Things About Sex That You Were Never Taught

There are some things about sex that you were never taught in school, but gradually became aware of their existence because your peers or friends once talked about them in a sexually explicit manner, because you watched porn before, or because you actually had first-hand experience with sexual intercourse.

Things About Sex That You Were Never Taught

1. People move during sex.

Some people say that movements are not required or necessary for sexual intercourse. Technically, they are wrong. In many cases, there is indeed movement. The act of penetration involves movement. Changing sex positions definitely involves movement. Sometimes, the mouths may be moving, as the partners communicate with each other.

2. People must be wide awake to have sex.

One common euphemism regarding sex is "sleeping together". However, this should not be misconstrued as literal sleeping, because in many cases, the participants are wide awake. Sure, they may sleep after sex, but during sex, they are usually wide awake. In fact, having sex with a sleeping person without the person's permission counts as rape.

3. Sex typically refers to the situation where the penis or some kind of object is inserted into the mouth, vagina, or anus; or when any part of a person's sex organs is erotically stimulated by a partner or by self with or without penetration.

One common euphemism regarding sex is "bedding someone" or "taking someone to bed" with you. This should not be misconstrued as literally sleeping in the same bed with someone or using the bed as the only place where people can have sex. In actuality, people can have sex just about anywhere in whatever configuration you can think of, as long as some kind of sexual stimulation between two partners or by oneself is possible or is taking place.

4. Sex is supposed to be a pleasurable, intimate activity.

If sex is not pleasurable, then people will look at you funny and think you're doing it wrong or something is wrong with you.

5. Sex and reproduction is not the same.

Most of the time, in tabloid newspapers and magazines or common hearsay, people use "sex" to describe the act of sexual intercourse or some kind of sexual activity, however defined. They often do not mean "making babies", unless that is part of the intention. Furthermore, married couples and unmarried couples use birth control, severing the connection between sexual intercourse and reproduction.

6. Accidental pregnancies and births are not necessarily caused by rape.

They can be caused by improper use of condoms/barriers, no use of condoms/barriers, absence of good birth control, or birth control failure. In addition, uneducated people may not know that sex leads to babies, so they may have sex "because it feels good" and accidentally get themselves or their partners pregnant.

7. Sex is based on mutual consent.

Sex does not require any emotional intimacy, love, or affection. Actually, as long as two or more partners agree enthusiastically to have sex, then sex can take place and not turn into rape (forced sex). Depending on where you live, consent may be the only thing you need without getting in trouble with the law. Privacy, financial transactions, marriage status, sexuality, etc. only matter in different legal jurisdictions.

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  • I'd say that this is obvious but not all folks know all this

  • "2. People must be wide awake to have sex."
    No, they don't.

    "In fact, having sex with a sleeping person without the person's permission counts as rape."
    I have sex with my wife without her being awake. However, I ALWAYS have permission. lol.

    "5. Sex and reproduction is not the same."

    Bullshit. Once you have vaginal intercourse between man and woman, pregnancy is assured, but NOT the probability.
    Birth control, pulling out, safe days lower the chances, but the chances are always there.

    • Yeah, but the reality is, too many people don't realize or know the connection... so guess what? They get babies.

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  • Useless information is useless.

    • I don't think this myTake owner has had sex which is why the information is so useless. Everyone I know was taught this stuff long before actually having sex.

  • 8. SEX IS NOT FREE

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  • Wow. I'm 13 and know all this... And I'm a virgin and never really had "sex education", I just read a short book about what it was, nothing else (condoms weren't even in it)

  • Grow up in the Bible Belt and this is not talked about at all. Welcome to what my teenage life was like.

  • Wow, I never knew :P

  • I new all that before sex ed but they taught everything on the list anyway

  • everyone know that

  • Actually sex does not require mutual consent.

    Sex in accordance with government law to prevent committing what is defined as rape is based on mutual consent.