lou is toatally right...this is primarily an american hang-up (*hangs her patriotic head in shame) but i don't want it to be an american thread. everyones thoughts are welcome.
i meant to say last nigh, osuche....i knew you were gonna put your reply in list form
and i also think you oughta adopt some poor depraved rugrats cause you'd make a great mom.
this issue of violence vs sexuality. yes lou, you are dead on! it is a sad fact that families watching tv together will stare blandly at the screen, barely noticing the extent of carnage they are witnessing but during a sex scene they all squirm in their seats and lokk anywhere but at the tv or each other. (i have been guilty of this myself. shame on me)we have been so desensitized to violence that we hardly even notice it anymore but that's a nother thread. well, maybe not. they go hand in hand more or less...
it's not the physical act of sex i am dreading explaining. 11, i'll wholeheartedly agree mark, is very young for the actual physical act of sex for most cultures, but what about masturbation? personally, i don't think so. in the sexual awareness threads lil and osuche both brought up recently, i think most of you agreed it is more a state of mind than a physical change. and that is the part we want to make sure doesn't get poisoned. which is where the sex-ed comes in, jay. i would rather they just stayed out of the whole issue. i wish there was some way for you to check the no-sex-ed box for school but then i suppose some parent would check it for the wrong reasons and just, well, you get the idea. sex will not be a tabbo suject in this house, lix, so have no fear.
bigbear, those little stories! you are setting a great example for your kids! but your daughters friend? that's exactly what i'm talking about. she was trying to shock you with it. sexuality shouldn't be about shock-value, ya know? she's got the wrong attitude about it. you handled it perfectly, btw, brushing it off like that, like it isn't a big deal because well...it isn't.
and i think we should all wish WI good luck....when ya gonna do that, btw, tonight? :grin:
lil...have a few cuppa's
