8:08am June 5, 2014

➸ The Messenger and The Message: In Celebration of Clitoris Awareness Week

disabledpeoplearesexy:

It was my second or third time teaching sex education to people with intellectual disabilities. A young woman with Down Syndrome was there. She was attending with her boyfriend who mooned at her with such love and longing. After the second class, where we were still getting to know the group and where we were covering non-stressful material in order to develop trust and safety before we got to the part about body parts and the like, she came to speak to me. I was surprised, in the end, that she chose me because a female teacher was present. But, no, she marched up to me. Determination all over her face. “That’s my boyfriend,” she said in a “matter of fact” manner. I told her that I had guessed that. “Well then,” she said pulling a piece of paper out of her purse and slapping it down on the table in front of me, “What’s that called?” She had ripped a page out of some book that had a close up picture of female genitalia and her finger pointed to the clitoris. I told her, quietly, that it was called the clitoris, she turned to her boyfriend, who was waiting with great anticipation, “It’s the clitoris. That what it’s called. That’s what you need to touch more.” She walked away. The two of them left the room. Him giggling with embarrassment  her with real purpose. She wanted the word so she could say what she wanted.

Totally awesome.

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