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  How did you first learn about sex?

  when I was 5 my mother attempted to explain where babies come from, so she pulled out this clinical-type book. It was all fallopian, and ovaries and blah blah. It was so confusing! I just wanted her to shut up! I remember regretting I has asked anything!

 
  Do you feel the information you were given was adequate?

  It was ludicruous! The information should fit the age! At 5 going into clinical terms was nutso! I should've gotten a smaller version of that story to be detailed 3 to 5 years later graphically!

 
  What do you think of the quality of sex education today?

  It sucks, that is if you can even find any in America.

 
  Do you feel that the media's obsession with sex leaves nothing left for parents to teach their kids?

  Absolutely not! The media is all hype and lies! It's about selling you stuff! They don't care if you're confused or completely snowed! Parents should give the real deal, which is that let's face it, once you know what's going on, sex is just no big deal.

 
  Do you think that sexuality education should be treated differently for girls than it is for boys?

  NO! Unless you mean emphasizing to young boys respecting the female more and trying not to see her as a vehicle to be used and thrown away. They should both receive detailed information about the body parts how they work and the consequences it can lead to.

 
  Does the advertising of "women's sanitary products" on TV bother you?

  Just because it's so stupid. I am 31 and have never once talked to my mother about douche! The babies conversation didn't turn out for pete's sake!

 
  How early, is too early to learn about sex?

  If you mean the graphic details, I would say 8 or 9 is a good age to be advised of the particulars of anatomy and how they play into each other.

 
  If you knew then what you know now, what would you do differently?

  Slowed down! I wouldn't have seen sex as love. I learned the hard way that sex will NEVER make someone love you, it could cause someone who already loves you feel closer but that's it.

 
  If you had a teenage daughter and there was a book available which contained graphic information about female sexuality, orgasm, masturbation techniques - designed to teach them everything about their sexuality - while recommending the delaying experimentation with penetrative sex until of emotional maturity (and legal age) - would you let her read it? (please give reasons why)

  Not only would I let her read it I would consider it a God send! I would want to spare my daughter the hard lessons I learned through painful experimentation. Let it be demystified and see if for what it is.

 
 
  How did you first hear about exotic sexual practices such as fetishism and group sex?

  Uh, on TV, HBO to be exact.

 
  Do you feel that the increasingly mainstream reference to these things is a good thing? (ie: Threesomes and guy's facination with Lesbianism being a standard punch line on sitcoms these days).

  Not really, it's rather akin to trying to get us to believe that incest should be accepted. It's deviant, which if fine as long as it's between consenting adults, but I'm not sure young kids should be exposed to it.

 
     

 
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