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comment by Meriadoc
Meriadoc  ·  3864 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What If We Admitted to Children That Sex Is Primarily About Pleasure?

I can vaguely understand why parents don't want to talk about it. I suppose they don't want to see the 'innocence' of their children taken away, but that's such an antiquated concept to begin with. They're aware their children will be having sex shortly, and for pleasure, and all studies have shown that the more honest, open, and educational you and the educators in the subject, the lower the rates of pregnancy and STDs. Of course this seems counter intuitive to many parents, because they refuse to see their children as thinking humans. That's where the problem lies.