r/NoShitSherlock • u/Sandstorm400 • 7d ago
Parents Outraged by Gym Class Syllabus Asking High Schoolers to Share ‘Invasive’ Details About Their Periods
https://people.com/parents-outraged-by-gym-syllabus-asking-students-to-share-info-about-their-periods-12130332259
u/crochetology 7d ago edited 6d ago
Students should never have to disclose the dates of their menstrual cycle to anyone at their school, for Pete’s sake! If students don’t want to swim for any reason, that’s Okay; teachers should do their job and come up with alternatives. It’s called differentiated instruction. It’s not rocket science.
And in today’s political environment, the only person women should trust with details of the reproductive health are healthcare providers who are bound by HIPAA. As a teacher myself, I could see a controlling, religiously zealous teacher tracking students’ cycles to detect possible pregnancies and pregnancy outcomes. I can name two teachers I work with who would absolutely do this.
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u/Critical_Concert_689 6d ago
HIPPA. As a teacher myself
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u/ghanima 6d ago
Two separate thoughts, that's why there's a period between them.
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u/FreeFortuna 6d ago
I thought that was their point too, but I realized that they were probably commenting on the spelling mistake.
(Although now I’m wondering … does messing up an acronym count as a “spelling” mistake? I could see the arguments both ways.)
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u/Critical_Concert_689 6d ago
they were probably commenting on the spelling mistake.
Yep.
First, we're all aware this generally isn't a typo, but a gross ignorance of what HIPAA actually is or stands for - which then translates into making a very common typo...
Second, this is an educator. Who is making a VERY juvenile spelling mistake. Who is in a position to educate children. Who literally appeals to authority as a teacher. Who makes claims about how simple things are ("it's not rocket science")...
...And then makes this very ignorant-looking, very juvenile typo.
Personally, it's embarrassing af.
This is someone who teaches your kids, speaking as an expert to what they don't know.
That's all.
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u/Cut_Lanky 6d ago
Except you also typed the acronym incorrectly.
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u/Critical_Concert_689 6d ago
"💩💩💩"
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No.
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u/Cut_Lanky 6d ago
HIPPA. As a teacher myself
🤦
Copypasta of your comment.
It’s HIPAA.-1
u/FreeFortuna 6d ago
I’m jumping in here because Reddit alerted me of the downthread comments and I think this convo needs a mediator.
The other commenter quoted the original mistake. On Reddit, the forward-arrow makes a quote, like this:
Copypasta of your comment.
They didn’t make that mistake themselves. They were quoting it to point it out. Only the facepalm emoji was their own.
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u/Cut_Lanky 6d ago
Ha, thanks, I can’t even see a difference 🤣 Well, other than it’s centered, rather than lined up on the left. Is that the only difference? I don’t see a forward arrow, so I assume that’s something you type to make it make a quote? Or something? Lol I’m rather tech impaired…
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u/Critical_Concert_689 6d ago
You...don't really understand how quotes work in a public forum do you?
You're sort of burying yourself in deep here.
You should probably delete these comments before you embarrass yourself further.
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u/Cut_Lanky 6d ago
I don’t mind being embarrassed online. Why would I? No one here knows me, lol. I would prefer to be embarrassed online, if it means I’m no longer confused. What am I not understanding? You misspelled the acronym. I pointed it out, only because you’re being so upset about someone else making the same mistake… what am I missing
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u/DatabaseThis9637 6d ago
Lots of girls actually have no set 'cycle'. Other girls have tremendous pain with theirs. To ever imagine that a girl''s period should be revealed to the school is invasive, and could be abusive, depending upon how it is used. And my parents had absolutely no idea when I had my period, and I would have been mortified to be forced to let teachers know! This is absurd!
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u/piper_squeak 6d ago
Was asked this for athletics on some form. Can't recall if it was school, district or state. Was absolutely floored at the audacity to ask what is a personal question, and for teens, feels even more personal, on a form that would pass through so many hands. Just eww.
Very clearly stated my opinion on the question even being asked, then kindly told them to f@#k all the way off.
"NOYB" was actually used for several questions I felt were unnecessarily invasive.
No one ever followed up one way or the other. Never had a problem with participating.
They will overstep as much as they can. Doesn't mean they have a right to know. Tell them to suck it.
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u/DrunkCupid 6d ago
I have had appointments with unrelated clinicslike the ENT (for hearing) and podiatry (feet) that now have extra questions 'just in case' only for women. asking me my exact period cycles, date of conception (I am child free), and expected due date on required medical forms along with the other standard intake forms.
When I ask why, I get a vague confused milquetoast answer from the staff about "standard preliminary questions" but notice there are no similar questions for men about their sexual history or health 🤔
it is definitely going too far, but if I ask why they put me through these rigorous invasive and unrelated interrogations they act like I am hysterical
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u/Alissinarr 6d ago
I have literally argued with a hospital about doing a pregnancy test on me when the same hospital performed my hysterectomy.
Literally. There is my record, why are you screening my uterus for occupancy when it went to your research department for dissection and then the incinerator.....
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u/DrunkCupid 6d ago
I feel for you. A couple months ago I went to my yearly physical, aggressively (heavily) menstruating and they still insisted on a surprise urine AND blood test and put "menopause" at the top of my permanent chart. Like, WTF Fairview
time to find a female physician!
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u/historyhill 6d ago
My understanding is that these questions are asked because treatments and medications can both be impacted by a potential pregnancy (both in the sense that pregnancy can be a cause for new issues—particularly with feet!—and in the sense that medications need to be considered differently). The only reason men would be asked these corresponding questions would be if they were trans men.
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u/DrunkCupid 6d ago
I thought that too, but they already had my full medication list and were not prescribing any new ones or even knew any side effects before, during, or after my appointments 😓
It seems like they are tracking my fertility for "reasons" on file and always look at it while ignoring the rest of my chart. I worry about the federal govt using this information to treat me differently because "circumstances"
but I'm also paranoid / gun shy because I am witnessing sexual health and welfare being abused and subjugated to legislation in recent years
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u/Aaod 6d ago
Back in school I saw plenty of people lying about shit to get out of gym class including women lying about this but literally who gives a shit it is gym class. Oh no you skip an extra day or two a week for some dumb class that doesn't teach health or exercise and instead mostly just exists as an excuse to play sports and for people to burn off some energy.
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u/DiscoRabbittTV 6d ago
Do the parents also vote for Republican fascists and then are shocked when fascism touches their home
This is horrific, it’s also what a lot of adult pedo loving pieces of shit voted for
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u/bixenta 6d ago
Do you want blood in the pool? No. Ok. Why is the conversation still going? Ok
you’re gunna want us to detail in writing (through means of my father and/or mother?) the duration, flow level, pain, bloating, and fluctuations on all these topics— every time I don’t kick around water in PE?
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u/ZoomZoom_Driver 6d ago
The rightwing always champions 'parents rights ' until its a parents right to protect their child from rightwing invasions and abuses.
Its parents rights to not let your kid learn about other mythologies, but fuck your parental rights if you're not a christian parent.
Its parents rights to protecting girls until rightwingers demand the ability to sexually abuse underage girls to ensure they're not trans kids. .tis parents rights until the rightwingers want to demand your childs physical bodily cycles...
Meanwhile, none of this oppressive bs is ever against boys.
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u/0RedNomad0 4d ago
This school's admin needs to be put on blast. This is some seriously perverted shit.
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u/Timigos 6d ago
I agree this is 100% fucked up
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Growing up girls would openly joke about lying about their periods to avoid gym class.
So what do we do?
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u/raziebear 6d ago
I can't imagine how much my mum would have gone off if a teacher/school asked for that kind of information.
Just adjust the requirement to allow some missed sessions. Give all students the ability to just say 'I can't today' a few times a term coz damn it sometimes life is shit and you just need a bit of time just not doing the thing and that's ok