Human Sexuality

             Everybody has a different way to learn about their sexuality. Some learned it from the media, some learned it through their peers, and some learned it through their parents. As for me, I learned it from reading books and experiencing it. Not like most kids in the United States, I grew up in a very conservative Asian family. Sex is something that we never discuss or even talk about in our family.
             When I reached puberty, I had to go to the library to find book about sexuality and read. Not like other parents, my parents never sit down and discuss with me about it. When I went to high school, I was very curious about sex. But because sex is something very shameful and secret in my culture, I was punished and ban by my parents from reading books about sexuality. Not until my junior year in high school that I finally have a lot of understanding about my sexuality and sex.
             It is very hard for me to get stuck between two different cultures as I growing up. Comparing to my culture, the people in the United States are very open about their sexuality and sex. In my culture, sex is considered very secret and very shameful to talk about. When I am in school teachers told me to talk to my parents about sex. When I am at home I was ban from talk about it. Therefore, the only choice that I could learn was to find books and read about it and experiencing it myself.
             A lot of people in the United States approve male circumcision not because of one reason but because a lot of reasons. One of the reasons is the foreskin. They think that the foreskin is very difficult to clean and causes problems like infections cancers or even STDs. Therefore the circumcised penis is problem free. The procedure for circumcision is very simple and complications are rare. It also does not hurt because they use anesthesia. Another reason is because everyone does it. They feel that boys should lo
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