And the results for who should REALLY be President/VP... *drumroll*
Anyway.
Question to the masses: when (or what defines) "too young" to know about certain sexual practices? Does the amount of detail in describing them affect this number?
Personally, I believe everyone by the age of 12 should at least be able to name the major sexual organs, know about sexually transmitted diseases (not be able to name each major one and its symptoms, but that they exist), and how to prevent them. Birth control should also be a discussion.
As for actual sexual practices, at the VERY LEAST penile/vaginal intercourse and oral sex should be covered by this age (if only in terms of "this is what happens, and yes, you can still get STDs this way"). Anal sex would probably be in my list, too. Slightly less common practices and their dangers could be left until later/upon questioning (though, I think, likely covered by the age of 17).
Does that seem weird or way too early to anyone?
I ask because my mother is freaked out with my aunt for mentioning oral sex in front of my fourteen-year-old sister (in a context of "some young girls (12-13) in the area have been doing this for their boyfriends: this is dumb, they aren't using condoms and can still get STDs"). First of all, I'm guessing that by 14, you've at least heard the term. (She wasn't sure on the specific act, which my mother had to explain.) My mom is, I think, irrationally angry about it.
And my sister is very weirded out by sex, so I don't really understand why she's angry at all. Education can only protect my sister, and KNOWING things like "you can still get STDs from unprotected oral sex" can only serve as a discouragement from sex.
...I don't want to tell my mother this, since she's said she doesn't think it's an appropriate topic to bring up around a 14-year-old already, but does anyone else think I'm being irrational about this?
