Marisa Price verbalized:

   I mean, I may have been REALLY more naive than most
   people at 16, but only about 1 person I knew had 
   sex by that age, and she was pretty loose. I mean,
   how many of you REALLY knew about sex at that age?
   Other than dirty jokes and stuff like that (most 
   of which, I will admit I laughed at even though
   I had NO idea what they meant. 

I was 17, but *REAL* close to 16.  By then, I had a pretty damn good idea.

   
        I'll tell you, it sure shocked the heck out of me
        when I first saw that guys could do that, and I
        had already HAD sex by then. I mean, I got the 
        basic idea, but you learn all kinds of cool things
        as you get better at it, ne ?

I'm 25 - still learing about the physiology of women, and I'm convinced that
no two females are even close to the same physiology (kinda like comparing
apples to staplers).  I've heard so many different stories about 'that time
of the month' that I don't know what to believe. [Honest truth, I wonder if
the girls knew what they were talking about - scarry thought from my point
of view.]

[I may be a resident Hentai Gopher -- but I like to be an *INFORMED* Hentai
Gopher.]

I believe, no matter what you know as 'fact' there is always something out
there that you didn't know (with respect to human sex)

   I would also like to remind you all that girls (at least
   when I was a kid, I dunno about today) don't tend to sit
   around and shoot the crap about sex. We would giggle and
   talk about it, yeah, but guys tend to get a lot more...
   GRAPHIC in their discussions from what I have heard.

You better believe it.  ;]

   Also, remember sex-ed? How much did YOU really learn about
   sex in that class? Shoot, all I learned basically was what
   a (teeny-tiny black line drawing) penis looked like, that
   guys put it down there, and that sperm came out and made
   babies. Oh yeah, we also watched this movie called "The 
   miracle of Life" -- not much there either except for a 
   film of a heat-sensitive picture of a guy getting an 
   erection (gee... that enlightened me... not).

Learned a little bit, but got a lot more confused.

                c. Soun: "WAHHH--- I can't let my baby know
                          about that!!!" 'nuff said

I can imagine Soun setting them all down, clearing his throat, introducing
the topic, and passing out.  :)

  Also, please don't assume that all girls learn about their
  own body parts by masturbation. In my story, I chose to 
  have Akane not be into that, or even have considered it,
  because I see her as basically uncomfortable with her 
  body and sexuality... which is why she acts like a tomboy
  half the time.

I know somebody like that - I'm not convinced that she'll ever really
'accept' her sexuality.  I'm not sure that this is a good or a bad thing. 
Although, I do think it has made her a little more flaky than she was a few
months ago (which is not good).  I think you have a valid reason.

  Sorry... just my 2 cents worth.... and I really think that
  a lot of us are looking at sex with the eyes of maturity...
  please try and put yourself back and imagine what it would
  be like to be Akane.

I honestly can't put myself there, and I won't try.

-misachan
                        

Marisa Price
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