Then words shall try That long preserved virginity, And into your quaint honor turn to dust, And into the ashes all my lust. We live in an age where female children are losing their virginity. Little girls, too young to have outgrown playing with dolls, have been sexual abused by incorrigible men. Our culture is riddled with images and inferences to the sex act. It can almost be said that we are preoccupied with sex, or obsessed with it.
Children often do little more than mimic our obsessions.
Growing up, things were different for me. My generation grew out of a different culture, a different time. There was a protocol to sex, and even the most deviant among us recognized that protocol. Sexually, I was quite timid. More so, because I was a gender-defined girl, deeply ashamed of the part of my body recognized to be male.