Every so often I’ll have a chat to a young guy about sex. Usually, it will be in the context of marriage and the expectations of the first night/week/month.
I wonder how these kinds of conversations have changed over the years.
I suspect, the tone of the conversations has shifted from education to myth-busting.
In the past - especially before the prevalence of movies, trashy magazines and porn - the experience of sex would be filtered with mystery. Now, the filter is not only torn down, but a false image of sex magnified.
And, this projected picture colours our view and expectations of sex.
Generations ago, facials were not considered as a regular sexual act. Now, if you’re entire sexual diet has been fed by porn, it’s commonplace. It happens every time.
Every. Time.
This could make for an awkward wedding night.
Now, I would like to think that “good Christian men” would never know of such things or dare expect them on their honeymoon but the torrent of porn (especially being exposed in your early teens) necessitates the shift towards painting a more realistic picture of sex.
Our young men deserve it.
Our young women deserve it.
Their marriage deserves it.
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