
Fatou Sow
- Jan 27, 2018
- 4 min
How to Teach a Black Girl About Sex
Do you recall being a little girl in middle school? The hormones, the boys, your menstrual beginning, your breasts enlarging, your hips expanding and your butt spreading? And do you remember what your mother told you? I remember my mom saying, “Girls are supposed to keep their legs closed and they aren’t supposed to put their mouths on certain things.” That was it for the most part. I asked a few of my girlfriends how the topic of sex was introduced to them and each had stark