Technically I could have got pregnant at the age of 10 and a half but luckily it was in a time when children were not being rushed into adulthood too quickly like now so I would have steered away from any inappropriate behaviour from anyone old enough to know better I just would have known that it wasn't right. At that time I was reading Jackie magazine, most of a girl's problems consisted of spots and greasy hair on the problem page it didn't occur to me that it was possible that someone could abuse me if they took advantage. The first sex education I had was 13. That was just the way it was because not many girls started that early then, the average age was 13 and above so for the last 1 and a half years of primary school I was feeling a little bit of a freak until moving to High School. Morally I think it should have been discussed with me by a counsellor, understanding teacher or something because in my child's head I really thought I had done something evil and it was a punishment from God silly as it may seem.

It is good to try to help the young with sexual knowledge and safety for their own sakes not just from diseases but preventing cervical cancer or later infertility. Something did make me laugh listening to one girl saying to her young friend on my local bus going home that there is less likelyhood of pregnancy making love (not the words she used) standing up. I see that Old Wives Tale is still going around.