Sexual Growth

Who would have know just how comfortable I feel with most aspects of sex and sexuality compared to my teenage years. As a teenager I was like most of that era, naïve and scared of what may happen if you have sex.

I like many other girls believed that if you mad love to someone your hymen would break, there would be lots of blood and it would be very painful. This did act as a slight deterrent, that and the possibility of getting pregnant.

Nowadays neither of these prospects seen to carry as much weight as they did back then. Getting pregnant had a stigma, you were a tramp, a whore and certainly nobody would want to commit to you if you were a single mother.

AIDS wasn’t as prevalent then but the two other possibilities kept me from dropping my panties too early. And I don’t think that is such a bad thing. Today it seems for a lot of girls that self respect has long since died and is no longer valued.

It’s a shame really because if there is one thing that is precious in this life it is your ability to decide if and who you sleep with. Strange the designer handbag or shoes seem to be more treasured than that which is most precious for some people.

When I look back I’m glad I waited and didn’t jump in to bed with the first person who offered to sleep with me. And one thing is for sure I have more than made up for it since. ;)