14 is typically the minimum age to have a job (in the US at least).

This was exactly my experience. Extreme repression of my sexuality via religion.

Shamed for every impulse. Shamed for masturbation (Not by them of course, they had someone from the church do it. I guess the idea of doing it themselves was just too fucking awkward for them). Shamed for porn (Back when porn was waiting 20 min for an image of tits to load).

It is an overall tenet of my advocacy that this cannot possibly be right. We all hit puberty, all we want to do is fuck as we are driven towards it directly by nature.

Maybe there is a societal need to curate that impulse, I can accept that. But not like this. Not through guilt, shame, and fear.

I have the same experience as the first few commenters. These things were never talked about in my home.

How can we as a society justify refusing to educate the youth about these things and leaving them to haphazardly stumble through the same mistakes that we all made?

People who speak like you do a great disservice to your own cause and make it easy for people to stand against it.

I espouse what I believe in, same as anyone else.

Is this how you intend to win people over not allied to your cause?

I thought this place was supposed to be an alternative to Reddit. Don’t act as if there’s no room for a nuanced conversation when it comes to giving children the autonomy to choose to take puberty blockers or opt for surgery.

Ha. I can see I’m off to a good start around here.

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