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To: Poet who wrote (2272)	1/22/2001 3:49:00 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I think this is more necessary for girls, as boys seem to come to it naturally). When my boys were in preschool, I was volunteering one day, and we had the story circle. As I read, I noticed some of the children, as they relaxed, begin to play with themselves. But not just the boys, the little girls would rub themselves, too. It's obviously a natural thing to do for both sexes, and I wonder if parents react more negatively when their little girls masturbate than their sons, thus discouraging the behavior more firmly. It's an over-reaction to think that this education involves demonstrations or whatever. A diagram, an explanation- remove the mystery and the loneliness of it. I think when parents ignore it, and just say to their little ones- stop! don;t do that!- it is taken as a message the act is "bad", rather than just "private". I was unclear why someone thought it would increase promiscuity? I had some very strange ideas in my early childhood, now that I think about it.... We gave the boys, "What's Happening to My Body- for Boys" in elementary school- I think they were around 10.

To: Poet who wrote (2272)	1/22/2001 3:52:34 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

We certainly agree about the need for teaching the "general science" of sex, so to speak. When you were talking about "teaching masturbation" I was wondering where you were going with that. You might want to say "teaching about" rather than "teaching" to obviate some misunderstandings. One topic that should be covered in sex education is a definition of what's sex and what isn't. A while back a friend told me he had been chatting with a teenage neighbor and was surprised, as was I, to find that the girl and her friends didn't consider oral sex to be sex. Soon after, our President took the same position. If nothing else, kids should gain a common understanding of what constitutes sex. Karen