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How did you
first learn about sex?
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From my older
cousin. I was about nine and he was thirteen. I
knew of it before but I really didn't understand everything.
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Do you feel
the information you were given was adequate?
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No, but for
a nine year old it was enough.
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What do you
think of the quality of sex education today?
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Horrible.
I live in America and we had sex education from
seventh grade until graduation. It focused on STD's primarily
and teenage pregnancy. It wasn't sex education it was
abstinence education. It wasn't practice safe sex, this is how
you do it, it was never have sex because all these terrible
things will happen to you.
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Do you feel
that the media's obsession with sex leaves nothing left for parents
to teach their kids?
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NO. I believe
that it is a parent's job to teach their kids
about sex. Media portrayal of sex is either its dirty or its
going to be all flowers and romance. A parents responsibility
is to teach their kids that it can be both of those but also so
much more and different. The parents need to recognize their
role in teaching their children.
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Do you think
that sexuality education should be treated differently for girls than
it is for boys?
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I believe
that both boys and girls should receive the same
information. There shouldn't be an emphasis on the boy's body.
Both girls and boys should learn what happens to a girl before
and during sex.
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Does the
advertising of "women's sanitary products" on TV bother you?
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No, but the
cheesy storylines do. If I have to watch a
commercial for athletes foot that shows some scungy man's foot
then they can watch a commercial with *gasp* a tampon in it.
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How early,
is too early to learn about sex?
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When a child
still has their innocence is too early. When a
child quits questioning everything that an adult takes for
granted and begins forming ideas based on experience is when a
child is ready to learn the very basics of sex.
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If you knew then what
you know now, what would you do differently?
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So many things. I would
have had my parents sign the paper
saying that they didn't want their daughter attending sex ed
classes. I never learned anything in there that a trip to my
gynecologist didn't already answer. If I wanted to learn how
wrong sex was I would have went to church, I didn't need my
nondenominational
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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)
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Yes I would
let my daughter read it. I can't delay the
physical changes that happen in her body but I can provide her
with information to understand them. If I can also teach her
to take pride in her body and to not be ashamed then I am also
helping to lay the groundwork for a successfully mature and
adjusted young women. If after reading the book my daughter
still decides to have sex, she most likely would have
regardless of my input. As a parent I can at least be assured
that she has the knowledge to practice safe sex and also by
giving her the book I probably opened up a line of
communication that wasn't there previously. My daughter would
feel comfortable discussing sex with me, and I would gain an
advantage in the likelihood that she would listen to me words
even when I wasn't around to say them.
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How did
you first hear about exotic sexual practices such as fetishism and group
sex?
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Mostly from
friends. Older friends would say something that
maybe you didn't totally understand but you would know the
basic concept usually. Then you would discuss it with close
friends and find out what it means, usually while on the phone
giggling over it.
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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).
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Yes and no.
Yes because I don't feel that there is anything
wrong with it and by making it mainstream it reduces the stigma
attached to it. No because I feel it puts extra pressure on
teenage girls to live up to what they feel is every guys dream.
It could also put them into situations where they are
uncomfortable but afraid to speak up because they think
everyone else is doing this so I should too.
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