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why waiting so long has me feeling scared. And will deal with however my body reacts to it. It might very well be the Hollywood-moment you grow up to believe is reality.

But the mirage could also shatter. And then, I need him to hold me. And not push me away.

I want him to even show me the ropes.

Why I hate people being afraid of the word sex

I recently visited a small town coastal town in India.

Sex isn't a word you can just bring up duing dinnertime conversation. Especially if you are 16 years old, unmarried and even worse – the caste system deems you to have the lowest status and standard of living a human being could have.

I was wandering around, very excited to be at the beach.

This is where I made myself a friend. She makes her living off tourists and was trying to help me choose some clothing.

We had a couple of laughs; I bought the goods. Back home, to my chagrin, I realised everything looked like sacks on me. I rushed back to catch my new-found friend at her little shop. Suddenly I could sense – something was not right.

“Can I tell you something?” she asked me.

“I can’t tell anyone. And you must promise – nobody here can ever know."

“I’ve made a mistake,” her voice suddenly broke off.

“I was just so happy with my boyfriend.”

She looked at me, desperate for someone to understand.

I realised how young this girl was. "I went to the doctor today, he gave me pills. . .it will take my baby away. ”

That night I cradled a 16-year-old girl in my arms.

This happened because sex is practised without a word of advice. Where the word can't be said out loud, in a community where rape is very common. Speaking about it to someone else than your sexual partner is basically a mortal sin.

Quite frankly, this pisses me off.

For the sake of saying, and I will say it again: I’m 26 years old. I’m a virgin and I like having sex.

** Footnote: With these words I eliminate the last hurdle in the way of having the sort of sex people commonly have in mind when using the word.

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