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It was mentioned that Peggy Orenstein wrote about the importance of parents being open about sex and pleasure with their children, even if it's initially met with embarrassment from the child.
So Peggy Ornstein writes about this in her book, Girls and Sex, that it was only later in life that she recognized that when her mom was explicit about sexual things and talked about sexual pleasure....
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It was mentioned that Peggy Orenstein wrote about the importance of parents being open about sex and pleasure with their children, even if it's initially met with embarrassment from the child.
So Peggy Ornstein writes about this in her book, Girls and Sex, that it was only later in life that she recognized that when her mom was explicit about sexual things and talked about sexual pleasure. And as a young person, a teenager, Peggy Ornstein was like, ugh, mom, don't. Gross. It was only later that she came to appreciate just how powerful and important that was.
