"Mom, what is sexual desire?“
„Umy, why do people have sex drives?“
It's the reason I want to write about libido. I know that one day, if my children ask me, I will have the opportunity to give healthy sex education to them. But what am I going to say? When I think of sex drive, I think of the sex scenes in movies.
But I know clearly why I have to tell them „what is sexual desire or sex drive“. It is very simple, I hope that my children can understand sexual desire completely, so that they will not become out of control, they will not become a potential sexual assault, and they will not be prevented from expressing their own sexuality. So no matter when or where my children ask me about sexual desire, I will say at least these three points:
1) Sexual desire and food appetite are both basic human needs. Having sexual desire does not mean that you want to have children.
2) There are many ways to express sexual desire: painting, writing a diary, acting, playing thoughts or fantasies in mind, doing sports, masturbation, and many more, having sex with others is not the only key.
3) Sexual desire is like a rocket. It calls for our initiative to discover “the things“ that I favor and enjoy in my life.
