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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Jack had a nickel, which he was ready to toss.<br />
If I (age twelve) called the correct side of the<br />
coin as he tossed it, he would then touch his<br />
erect penis to my genitals. It was like a gentle<br />
love pat, not a forceful shove.... After the<br />
first few times, no matter which side of the<br />
coin l<strong>and</strong>ed up we touched our genitals every<br />
time.... I remember experiencing great pleasure<br />
when Jack’s penis touched my genitals. It was a<br />
tingly feeling that surged through me. I liked<br />
the feeling <strong>and</strong> thus we engaged in the game<br />
about fifteen times that afternoon.... My only<br />
concern at the time was about those outside the<br />
closed door.... I knew that this was not something<br />
I wanted anyone to interrupt.<br />
He came <strong>and</strong> sat down next to me, put his arm<br />
around me <strong>and</strong> kissed me, at the same time putting<br />
his h<strong>and</strong> on my breast. Since it had been<br />
arranged that I was to be with him, <strong>and</strong> since I<br />
assumed that this was as accepted as was kissing,<br />
I did not resist. It was important to me<br />
that he was interested since he was a year older<br />
than me, <strong>and</strong> therefore would be quite a status<br />
builder. We spent this evening together, he<br />
quite fascinated with my breasts (he told me I<br />
had quite a h<strong>and</strong>ful), but this was the extent of<br />
the sex play.... We were never together again,<br />
nor did we even ever acknowledge that we knew<br />
each other upon meeting.... I found these seemingly<br />
innocent encounters were blown completely<br />
apart when it came to what the boys had to say<br />
about it. By the time I got to high school, I<br />
heard that locker room talk related that this<br />
boy had “laid” me.<br />
Kissing<br />
Kissing is one activity that many American children are familiar<br />
with from infancy <strong>and</strong> childhood. They have kissed <strong>and</strong> been kissed by<br />
their parents, their siblings, <strong>and</strong> sometimes their playmates. Kissing<br />
in preadolescence may be equally as “innocent,” but it is frequently<br />
marked by confusion, embarrassment, guilt, <strong>and</strong> some erotic overtones.<br />
At about age nine, one boy... finally caught me<br />
in a parked car in which I had hidden, <strong>and</strong><br />
kissed me fifty times.<br />
I (an 11 or 12 year old boy) found the idea of<br />
holding <strong>and</strong> kissing a girl (at dancing <strong>and</strong> making-out<br />
parties) enjoyable, but yet uncomfortable<br />
because a self-consciousness always<br />
presided within me.<br />
Everyone at a mixed-couple party sat on the couch<br />
with the lights out <strong>and</strong> kissed. I (a seventh<br />
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