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When Steve brings home a permission slip to take sex ed at school, Stan flips out and demands to Principal Lewis to get rid of it. But since it is required for Steve to graduate, Stan decides to teach the class himself—with Steve as the only student. Stan proceeds to give an unrealistic explanation that demonizes sex and masturbation, so Steve will not give in to urges. To combat this, he encourages him to take up a hobby, but while wood burning Steve accidentally burns Stan’s crotch. Unable to comprehend what the instructions on applying lotion to his injured area, he calls the CIA doctor, who was in the middle of doing surgery on the Vice President. Due to misunderstanding, he assumes he has to masturbate to apply it. Soon, Stan becomes secretly hooked on masturbation. He uses up all his refills and trades his gun to get more lotion. He manages to avoid being found out by Francine, who feels he is no longer attracted to her. She tries to get breast implants but no size is good enough for her. Steve, who was responsible for his dad’s accident, interprets his father’s sudden reclusiveness as anger and disappointment in him. He begins to do all of his parents’ chores around the house.