Reply #5: There's nothing wrong with that [View All]

[Lorien]

It really bothers me that there's so much shame and guilt over sex these days. My father was a sex therapist during the '70s-80s, as was his girlfriend. When we (their kids) became teenagers, they taught us that sex was an important and healthy part of a relationship between consenting and caring adults. They even put condoms in our Christmas stockings! I think a lot of parents would be appalled by their attitudes these days. But here's the interesting part; of us four kids, only my younger sister was influenced by the conservative religious right; my mom. My mother became a Born Again after having been a liberal bra burner throughout my childhood. My sister had A LOT of pressure put upon her to reject the teachings of my father and step mom. Consequently, my step-siblings and I always had healthy, responsible relationships with the opposite sex , while my sister had two unwanted pregnancies, caught venereal diseases, and used illegal drugs when the relationships went sour. The current American views on sex understandably have me very concerned for the younger generations.