?

Question

i know that in sex ed they do talk about abnormalities of the uterus but why don't the talk about a Bicornuate uterus? i wish i had known about it because then i could have had it checked up on when i started having misscarages (i had 5 miscarages before i had my son) I know it's not super common but i think women should be aware of this form of complication. what does everyone else think?

having two horns or horn-shaped parts; "a bicornuate uterus"

it can cause a HIGH rate of miscarages, low birth weight or size, and pre term birth and other problems during periods and other things.

Answer 1

well most sex ed classes are of the bare basics due to time constraints. most teens are not thinking of the anatomy of the body.. just what goes where, how, and what can happen if they do it (though most are not even concerned about the consequences)

Most classes are only a quarter or semester so that is enough time to introduce the body, the basic organs, STD's, pregnancy and the different types of birth control. There is really is no time to go into the different abnormalities that people may or may not have. that there is more so a class of a collage course (anatomy and physiology)

Answer 2

I don't know that this should be "taught" in sex ed. The point of that is to teach basic reproductive anatomy, how everything works, and then the basic mechanics of sex, and most importantly, the repercussions of sex and sexual behaviors.

I'm sorry to hear about your sad experience with a bicornate uterus. Having one miscarriage can be devastating; having several is just unthinkable to me. I'm sure you feel very blessed to have your son now, though.

Take care

Answer 3

In biology or human anatomy class do we learn everything about cancers? Do we learn about every problem that could happen to the kidneys? No. I really do feel for you but if we taught everything that could go wrong with the reproductive organs in a HS class it'd take much longer. Maybe strongly suggesting and stress the idea pap-smears at a younger age or at least eighteen would be a good idea.

Answer 4

problem with sex ed classes is that they are given to children who are young. Who would expect a 5th grader to remember anything about a Bicornuate uterus.
Sex ed teachers are only teaching the basics because most kids will only remember the basics.

Answer 5

It's probably not that common. You only really learn basics in sex ed, like how not to get pregnant or how to avoid getting std's. I only learned abou that condition when I was in college anatomy and physiology. i didn't even learn about it in high school Anatomy and physiology. *shrugs*

Your question comes from frustration. It's akin to asking, "Why didn't they teach us about Osteoporosis in Kindergarten, I could have prevented it better if they did" (Not to be rude, by the way)

Answer 6

When something isn't that common, they usually don't talk about it in sex ed. If they talked about everything, sex ed would take forever to get thru.

It's nice to hear about this now tho. I didn't know about it either. I guess it's true...you really do learn something new everyday!

Answer 7

I don't think this really belongs in sex ed. Sexual education is mainly concerned with basic human anatomy and protecting yourself and others during sex.
If you had five miscarriages before your doctor realized something was wrong, he was at fault, not your sex ed teacher.

Answer 8

They should, I've never heard of that before. You've got to admit though sex ed is very glossed over, we only learnt about the mestrual cycle them STIs and contraception, it seems to be more focused on scaring us into abstinence then actually educating us about our bodies.

Answer 9

i have never heard of it and we never discussed abnormalities of the uterus in sex ed either. that's not really a sex ed topic. we don't even have sex ed in our schools anymore. and the ones that do just cover the basics.

Answer 10

Beacuse like most things... the evil of abramic relgioun makes parents go mad and for some reason treat sex in the opposite way to all other subjects they want their kids experts in.


these dumb parents with their histerical lunacy think isf teachers thought that it would be innappropiate and want the teacher fired for making their kids intelligent or rubbish like its their job... funny those kind never do their jobs.


In europe most likely in places like Germans or Netherlands they probably would teach stuff like that as dont have these witch burner, or stone people to death nutter relgions dictating policy...



Hug hug hug...


If I was in charge we would certainly include all stuff like that