So, when I was in 7th grade, we had a professional of some sort come in to help proctor the sex ed unit and take questions.

She was adamant about us being safe if we were gonna do anything at all- which fair- but I remember she commented on the desire to do so. And part of that was a bit where she said to the girls in the class "...or wanting to be claimed. It's okay"

But what stuck out even more was my classmates, though embarrassed- werent rushing to correct her. If anything, I think some of them agreed. That experience has stuck in my head then, and to this day, as bizarrely backward and foreign.

To be clear, I am trans and was not aware yet, and autistic, and was repressing for unrelated trauma reasons; so there's several reasons why I would not be exposed to whatever influences that would cause that feeling. So I guess what Im asking is if that was unusual or if I'm just uninformed. The thing is, Im a switch, and I still cant quite wrap my head around it. Something about the notion feels so...barbaric, almost derisive of the girls in that class.

Anyway whos the weird one here?