Sex in the country
Living half in the city and half in the country, Martina had the option of learning about sex from both worlds; big city public schools and the animal kingdom.
The Entrepreneurial Kisser
Tristan fell madly in love with his first girlfriend in grade school and wanted nothing more than to hold hands and kiss all day. When the opportunity arose to not only kiss the girl of his dreams but also make some cash on the side, he couldn’t say no.
The Russian super women
Coming from a tiny town in the middle of the tundra, Anja dealt with an incredibly closed mined and homophobic society, where she was never able to figure out who she was as a sexual being.
My second puberty
While we may think of puberty happening only to teenagers, for transgendered men and women taking hormones, a second puberty can come at any time and bring some interesting side effects.
Sex and sin
At the age of fourteen I discovered masturbation and became a born again Christian, so I had a lot of conflicting ideas. My very formative experiences of sexuality were framed in “sex is sinful and dirty and there are intense, life long consequences.”
Every time I tried to access sex, it was taken away
Not learning much about sex from her school or her parents, Sophia tried getting information anywhere she could including movies and even video games.
Growing up with zero shame
If no one tells you it’s inappropriate to talk openly about sexuality, you can grow up thinking it’s fine to share everything, even with your parents.
The Playboy Channel, the best thing ever
Joseph wanted nothing more than to spend his days watching the Playboy Channel but as a kid, it’s not always that easy. Joseph however, couldn’t be stopped.
Wrestling with desire
As a kid, Newman Alexander was really into wrestling and quickly his love for the sport blurred over into his sexuality.
The pleasure of pursuit
Louise never cared about sex until she developed an intimate and intensely sexual relationship that launched her into her own vibrant sexuality.
The threat of “turning gay”
Knowing a bit about a topic can be more dangerous than knowing nothing at all. Is Patrick gay? Can his actions make him gay?
I want you to want me
Kids don’t have to know what sex is to know that there is something about wanting, loving and touching another person that is appealing.
What it means to be a girl
For a while, Cat wasn’t sure if she was meant to be a boy or a girl and what it meant to be either one of those things.
The first kid to discover masturbation
The first time when you figure out that it can feel really nice to touch yourself in this special way can be a magical moment for many people.
Enveloped in cuddles and culture change
Like many first generation immigrants, Greg grew up between the lines of Hong Kong and Canadian culture where sexuality was handled in very different ways.
The Entrepreneurial Porn Peddler
A young boy finds hundreds of porn magazines dumped in the trashcans and quickly realizes that he has been handed a great opportunity.
Geeking out on sex
As kids most of us think that we know everything there is to know but David was smarter than that. He knew that there were going to be a lot of things that he didn’t know, especially when it came to sex, so he made it his mission to never be caught off guard.
Beneath the murky waters
Sarah figures out her body can do this cool thing when she touches this special area and tries to figure out the best ways and places to experiment with this new sensation.
Playing “E”
Playing “E” was the perfect code word for the special game Katja and her friend would play. It wasn’t too obvious but it let the other know that a well thought out and developed scene was about to happen between the two of them.
The Search After The Weird Pelvis Feeling
Hanna goes through some positive and not so positive experiences as she searches for this weird feeling she sometimes gets in her pelvis area and tries to get some special friends of hers to play doctor with her.
Rejection In Every Way Possible
Some people are just not ready for the thralls of childhood romance. Tom just wanted to be a kid but when it came out that some girls at his school liked him, he did everything he could to avoid the situation.
The Art and Science of Dildo Making
After seeing porn, Ashley wanted to try penetrating herself but was too young to walk into a sex shop or have a credit card to buy one online. Instead she took the path of a true engineer and decided to experiment with making her own.
Sleepovers, Soft Porn and Phone Sex Hotlines
Growing up in the GDR, Momo started her childhood with zero contact with sexuality. Then, when the wall came down, a rush of sexual media came flooding in and she got the chance to learn about this new world for the first time.
Young Unrequited Love
All at once Zach went from a kid who didn’t even notice girls to a kid who was obsessed and madly in love with girls and needed to proclaim his love from the mountain tops. Though, yelling how much he loved one girl from a mountain would have probably been better than what he ended up doing.
Everything I Know, I’ve Read Online
Through a string of sleepovers Jane and her friends played out romantic scenes from movies and learned that rubbing against things in a certain way can feel really good.
The Puppet Master of Playing Doctor
Sexuality doesn’t have to be fast, for Grace it was a long process of learning to explore and be more comfortable with her girlfriends and building up over years starting from a simple show me yours and I’ll show you mine, leading up to cherished relationships and decently hardcore sex scenes.
Water Play at the Sports Club
When you don’t have adults to get information from, you end up having to learn from your friends. When you ask other ten year olds what sex is though, you get a lot of incorrect or partially correct information.
The Gravity of Sara Bareilles
Listening to a Sara Bareilles CD, Malikei thought this is finally the time to figure out what this masturbation thing was. Someone should probably tell Sara Bareilles that her voice has the power to send people into orgasm.