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rebelraising) wrote2004-01-21 04:24 pm
rebelraising) wrote2004-01-21 04:24 pm
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I thought I should really just post to note that just as I sat down to plan our consultation on the Sexual Health Strategy, look what came on my random playlist!
Hmm. So I'm trying to devise a questionnaire about where queer women get their information and advice from. And it occurs to me that there are several such women on my friends list. So: tell me.
Where did you get your sex education about sex between women?
What do you think "safer sex" means, between women?
Where do/ would you go for help with a sexual health problem?
Where do/ would you go for relationship advice?
Who do you talk to about sex and sexual health?
And, in an ideal world, how would you have answered those questions?
And, just as an injoke for those of us who've spent days reading this document: would you use a dental dam if you were in prison, but not otherwise?
I do actually want to know, by the way - both because I'm interested generally in other people's experiences, and because I need to put some shape to this consultation I'm planning. So: talk about sex! Now!
Hmm. So I'm trying to devise a questionnaire about where queer women get their information and advice from. And it occurs to me that there are several such women on my friends list. So: tell me.
Where did you get your sex education about sex between women?
What do you think "safer sex" means, between women?
Where do/ would you go for help with a sexual health problem?
Where do/ would you go for relationship advice?
Who do you talk to about sex and sexual health?
And, in an ideal world, how would you have answered those questions?
And, just as an injoke for those of us who've spent days reading this document: would you use a dental dam if you were in prison, but not otherwise?
I do actually want to know, by the way - both because I'm interested generally in other people's experiences, and because I need to put some shape to this consultation I'm planning. So: talk about sex! Now!
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(Anonymous) 2004-01-21 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)Where did you get your sex education about sex between women?
The Little Red School Book and the relevant page of an A-level biology text book (one left accidentally-on-purpose in my bookshelf by my parents, the other read in the library as soon as I was old enough to go there alone) taught me the basics. The rest I gleaned from popular culture, articles in The Guardian, the internet and various girlfriends. Sex ed at school was mainly reproduction focused until I was 14. Then it was all about sexual health and contraception. No one mentioned dental damns.
What do you think "safer sex" means, between women?
No fluid transfer other than saliva. Dental dams, condoms on shared sex toys, etc.
Where do/ would you go for help with a sexual health problem?
My GP or the nearby student clinic, depending whether this was during the holidays or term time.
Where do/ would you go for relationship advice?
My RL friends and/or my online friends. But probably no one.
Who do you talk to about sex and sexual health?
My own - just my closest friends, if anyone.
In general - other slashers and some of my RL friends.
And, in an ideal world, how would you have answered those questions?
Sex ed would've taught me the basics about non-reproductive sex. Section 28 wouldn't have existed and so wouldn't have coloured the lessons. I'm pretty happy with how things turned out for me, and I wish everyone had such positive experiences.
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(Anonymous) 2004-01-21 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)Who do you talk to about sex and sexual health?
And, of course, my girlfriend(s).