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Ah, Monday once more. Aren’t you all just so terribly pleased to be here?

“Today we’ll be discussing the physicalities of gender,” Sherlock informed the class from his seat behind the teacher’s desk. Because he couldn’t be arsed to stand up for you all it seemed. “Male and female. If you find yourself uncomfortable--” he paused, thinking it over. “--perhaps you shouldn’t look down next time you shower.”

Helpful, Sherlock. Very helpful.

“We’re all born with a set of primary sexual characteristics,” John Watson chirped. He was slightly more helpful. “Then as we age and move on into puberty, our secondary sexual characteristics appear. As... most of you are probably dealing with at the moment.”

“With males, this comes in the form of body hair through the increase in testosterone. Though this may eventually lead to a loss in the hair on your head as the DHT your skin converts the hormone to in order for this ‘miraculous joy’ to occur,” Sherlock continued. “The larynx increases in size, giving the male a distinctive ‘Adam’s Apple’ and the voice deepens and lowers.”

Yes, said the man with the Alan Rickman-esc voice.

“Bone and muscle structure increase in mass for the, on average, larger stature as compared to the average female. Shoulders are broader in comparison to the hips and waist in order to further differentiate from the female form. And, of course, the hormones racing through your little bodies also increase the oil secretion in the skin causing acne and an increase in body odor.” A beat. “Although, the last part also applies to females.”

“As, again, most of you have likely noticed,” John said, kindly. “Women going through puberty will find their breasts growing, as well as their body hair, though chiefly in the armpits and around the sexual organs. The hips widen, and most of the fat shifts towards them, as well as the thighs and buttocks.” The more you know! “Meanwhile, primary sexual characteristics are the ones we receive at birth, such as the genitalia both on the inside and the out.”

He offered them all a brief smile. "And now we're going to talk about that." Nathan, he was watching you.

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Going through puberty.

Nathan Young

Quinn Fabray

William Murdoch

Claudia Donovan

Cally

Helen Haras-Uquara

Jason Todd

Rinoa Heartilly

Warren Worthington III

Karla

Bruce Wayne

Spock

Princess Ariel

Or don't. There are always notes to be passed, after all.

Amazingly enough, Nathan knew most of this stuff. It wasn't like he hadn't gone through puberty and hadn't noticed stuff happening. And he was blunt enough to just ask someone what the hell was going on rather than wait for someone to explain it.

So, he was just gonna tap his pencil while he listened. Check that out, his behavior was awesome.

Quinn knew this.

Which meant she spent her class period engaged in the amazingly mature practice of sketching her teachers and classmates with the wrong sexual secondary characteristics. Turned out Sherlock would look pretty fetching in a corset.

Cally would just be nodding along, except perhaps to the 'find their breasts growing' bit.

"Some of them..." did not have an especially bitter tone, but it was accompanied by a wry glance downwards.

Karla yowled a little in agreement before flopping down in a sunbeam.

Stupid bee-sting tits. Which she didn't even have right now.

Warren paid close enough attention to the lecture, though he was mentally ticking off the things that didn't really apply to him as they were listed off.

Bone density? Body hair? Ahaha. Not so much. Muscles and shoulders, on the other hand...

Do you know what triggers the secondary sexual characteristics? Why would these changes in particular occur? And why only after puberty? ~~How's your acne doing today?~~

Who are remarkably professional today.

John was there. He looked like he'd just about run out of energy giving this class, but he was still trying to pay attention.

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