Have any of you caught the new show Sex. . . With Mom and Dad on MTV yet? I still haven't figured out its permanent time slot, but I caught an episode last night and I couldn't believe my eyes! The premise of the show is actually brilliant; Dr. Drew, of Loveline fame, challenges teenagers and their parents to talk about sex. And when I say talk about sex, I mean asking personal, tough, and awkward questions, taking field trips and accomplishing tasks requested by Dr. Drew, and opening up about your sexual history. The show's all about taking sex ed to the next level.
As we all know, education is the key to staying safe and protected in the bedroom, but unfortunately, not all families are as open about discussing safe sex as the subjects on this show — I know my parents aren't! So to all you sexually active people out there, tell me, where and how did you learn about sex? Was it from your parents? Your siblings? Your friends? Or did you just teach yourself about the birds and the bees?
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Honestly I learned it from my friends at Public School and the media.
I was at
a Private Christian School until 7th grade. When I started 7th grade at the public school I would hear people cuss and talk about sex. My parents never talked to me about it ever.
1I learned from my older sisters but not too much, and my mother (who taught sex ed at school) taught me most everything else. We were very open about it. She even showed me later on , i think i was 17, a film about childbirth and what really happens to a womans body, because she wanted to make sure I wasnt romanticizing that in my head.
2my parents gave me a "sex talk" when i was in grade 9 before i went away on a sleepover trip with one of my co-ed sports teams...but the talk consisted more of "no sex before marriage" as opposed to actual techicalities of sex.
i guess i taught myself, learned a bit from school, learned a bit from tv, from friends....i was pretty horrified by the whole thing when i was younger so when my grandmother gave me a book about the birds and the bees i almost freaked out and i hid it in my closet for YEARS...so i dunno, i guess i just picked up what i needed to know
now we're more open in terms of GENERAL stuff but nothing specific!
3The internet, friends, and teachers.
4From an early age, I learned about sex from my Mom. She discussed the moral issue of being selective about my partner, and sharing my sexuality with someone special, i.e. don't be a slut.
Her talks had a moral slant to them.
I learned about the biology (science) of sex from school, and books from the public library. This was just about learning the information on sex, morals and ethics notwithstanding. Incidently, I had the top score in biology class on reproduction (of animals, plants, etc.). LOL
5I learnt about safe sex from sex ed in around 6th or 7th grade. My older cousin filled me in on all the other gory details when i was 13 or 14.
6I learned all I needed to know from the movie Grease.
7lol @ Mesayme
I learned alot from my Mom, who can be very blunt sometimes. She just doesn't sugarcoat things. She's instilled most of my morals. But I also credit a lot of what I learned about safe sex to H.S. sex-ed. Also o my older brother.. who gave me the real deal on dating in general from a male perspective.
I can't talk to my Dad about sex though. I'm sure he'd be cool with it but its too awkward for me. He still sees me as his babygirl and I dont mind keeping it that way ^_^
8Taste... I had to re-watch it in my 20s...I didn't get it at all when I was a kid. I'd didn't know what broke or what grease lightning was!! I watch it now and ROTFL...
9But I knew if you didn't use one you might get pregnant...that was enough to know!
School. We had sex ed in 4th grade. I assumed everyone had sex ed in school, until I met someone who didn't believe that I had learned sex in school...he was the opposite, he assumed everyone learned about sex from a friend.
10*learned ABOUT sex in school*... not "learned sex in school". That's a whole other story.
11
mesay!
12Mom. School. And a lot of trial and error.
13My parents and school. Neither of my parents believe in abstinence-only education so we were taught safe sex from any early age. Oddly enough I unfortunately had to find out that my grandmother also does not believe in abstinence-only sex education--she said its ineffective because no one has the presence of mind to say "no" in the heat of the moment. It was unfortunate to have to hear that come out of her mouth.
Having learned it from such an early age and having parents that were so open about the facts, it amazes me how little people know about safe sex. It's actually kind of sad.
14Haha...I'm actually watching this online right now. I pretty much learned everything through friends, movies, and TV!
15
Shopa...!!
16I did... I took books out of the library and read about it.
17"the chicks will cream for Greased Lightening"... I watch that movie now anc cringe to think of kids watching John Travolta talking about chicks creaming!
hehe..
18Boys in high school.
19i think that i either learned from my friends or i taught myself since it wasn't something that i could really talk to with my mom about. i think that i did a pretty decent job with myself since i've managed to be smart about things.
20When I was in seventh grade, I learned about it in biology. I also learned it from sex-ed class.
21Myself.
My mom bought me a book and I read about it on my own.
22The most I ever got from my parents about sex was when I was 12 or 13 and my 16-year-old cousin got pregnant, and my parents gave me the "you shouldn't have sex until you're in a commited relationship, your mother and I waited until we were married, yadda yadda". The details and stuff I learned from school, friends, etc.
23I learned a few things from my sisters, a few things from my friends, and I guess the rest firsthand? I have a friend who only learned things from porn, haha. But to comment about the show, I'm not sure I like it. I like watching it, but I still believe that keeping intimate sex details to yourself and not sharing it with your parents is the way to go. I can discuss anything with them, but that personal details of that subject are voluntarily left out, for the good of both of us I can only assume!
24Sex ed in school, movies and friends. My parents are devout Catholics and they never, ever talked to me about sex.
25Public school and TV. My Mom and Dad were too busy doing it themselves (they divorced when I was very young) to actually tell me about it.
When I was 16, Dad told me this in the car- "Don't do anything you don't want to do and be careful". Yep.
26Cosmo taught me about sex lol. My parents and I never talked about it at all and no adult every said anything about it to me.
27I can't even remember!
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