Life Skills Education Toolkit

LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION TOOLKIT FOR ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN INDIA• 15

Directions:

Quiz Time

1. This activity is like a quiz. Depending on the group, you can have two teams of either boys or
   girls or a mixed group depending on the level of comfort of the group. You could divide the
   group into more than two teams. If the groups are divided into only boys and girls, make sure
   there is no competition. With single sex groups, you could introduce competition. Make sure
   the teams understand that they must discuss first and then give the answer. If the children
   need to be active, paste cards with True and False written on them in different corners of the
   room, so that the children can move while answering.
   A question is asked and each team gets to answer. The team gets points only if both the answer
   and the explanation are right. If one team fails, pass the question to the next team. For every right
   answer with explanation, the team gets two points. If the team wants a hint, the facilitator can give
   a hint, in which case the team gets only one point for getting the right answer.

Quiz Questions

1. If a girl does not bleed during the first intercourse, then she is not a virgin.
   False. The presence of a hymen is not linked to virginity. The hymen can break in certain kinds
   of physical activity as well. In some cases it may not be there at all.


2. Nocturnal emissions or “night fall” or “swapna dosh” makes boys weak.
   False. Loss of semen through a ‘wet dream,’ masturbation or sexual intercourse is perfectly natural
   and, harmless. It is a normal part of human physiology. It should not be called a ‘dosh’ or weakness.


3. A girl can get pregnant even if a boy does not ejaculate or “come” inside her.
   Right. Pre-seminal fluid contains sperm that can make the girl pregnant, so even if a boy does
   not ejaculate inside a girl’s vagina she can still become pregnant.


4. The female determines the sex of the baby.
   False. The male semen contains the X and Y chromosome. The egg contains only the X
   chromosome. An XY combination is a boy and an XX combination is a girl. No medicine or
   religious ritual can select the sex of a baby.


5. A girl cannot get pregnant if she has sex only once or twice.
   False. A girl can get pregnant even from a single act of intercourse including the first one.


6. Masturbation makes a boy impotent.
   False. Both boys and girls can practice masturbation or self-stimulation of genitals. It causes no harm.


7. A drop of semen is equal to 60 drops of blood. Hence, the loss of semen weakens the body
   and should be avoided.
   False. Semen has no relation to blood. Semen is meant to be thrown out of the body.


8. Too much masturbation affects sex life in later years.
   False. Another misconception.