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Monologue: What I Will Tell My Unborn Child When They Ask Me ‘Where Do Babies Come From?’

Writer's picture: Lucille BrooksLucille Brooks

 

Everything I am about to tell you is very important. I have to tell you this now, because when you are older, you might think you are too grown up to ask me for help.


You know this part of you right down here? That part of your body is called a vulva, and that hole is called a vagina. We will use these words. People make up funny names for things they are afraid of. We are not afraid of our bodies.


Babies are made by a grown-up putting their penis, which is a part of their body that kind of looks like a stick made out of skin, into another grown-up’s vagina. When two grown-ups make a baby, it is called having sex. But, sex is not just for making babies, and there are lots of different ways to do it. Sex feels amazing, and sometimes people have sex just to feel amazing. Which is perfectly normal and good. An amazing part about sex is a thing called an orgasm. An orgasm is this thing that happens during sex where everything bad leaves your body all at once.


An orgasm starts to build up in this part of your vulva called the clitoris, but when you orgasm, the feeling flows through your entire body. Your toes curl, and your mind, body, and soul are all in the same place at the same time.


You can make yourself orgasm! You can have sex with yourself just to orgasm. It’s called masturbation. It helps you learn what you like and what you don’t like. By exploring your body, you learn what feels best for your body, and how to orgasm. It is important to explore what feels good to you before you let somebody else try.


If you know how incredible you can make yourself feel, you’ll know not to waste your time with someone who can’t make you feel as good.


Something that isn’t perfectly normal and good, is when one person doesn’t want to have sex with somebody, but the other person still tries to make it happen. You know how sometimes you want to play “tea party” but Samantha wants to play “makeover?” And you change what you want, because Samantha is your friend, and you know that compromise is a nice thing to do for someone? Sex is different. You never compromise about sex. If you want to do it, it is your choice to make. It can’t be a decision that someone else makes for you. And it can’t be a decision that you make for someone else. If someone does not want to kiss you or have sex with you, it is not your job to change their mind.


When I speak to you about your body, I speak to you as a person to another person, not as your mom. If you ever need to tell me anything, you can, but you might not. Mom had to learn about sex while I was having sex. I didn’t know that I had power. You have all of the power.

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