1. Myths and Facts: Understanding sexual urban legend and its impact on prevention efforts Megara Bell Partners in Sex Education Megara@PartnersinSexEducation.org

2. Conflict of interest disclosure: I have no relevant relationship to any company that is profiting from this event Megara Bell Partners in Sex Education Megara@PartnersinSexEducation.org

3. Learning objectives Participants will: Understand several of the most common sexual urban legends Understand how these sexual myths negatively impact sexuality education Will work with handouts and activities for use in the classroom, which they will have access to through the website.

4. Pregnancy myths

5. A male who smokes marijuana will not be able to get a female pregnant

6. Mountain Dew lowers sperm count

7. Drinking Malta can prevent pregnancy

8. If a couple doesn’t get pregnant after a few months they will not ever be able to get pregnant

9. It’s possible to get pregnant the first time

10. If a female urinates after unprotected sex, she can pee out the sperm

11. If a woman wants a miscarriage, she can drink or drug a lot to cause one

12. Birth Control Pills make it harder to get pregnant in the future

13. Emergency contraception is the same as the “morning after pill.”

14. A woman is most likely to get pregnant before and during her period.

15. There is a plastic ring that goes in the vagina that works like taking birth control pills

16. Myths about anatomy

17. Douching keeps the vagina healthy and clean

18. Some women have a different set of muscles in their vagina

19. You can get pregnant from oral/anal sex

20. If a male masturbates too much, he will run out of sperm

21. Most women have an orgasm during sexual intercourse

22. The vagina gets looser from sexual intercourse

23. When a female has sex, her butt gets bigger

24. If someone drank a lot of semen they would have to get their stomach pumped

27. _____ was found to be a Hermaphrodite/Intersex /Transexual

29. There are pills to make your penis bigger

30. Smoking cigarettes can cause a decrease in penis size

31. Myths about STDs

32. You can tell if someone has an STD

33. HIV is Curable

34. Where did HIV come from?

35. Condoms are a reliable method of preventing pregnancy and STDs

36. Classic urban legends

37. Rainbow Parties

38. Jelly Bracelets

39. Vodka Tampons