“The Church Girl”

Growing up believing in Christianity I was taught that sex was only to be had between a man and a woman. I was also taught to never have sex until I was married. Even though Jesus never specifically addresses the topic of sex or sexuality at all, there seems to be very specific restrictions for followers of the faith. One of the ones that stood out to me was presented by Paul, talking about how believers should not engage in any kind of sexual behavior. When I  heard this it made me believe that I shouldn’t have sex at all. I was also taught and felt the same about sex with somone of the same sex. Since I was homeschooled until college I didn’t really have any formal sexual education. My mother was my sex education teacher growing up, which is why I would consider it as informal education. Since I didn’t have any formal education by a true unbiased sex education teacher, my mother was allowed to project her beliefs on me even more since she was the only source I heard this information from. Since I also wanted to learn information on my own on sex I looked up information on the internet as well. Being brought up Christian there were sexual beliefs that I was constantly reminded of. My parents were very strict on the way they presented there beliefs on sex. The idea of sex only being for reproduction came up again and again. The first time I had sex my perception of it was completely wasn’t what I was taught. I had learned that sex was not only for reproduction but it was for intimacy. Since discovering what sex is meant to be like I now know that it is meant for more than just reproduction.