Discussion can follow each question/answer and at the end of the game. When all questions have been asked, the team with the most points wins and is given a small prize.
|
1.
|
What do you, your grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, friends, relatives and other people you know call menstruation?
|
|
|
|
(Answer can include but is not limited to the following: period, falling off the roof, on the rag, monthlies, having her friend, etc. Accept all answers that seem feasible.)
|
|
2.
|
I’ve heard that when a female is having her period, she cannot. . . .
|
|
|
|
(The answer should say: there isn’t anything she cannot do simply because she’s having her period. Correct myths about washing hair, swimming, cooking, etc.)
|
|
3.
|
I believe that when a female is having her period she can . . .
|
|
|
|
(The answer will read: She can do anything she wants to do while she is having her period, except get pregnant.)
|
|
4.
|
What things can a male teenager do in order not to get a female pregnant?
|
|
|
|
(The answer will include: not have sexual intercourse, use birth control, [perhaps listing each method], go to a clinic for information with his girlfriend, talk to his girlfriend, use condoms, fool around without having intercourse, etc.)
|
|
5.
|
Joyce and Ted are having sex without using any method of birth control. Joyce hasn’t had a period for two months. What should she do? What should Ted do?
|
|
|
|
(The answer should include: talk to an adult, get a pregnancy test, go to the doctor, not use alcohol, cigarettes, or drugs, call Info-Line, etc. Facilitate the discussion toward a focus on the fact that the male does have a role to play. Accept all answers as long as they make sense.)
|
|
6-A.
|
Mary is a teenager who is pregnant. What are the negative things that might happen to her or her baby? (or the baby’s father?)
|
|
|
|
(The answers can include such things as: For the baby-low birth weight, prematurity, slower development, greater risk of death; for the teenage mother greater risk of pregnancy complications, chance of not finishing school, lower paying jobs, risk of being on welfare; for the father financial responsibility, risk of not knowing his child as it grows up . . .)
|
|
6-B.
|
What are the positive things that might happen to a teenage boy or girl who has a baby?
|
|
|
|
(The answers include: peer approval, getting away from home, proof of fertility, proof of not being gay, feeling grown up, etc. The point is to acknowledge that some teens get pregnant because they want to and they do feel like their life has improved as a result.)
|
|
7.
|
You’ve probably heard about ways to keep from getting pregnant besides the ways we’ve already talked about. They may be myths or silly things or old wives’ tales. List as many as you can think of.
|
|
|
|
(The point is to highlight the fact that they don’t work.)
|
|
8.
|
There are some laws and state statutes regarding teenagers and their being able to get health care services (going to the doctor) without their parents knowing about it. What are they about?
|
|
|
|
(The answer includes: health care for sexually transmitted diseases and for issues of reproduction, substance abuse, and mental health. Also, “mature” or “emancipated” minors are those who are living on their own or who have children. They are able to sign for all health care needs on their own.)
|
|
9.
|
I believe the best method of preventing pregnancy is . . .
|
|
|
|
(The answer is not to have intercourse or whatever a couple will use everytime they have sex. It is important to elicit misinformation about certain methods and to talk about how hard it can be to do something to prevent pregnancy every time a couple has sex.)
|
|
10.
|
When a teenager is thinking about having sex, she or he should . . .
|
|
|
|
(Answer should include, finding out information, talking to partner, talking to parent, going to clinic for birth control, preventing disease transmission, etc.)
|