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Module 5: Body Parts & Pieces

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HEADS UP!
Read HEADS UP! Body parts & pieces message
Body Diversity
Our society is littered with messages that ignore consent and promote sexual violence. Think about the messages being sent in these songs.
View the Body Diversity digital gallery.

No Wrong Way to Have a Body
Read the quote
“There is no wrong way to have a body” by Hanne Blank
What do you think Hanne Blank means by “no wrong way to have a body”?*

Change is Good, Right?
Knowing more about our bodies and how they work can help you know when everything is healthy and when to go to a medical provider if anything changes with how our body works and feels. Let’s learn about what might happen during puberty for people who are transgender, assigned female at birth, intersex, and assigned male at birth. Watch the following videos
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Different Bodies, Different Needs. Period.
As the owner of an amazing body it is important to know what changes might happen during puberty and how to take care of your awesome changing body! All bodies are different and therefore have different needs in order to take good care of them. Watch the following videos
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Periods don’t define people. People of all gender identities bleed. Let’s learn about gender dysphoria and read about period experiences from transgender and nonbinary people. Read 7 Transgender and Nonbinary People Open Up About Having Their Period.

Body Parts & Functions
Wait…. What body part does what again? Let’s see if you can match the correct body part to the correct function. Match the correct body part to the function.
Read Assigned Female at Birth and Assigned Male at Birth

Type in the correct body part for each description
Can come in all shapes and sizes and can belong to people of all genders.*
Is made up of nerves, blood vessels and erectile tissue (similar to the clitoris!).*
Is the sheath of skin that covers the head (glans) of the penis, (similar to the clitoral hood!).*
Is the “head” or “tip” of the penis, can provide sexual pleasure when aroused or stimulated by touch (similar to the clitoris!)*
A thin walled soft pouch of tissue that contains the testicles, sometimes called “balls” and is made up of the same tissues as the labia!*
Produce hormones and store sperm from puberty onward.*
Attached to the bladder for urination (pee) to leave the body as well as semen which contains sperm.*
The opening at the end of the penis where semen leaves the body during ejaculation or the opening where urine leaves the body.*
Where sperm mature*
A pair of glands that produce part of the fluid in semen that help nourish sperm*
A walnut sized gland that has sensitive nerve endings and provides fluid to nourish and protect sperm*
Where urine is stored*
The final section of the large intestine, ends at the anus.*
Allows the passage of bowel movements (poop), where fingers, penis, or a penetrative object may go inside for sexual pleasure.*
Has over 8,000 nerve endings, can provide sexual pleasure when aroused or stimulated by touch, it will fill with blood and become erect - just like a penis!*
Where urine is expelled. It’s not part of the reproductive system, which is why urinating or douching after sex is not a method of birth control.*
Where menstrual blood passes through, provides passageway for a baby during a vaginal birth, where fingers, penis, penetrative object, may go inside for sexual pleasure, and where sperm travels through to get to the uterus for reproduction.*
Outer and inner folds of skin and fatty tissue, and is the same tissue as the scrotum!*
The pad of fatty tissue that covers the public bone. Pubic hair grows in this area.*
A cushion against friction that can cause skin abrasion and injury and protection from bacteria*
Considered the entire outer area of the external genitals and comes in all shapes and can belong to people of all genders.*
Store 300,000 – 500,000 eggs (ova) at birth. It also produces estrogen and progesterone to release an egg once every menstrual cycle.*
Once the egg is released from the ovary, it will travel through the which is like a highway to the Uterus.*
Sometimes called a “womb” prepares itself for pregnancy and will thicken itself with a thick lining of nutrients called the endometrial lining. Contains some of the strongest muscles in the body.*
Has strong, thick walls. The opening is very small (no wider than a straw). During childbirth, it can expand to 10cm.*
Word used by some trans people sometimes referred to as a vagina.*
A muscular, hollow tube that extends from the vaginal opening to the uterus. Because it has muscular walls, it can expand and contract. provides passageway for a baby during a vaginal birth, where fingers, a penis, a sex toy may go inside for sexual pleasure, and where sperm travels through to get to the uterus for reproduction.*

Shake, Rattle and Roll
People alter their bodies, hair and clothing to fit in or rebel against ideas of the “right way” to be. People also use bodies to express messages about themselves. Ultimately, there is no perfect body. Challenge your idea of the “right way to be” by creating a new body by the laws of chance.
1. Find a container - a bowl, a hat, a basket, a paper bag.
2. Fill your container with a variety of found items in your space. It can be anything that can fit into your container. You need at least 10 items.
3. Put all items all in the container. Shake!
4. Without looking inside the container, pull out one item at a time and begin constructing a life-like figure with the item you pulled out.
5. Pull one item at a time until you have pulled out all 10. Add each item to your figure.
6. Give your figure a name. Describe what makes your figure different than any other body you know. Identify 3 elements that make this body beautiful to you.
7. Take a photo of your figure and upload it
Upload a photo of your figure*
Accepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif.

No Two Alike
View the No Two Alike gallery of resources.
Draw your own version of a human body, genitals or organs.
Upload your art piece*
Accepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif.

Want to Learn More?
Listen:
Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon, read by Alok Vaid-Menon

Read:
Next What Happens During Puberty If I'm Intersex?
Intersex Justice Project | Black and Brown Intersex People Winning Bodily Autonomy
What Is the Clitoris?
Learn - What are Puberty Blockers?
6 Reasons Your Discomfort with They/Them Pronouns Reveals Unchecked Cis Privilege

Watch:
Menstruation Sensation: All About Getting Your Period
The Internal Erectile Organ/Clitoris Anatomy
Puberty and Finding Out Who You Are

Ask:
Quick Answers To Intimate Sexual Health Questions
Want Your Grown Ups to Know More?
Read:
Why You Should Teach Your Kids The Real Words For Private Parts
Teaching My Middle-Schooler About Their Body

Listen:
Six Minute Sex Ed – Sex Education For Everyone

Watch:
Parents - amaze / USA

Do:
Create a refrigerator mural of different kinds of bodies for all to see. Tape at least five images of bodies that will help your child reimagine a “normal” body. Visit the High Museum of Art (Atlanta) exhibition of Underexposed: Women Photographers From the Collection for inspiration.

Module 5: Body Parts & Pieces

Step 1 of 8

HEADS UP!

Body Diversity

No Wrong Way to Have a Body

Change is Good, Right?

Different Bodies, Different Needs. Period.

Body Parts & Functions

Shake, Rattle and Roll

No Two Alike

Want to Learn More?

Want Your Grown Ups to Know More?