[Prudence]

I guess I never really understood that other people had different experiences than I did. I did what I wanted to do when I felt like doing it. For me, that was relatively late (by today's standards). Perhaps one of the advantages of being a social pariah is that no one pressures you to do things against your will.

I learned about sex from a cartoon-style book in the doctor's office. It must have been VERY early on, as it was no more exciting than a book on polar bears or tropical rain forests. I was reading on my own by age 3, so it was probably not long after that. I'll bet someone left it out thinking I couldn't possibly understand what it was.

Anyhow, I don't remember a time when I didn't know about the mechanics of sex. It was like pooping. We all do it, and there's nothing wrong with it, but that doesn't mean we talk about it at the dinner table.

But I didn't get to watch a lot of teevee growing up, so maybe that influenced (or DIDN'T influence) my opinions.

I am kind of curious that some think their exposure to various media sources influenced their later development. I can assure you that I had an EXTREMELY proper upbringing (no white shoes after labor day!) and yet as an adult I have quite the collection of various implements. So where did THOSE urges come from? Because I fantasized about that LONG before developing any explicitly sexual fantasies.