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rebelraisingI 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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Date: 2004-01-22 01:44 am (UTC)Where did you get your sex education about sex between women?
Pretty much picked it up as I went along. Plus, the 'what do they actually do' is sort of obvious (unless I'm missing something really crucial!). "If I like the idea of this, maybe she will". Reading various magazines - primarily G3 and Diva, but that just confirmed what I already thought, really. Quite a bit carried over from when I thought I liked blokes, in which case I picked up a lot from teen magazines. For the BDSM, I read books by people like Jay Wiseman, but I suppose that's outside the scope of this survey.
What do you think "safer sex" means, between women?
Trying to avoid transmitting STIs. Which I suppose means either knowing your partner's disease-free or using condoms on toys and dental dams for cunnilingus.
Where do/ would you go for help with a sexual health problem?
GUM clinic or doctor.
Where do/ would you go for relationship advice?
I don't, really. I mean, I talk to my close friends about stuff, but I don't tend to seek out advice. I tend to talk to her before anything else.
Who do you talk to about sex and sexual health?
See above, really.
And, in an ideal world, how would you have answered those questions?
Well, there should have been a lot more information available when I was a lot younger. Telling me all about the Pill in school's sex ed? Not actually much use.