”Mom, what’s a virgin?”: a Conversation on Teenage Sexual Culture

“A child comes home and asks his mother – “Mom, what does ‘virgin’ mean? – Mom gets a little excited and starts explaining about the hymen, about defloration, etc. with carefully chosen words. The child listens and asks again – “Then what does “extra virgin” mean?”

In order not to fall into similar situations, it is better to answer the question with the question “Why are you asking?”. – The child has seen the label on the bottle of olive oil, and we are not talking about defloration right now, but it is a red light to be ready to say what the hymen is. This cute joke is a very good illustration for the ability to talk to your child about sexual health, says Dr. Radosveta Stamenkova, executive director of Bulgarian Family Planning and Sexual Health Association, and adds – Children often ask provocative questions that they know the answers to see if the parents will lie to them. That’s how they “test” them.

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