ARTIST. GRIOT. ACTIVIST

I am a very liberal person, and I am intentionally slow to judge people, so for the most part, very little shocks me about people’s peculiarity and quirks, however I am biased against a certain type. I am very suspicious of people that believe very young children are sexual.

This is a sensitive subject so I will treat it as delicately as I can. To say it plainly, I have very little respect for people that hold onto that belief.

Sexuality, simply put, is sexual feelings, attractions, thoughts or even acts towards others. Key word here is sexual. Nature has us go through milestones of changes and sexuality becomes activated sometimes during adolescence and that is when we become aware and curious about it, but before that, curiosity about the sexual use of our genitals is non-existential. No normal child is or should be aware or even curious about sex, or wanting to explore it unless someone has exposed them to it.

We live in a sick world, so not every childhood is innocent, unfortunately. And a lot of people can point to a period in their childhood when they became aware of sexuality, and chances are it was because of external factors rather than biology. That may even be a lot more common than we want it to be, however, nothing about that abuse of stolen childhood should be considered normal, and so when I come across people that talk about children and sexuality like it’s a normal and healthy thing, I find them extremely bothersome.

As I said, I am slow to judge people and their quirks and peculiarity is their special mark of individuality and I’ll respect it, but they lose major points with me the moment I find out they think/feel sexuality in children is normal and OK.

IT. IS. NOT!!! PERIODT!!!

©Naan Pocen