Infant and Child Sexuality: A Sociological Perspective - Ipce

When I was six years old, I consciously experienced
my first erection with a neighborhood girl
of the same age. My curiosity increased when I saw
only a small glimpse of her genital area when we
played “doctor” and my desire to know more about
the female sex increased tremendously. One day
after school, the girl came over to my house. We
proceeded up to my bedroom where I told her, “You
can see me if I can see you.” After she agreed, we
both pulled down our pants. She asked me what my
penis was. I told her that it was my “weiner,” and
that she didn’t have one--only boys had “weiners.”
I then proceeded to touch my “weiner” to her
“doop” (rear). This contact lasted for only a
short time, yet I noticed for the first time that
my penis was stiff. I had previously seen my
friend’s penis become erect as we played “doctor,”
but my penis becoming stiff was something I
had never consciously experienced before.
The girl and I were age six. I suggested playing
doctor. We took off our clothes and then she lay
down on her stomach so I could give her a “shot.”
The closest thing to a shot was a pinch so I did
that a few times lightly.... It was my turn to be
the patient so I lay on my stomach while she examined
me. Then I turned onto my back and I let her
gaze at me awhile. She messed around a little bit
until I began to get what was for me my first memorable
erection. It didn’t make much sense to me
at the time but there wasn’t much I could do about
it. She started giggling; I couldn’t help giggling
either so we laughed heartily for a few minutes
until she said, almost screaming, “What is
that!? What is it!?” I blurted out, “I don’t
know!” and out of amazement sat up to take a look
at this marvelous phenomenon. She started to touch
it, pulled back quickly (still giggling), then
touched it and finally put her hand on it. At that
time I wasn’t exactly prepared for the sensations
I received so I suggested that maybe she shouldn’t
do that any more. I seem to remember a strange
feeling when looking at her genitals. I couldn’t
figure out what they were for but while looking, I
felt a pleasurable sensation in my own genitals,
and I’m sure that the thought of placing mine near
hers passed through my mind but I dismissed it for
lack of time (her mother would be coming soon).
The six year old son of a colleague of mine told his father recently
“When I see a pretty girl my penis gets so hard!” Is this an example
of a biological-response to an external stimulus; is it the
outgrowth of childhood sex play? Is it based on the chance remark of
some adolescent? It is difficult to research the motivations for such a
remark. Another parent, a mother, reported to Kinsey that her son masturbated
frequently when he was small but only incidentally and never
to climax now that he was seven years of age. She noticed that he now
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