MWHSWOM

One of our teachers is quietly, but openly, homosexual; and while she never brings up homosexuality unless it's absolutely necessary, there are certain times where she says things that seem very matter-of-fact and "why are you making a big deal about this?" to me but which I then realize as I look around the classroom, if I should look around the classroom, are indeed shocking to others and that she is bringing up because she realizes that there are a loooot of (sheltered?) kids out there who have misconceptions about sexual behavior patterns.

The title of this blog update is one such example. Rather than ask a patient their sexual orientation (hetero-, homo-, bi-, etc), she's taught us that it's much better for both the patient as well as for obtaining an accurate medical record to ask them about their sexual practices ("Do you have sex with men, women, or both?"). "MWHSWOM" is an extended acronym for "men who have sex with other men". She has a 3-letter variant that I can't remember right now but which she uses all the time when we discuss symptoms of "misplaced venereal diseases" (e.g. gonorrhea in the mouth or chlamydia up the butt).

The most recent example of this teacher's practice and my bemusement at my classmates' naivety was when she informed us, quite somberly and as though we were hearing this for the very first time in our lives, that men in monogamous relationships with women may engage in anal sex. My response? "Duh."* Several in the class, on the other hand, seemed surprised by the news that men and women have anal sex together. Whether they were surprised by the concept of women "pegging" men with strap-on dildos or whether they couldn't even wrap their heads around men fucking women in the butt using their normal anatomy, I don't know, but I didn't get much time to consider it because the teacher rolled right along with, "And you shouldn't restrict this line of questioning to men -- women engage in anal sex, too." Again, my thought was "DUH", but somebody in the class wasn't on the same planet as me: because they seemed to question why or how women would engage in anal sex. The teacher didn't get to respond**: somebody near that person noisily whispered an answer which, while I can't remember exactly what it was**, gave me the impression that while he was able to grasp the concept of women putting things up their butt, he believed that only homosexuals do this. That is to say, he gave me the impression that in his world-view the only people engaging in anal sex are gays and lesbians and that anal sex is a deviant, homosexual practice.

Absolutely boggles my mind. I don't know whether I should consider myself "well-educated" or hopelessly perverted by the sheer volume of hentai I have collected and read. I'm certainly different, I guess that much is clearly established. Maybe more doctors should read more Japanese doujins? (I kid!)

* justification edited out for sake of space
** I can't remember for sure what he said, but "With a dildo!" is a sufficient example.