OK-- I want to address some things here.

Everyone keeps telling me that Akane is too naive (in my L & L #8)

        a. Are you saying that with your current
           perspective on sex
        
        OR

        b. are you trying to think back to just
           exactly how you felt about sex at 
           age 16?

   I mean, I may have been REALLY more naive than most
   people at 16, but only about 1 person I knew had 
   sex by that age, and she was pretty loose. I mean,
   how many of you REALLY knew about sex at that age?
   Other than dirty jokes and stuff like that (most 
   of which, I will admit I laughed at even though
   I had NO idea what they meant. 

   As for comments like this one:

        >I think what they say is true, Akane is REALLY
        >naive! I mean, "It moved!" 
        >yeah, well that's like saying "You're wrist is
        >flexible!", get the idea? 
  
            (author deleteted because he is a cool guy and
             I am not trying to put down on him)
    
   OK- SURE SURE SURE that is an OBVIOUS thing....

                IF you are a GUY.

   I mean, how the heck are you supposed to know that if you
   are a 16 year old girl who has never seen a penis before?
   
        I'll tell you, it sure shocked the heck out of me
        when I first saw that guys could do that, and I
        had already HAD sex by then. I mean, I got the 
        basic idea, but you learn all kinds of cool things
        as you get better at it, ne ?

   I would also like to remind you all that girls (at least
   when I was a kid, I dunno about today) don't tend to sit
   around and shoot the crap about sex. We would giggle and
   talk about it, yeah, but guys tend to get a lot more...
   GRAPHIC in their discussions from what I have heard.

   Also, remember sex-ed? How much did YOU really learn about
   sex in that class? Shoot, all I learned basically was what
   a (teeny-tiny black line drawing) penis looked like, that
   guys put it down there, and that sperm came out and made
   babies. Oh yeah, we also watched this movie called "The 
   miracle of Life" -- not much there either except for a 
   film of a heat-sensitive picture of a guy getting an 
   erection (gee... that enlightened me... not).


   How much do you think Akane could have learned from her 
   family? Not a whole lot I would say. I know a lot of 
   people learned about sex from their older sisters and
   brothers and/or parents.
                a. neither Kasumi or Nabiki have boyfriends
                   or (though we can never be sure about
                   Nabiki) have had sex.
                b. Akane's mother died WAY WAY before she
                   could have told her anything.
                c. Soun: "WAHHH--- I can't let my baby know
                          about that!!!" 'nuff said
                d. Can you see Kasumi telling Akane anything
                   about sex even as a mother-surrogate? 
                   Even if she did it would be very bland.

  Also, please don't assume that all girls learn about their
  own body parts by masturbation. In my story, I chose to 
  have Akane not be into that, or even have considered it,
  because I see her as basically uncomfortable with her 
  body and sexuality... which is why she acts like a tomboy
  half the time.



  Sorry... just my 2 cents worth.... and I really think that
  a lot of us are looking at sex with the eyes of maturity...
  please try and put yourself back and imagine what it would
  be like to be Akane.


  Just wanted to explain my reasoning----


-misachan
                        

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