I met an American nurse who started some AIDS education classes for pastors' wives at a remote Cameroonian seminary.
She quickly realized sex education was necessary first for the women to even have a clue what she was talking about.
With the help of a fluent Pidgin speaker, she was trying to talk about sexual intercourse and not at all sure her students were understanding.
"Do you have a way of saying it other than 'come together'?" she asked.
Her translator, a young, unmarried woman, blushed and didn't know how to answer.
There was a pause while women in the class conferred, then finally an older woman stood up. "Yes, Ma," she said, in the formal, respectful way. "We just say 'fuck'."
She quickly realized sex education was necessary first for the women to even have a clue what she was talking about.
With the help of a fluent Pidgin speaker, she was trying to talk about sexual intercourse and not at all sure her students were understanding.
"Do you have a way of saying it other than 'come together'?" she asked.
Her translator, a young, unmarried woman, blushed and didn't know how to answer.
There was a pause while women in the class conferred, then finally an older woman stood up. "Yes, Ma," she said, in the formal, respectful way. "We just say 'fuck'."
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