It's always nice to have the opinions of those being discussed; otherwise it becomes an academic exercise. I wish children could be included in these conversations; their opinions are important too, but unfortunately society just doesn't want children to have sexual thoughts and feelings. i think, if anything, because of society, women are perhaps often raised/conditioned to repress their natural urges for sex This is an important point! This is true, and it's also true for children, so you could say it goes double for girls, whereas 'boys will be boys' and similar platitudes are gospel to some people. I was touched by an adult male at age 7 (something I did not find at all traumatic and even found a little pleasurable, though I definitely did NOT get aroused--not even an erection.) Also, I was not a boyish boy; I was an introvert, never good at sports--due, in part, to my disability and due in part to my simple lack of interest. I was very quiet, even a bit shy. I was interested in reading, drawing, and imaginative play. I was never very aggressive at all, though I did once stand up to a bully in sixth grade, an act of which I am exceedingly proud. :) |