tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274987097756433491.post2403399925623799962..comments2024-03-05T11:26:21.204-06:00Comments on All the World's Our Page: Birds, bees and babiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274987097756433491.post-90885271862984486952011-09-24T20:55:35.579-05:002011-09-24T20:55:35.579-05:00Grr, that hysteria thing still gets my goat. Darn ...Grr, that hysteria thing still gets my goat. Darn men thinking they know what's good for women and pretending they were 'curing' their so-called condition when they were just using them for...<br />Anyhow.<br />I *do* find it interesting to consider how these things were known/learned/discussed back in the day. Sometimes I wonder if I'm being anachronistic in my description of, say, Baha and Rosa's wedding night. On the one hand, modern readers don't want to read about completely ignorant naive girls. On the other hand, historical reality decrees that Rosa would likely have been totally clueless on her wedding night.<br />On the other hand, being a girl myself, I can understand how she'd act. And how free she feels to express yourself when emotions/hormones take over and she's in the arms of the man she loves and trusts...Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274987097756433491.post-75740792066565034702011-09-20T16:50:39.869-05:002011-09-20T16:50:39.869-05:00Great post, Claire. Good food-for-thought. Those f...Great post, Claire. Good food-for-thought. Those first/early sexual experiences usually define how a person interacts with the opposite sex throughout their life. (Either for good or for ill.) If you know how your character discovered his/her sexuality it rounds out a character in many ways - both obvious and unseen - because you can be true to their life experiences.<br /><br />As for Nathan Rivers, I have a good idea how he discovered sex but haven't thoroughly fleshed *cough, cough* it out. :) I DO know how Carrie learned about the birds and the bees.Susan Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03194055286314636481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274987097756433491.post-72295352213469045772011-09-19T17:54:03.333-05:002011-09-19T17:54:03.333-05:00You say that because of the sex, right?
teeeh...You say that because of the sex, right? <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />teeehheeeKristen Callihanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01448274676402616525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274987097756433491.post-9982389325958598432011-09-19T17:51:13.942-05:002011-09-19T17:51:13.942-05:00LOL, Kristen, absolutely! Hmm, methinks your genre...LOL, Kristen, absolutely! Hmm, methinks your genre might be the most amenable to it ... but you never know! ;-PRachel Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15406943046329566026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274987097756433491.post-72376627322166995732011-09-19T17:46:16.998-05:002011-09-19T17:46:16.998-05:00This stuff HAS to go in one of our books! :)This stuff HAS to go in one of our books! :)Kristen Callihanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01448274676402616525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274987097756433491.post-50872639369904167722011-09-19T17:44:23.907-05:002011-09-19T17:44:23.907-05:00LOL at that advertisement, Claire! And Kristen, ga...LOL at that advertisement, Claire! And Kristen, gah, gotta see that movie, indeed! <br /><br />It's so very interesting to discover how open, or otherwise, past generations were when it came to sex. One of the books I read when researching my WIP was all about quack doctors, the most jaw-dropping of whom (from our modern perspective, at least) was one Dr James Graham. From the mid to late 1700s, he was London's premier "sexologist", patronised by members of the upper class and royalty who were having troubles conceiving. He treated them in his opulent "Temple of Health", where he offered couples the use of his Celestial Bed - a massive 12 x 9 foot tilting bed with a canopied dome and devices that would play music and release oriental fragrances and gases as the couples activities got going. Ahem. None of this was done discreetly or secretively - the chap was, in fact, the talk of London. There's more about him here <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Graham_(sexologist)<br />... truly fascinating!Rachel Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15406943046329566026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274987097756433491.post-47562393796731408742011-09-19T15:28:57.620-05:002011-09-19T15:28:57.620-05:00That Y shaped attachment looks...interesting.
Ha...That Y shaped attachment looks...interesting. <br /><br />Have you seen this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf4IlHaPRUg<br /><br />Ack! Must see that movie.Kristen Callihanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01448274676402616525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274987097756433491.post-46940996080997877582011-09-19T15:23:32.005-05:002011-09-19T15:23:32.005-05:00I remember when you posted that ad on the Forum. H...I remember when you posted that ad on the Forum. Hysteria, indeed! My wip is set from 2005 to 2008. Unfortunately, my teen character learned all this too early from her mom's live-in boyfriend. <br /><br />As for my 50 year old MC, I imagine she learned a lot like I did. I overheard the boys discussing a certain item that men use to stop those unwanted babies with a slang term. I knew it wasn't a proper item for discussion and asked Momma what it was. Her face was a flame, but she calmly told me the whole thing then got me a little pamphlet to read--What Every Girl Should Know. Needless to say, it said, don't do it. ; ) <br /><br />Thanks for the memories. I can see Laura Grace sort of being grateful for not having to explain it to Samantha.Zan Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00166450116524323462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274987097756433491.post-69099952743694294232011-09-19T11:00:08.428-05:002011-09-19T11:00:08.428-05:00I read once long ago that the reason Victorian wom...I read once long ago that the reason Victorian women swooned other than for their stays being too tight was sexual frustration. Many a medical professional provided release procedures. <br /><br />As for your own children, they are young still. Start now with open dialogues about anything and everything. Answer honestly appropriate for their age levels. My children are now in their thirties and we still have discussions where nothing is taboo.<br /><br />As far as my stories go, they are fairly modern post 1960's so the birds and the bees are not an issue.J.L. Murpheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782355786883006411noreply@blogger.com