A Part of Life

The way people express themselves is through human sexuality. We each have our own sexuality that develops as we grow. It has shaped every person’s life in one way or another. The reasoning behind this is through the various dimensions that are known to make up sexuality. With own unique experiences towards learning about sexuality, we are all expected to possess our own opinions on it.

Any sex related concepts I first learned began around the age of ten, on my elementary school’s sex education day. I already knew what sex was in the vaguest form though. During that day my entire class was taught a more detailed overview of what it was, and what would eventually start occurring within your growing body. Despite giving me a starting foundation of sexual knowledge, the source of television played a key role in teaching me more. I’m sure it is the main learning resource for most kids today. I do however feel lucky that I am aware of what is portrayed in movies and television shows are not an accurate representation of real life. With these totally different resources of sexual learning, sex in my mind was just viewed in a scientific way being that it’s the way we reproduce and deal with hormones from the sex education in school. Whereas with the media, sex was just an activity adults did for their own entertainment.

I come from a household that’s quite open in plenty of ways. If I became curious about something that may be considered “inappropriate” it wasn’t a problem for my parents. With no hesitation I would be given an answer. My parents are a perfect illustration of what I hope my future marriage will be like. My mother is one that doesn’t put up with things, and lacks the trait of being affectionate; just as her mother lacks t...

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... to high school. My mother would question, and still does till this day asking if I’m sexually active. She’s used guilt to scare me into abstinence, “You know, it would break my heart if you didn’t wait”. I do give her credit for at least mentioning to me to come to her if I do feel like I’m ready. My father never mentioned much, just the occasional nod in agreement towards my mother. I assume it’s their realization that their oldest daughter is growing up and will eventually have to experience something like sexuality soon and I know it terrifies them.

Learning about sexuality is a learning process. Not for just me, but for everybody. Each and every day we’re learning new things. Times are changing, and with a society that is always rushing towards tomorrow we need to learn to understand in order to accept that sexuality isn’t taboo, but just a part of human life.