I'll show you mine, if you show me yours

I remember a friend of mine finding her younger sister and neighbour naked under the covers giving each other "injections". They must have been about 5 years old and it was innocent. 

I remember "I'll show you mine if you show me yours" at preschool. It too was borne of innocence and curiosity.  

My mother tells the story of my sister and I in the bath together one night. Suddenly I looked down at my sister, who was about 18 months younger, grabbed both her legs and pulled. As her head went under water I declared, "Look Mommy! No penis, don't worry it will grow". 

There was no internet when I was growing up. We couldn't google things we needed to know. We had to find out the traditional way. Natural curiosity about the opposite sex in terms of what makes us different soon gives way to sexual attraction and more intense needs. As a teenager I had my fair share of experiences with the opposite sex that was likely a little more nerve-wracking than the experiences of my guy friends given that deep down I wasn't fully vested in the heterosexual encounter. My first same-sex dalliance was a lot more exciting, thought granted I was at an advantage having had years of self-exploratory experience under my so-called belt. Though today I still prefer watching straight porn.

I have gay friends that have never touched a vagina. If you've seen "The 40-year old Virgin" then that applies to some straight men (or women) too. As a teenager the concept of virginity applied to heterosexual sex only, so if a gay man never slept with a woman he was a virgin forever. I was not going to allow myself to be that! I did what needed to be done. Interestingly the term virgin originally applied to sexually inexperienced women only. Today the definition has widened considerably. Today we have Google, so I wonder if there is a need to "show you mine, show me yours" when you can see anything you need to online? 

I have a gay friend that has never slept with a woman but wanted to. This was easily accomplished via Craigslist. The world is a different place today, things are more acceptable, or accessible than they were ten years ago. Or maybe they always were, but in a different way. I'm sure our parents thought we had it so much easier than they did. There is definitely more openness in terms of sexuality and experimentation, without judgement or label. And if a gay guy wants to touch a vagina, or a lesbian wants to feel a penis, maybe all they have to do is just ask. Just like in the videos below....

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