Dear Shve:

When I asked why our parents don’t teach/ warn us about this unfortunate normalized and widespread male behavior (men being sexual predators, basically), I didn’t mean that they should teach us after the fact, after we met some guy as a young woman. I mean when we were growing up. Don’t we go to school to learn the alphabet and basic math when we are 6, 7, 8… why not teach girls at 13, 14, 15 basic sexual behavior, which our parents know about because they were young, and they either experienced this or heard about others their age who experienced it.

Why do traditional parents send their young, naive, inexperienced daughters into the wild, so to speak, without preparation? I don’t expect you to have the answer. I am about to go out for a long walk and think about my own question. Please feel free to post to me while I am gone and at any time.

I have other thoughts and comments other than what I brought up regarding parents not teaching us, but later.

anita