The following is taken from the Unitarian Universalist Church’s “Our Whole Lives” curriculum (OWL), a faith-based sexuality education program for young people.

It was dusk. The apartment was empty save for the two of them. As they lay entwined in warm embrace, this room this bed was the universe. Aside form the faint sounds of their tranquil breathing, they were silent. She stroked the nape of his neck. He nuzzled her erect nipple first gently with his nose, then licked it, tasted, smelled and absorbed her body odor. It was a hot and humid August day, and they had been perspiring. Slowly he caressed her one breast as he softly rolled his face over the contours of the other. He pressed his body close against her, sighed, and fully spent, closed his eyes and soon fell into a deep satisfying sleep. Ever so slowly she slipped herself out from under him, lest she disturb him, cradled him in her arms, and moved him to his crib. Having completed his 6 o’clock feeding, the four-month old had also experienced one more minute contribution to his further sexual development.

Consider these questions -

• Did you assume that “he” was an adult?
• Have you considered that babies are sexual beings?
• How do you think your earliest experiences impacted your sexual development?