Infant and Child Sexuality: A Sociological Perspective - Ipce
Infant and Child Sexuality: A Sociological Perspective - Ipce
Infant and Child Sexuality: A Sociological Perspective - Ipce
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<strong>and</strong> that it should be ‘saved’ until the marriage<br />
vows have been spoken. I have always<br />
remembered this <strong>and</strong> always will.<br />
When I was about nine, ten, or eleven my mother<br />
talked to me. She said to me, “Tell me everything<br />
that you learned in the street, <strong>and</strong> whatever<br />
you learned in the street that wasn’t true,<br />
I’ll correct.” And I told her. Well, I guess 90<br />
percent of the information that I learned in the<br />
street was true <strong>and</strong> 10 percent wasn’t.<br />
When I reached the age of twelve I experienced my<br />
first erection. I was worried about this because<br />
I thought is was abnormal <strong>and</strong> unclean. Being concerned<br />
about the erection I asked my mother about<br />
it <strong>and</strong> to my relief she told me it was normal for<br />
these things to happen.<br />
The onset of adolescence posed no new problems. I<br />
knew about menstruation before its arrival <strong>and</strong><br />
Mother <strong>and</strong> I had purchased the necessities <strong>and</strong><br />
put them in the cupboard. This along with my<br />
first bra <strong>and</strong> girdle were family matters of<br />
importance.<br />
Before either my twin or myself experienced<br />
menses we saw a fairly good movie in school which<br />
explained some of the things. Then after dinner<br />
that night Mom <strong>and</strong> Dad talked to us about what we<br />
had seen making sure we understood it <strong>and</strong> would<br />
not be afraid or worried when it happened to us.<br />
That evening I felt so good because I knew my<br />
parents were concerned about me.<br />
I think a gentle attitude toward sex was<br />
instilled in me by my parents, probably because<br />
both of them were very physical in showing their<br />
affection for each other, me, <strong>and</strong> other family<br />
members. There was always a substantial amount of<br />
literature concerning the subjects around the<br />
home <strong>and</strong> most of it was in language elementary<br />
enough for a child of seven or eight years.<br />
My family is a person-centered family. My mother<br />
would always say to me, ‘You are not the only one<br />
in the family. There are four others.’ My parents<br />
taught me very early the attitudes of acceptance,<br />
respect, <strong>and</strong> desire for other people.<br />
Preadolescents <strong>and</strong> Incestuous Relationships With Siblings <strong>and</strong> Parents<br />
Prohibition against incest characterizes every human society. Both<br />
partners in a marriage are forbidden to form sexual liaisons with their<br />
own offspring. An exception is represented by the very rare cases in<br />
which a society expects a few individuals of special rank to cohabit<br />
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