The document discusses the author's experience learning about sex from inappropriate sources like movies, TV shows, and adult websites as a teenager growing up in India, where discussing sex openly was taboo. This led the author to have misconceptions and insecurities about sex. The author believes that having access to proper sex education from parents and teachers could have helped many teenagers avoid problems like unwanted pregnancies and health issues due to lack of knowledge about safe practices. The author hopes future generations will be more open about discussing sex education to promote healthier attitudes.

1. REFLECTION JOURNAL: SEX SOURCE
Sex was a really interesting yet taboo topic while I was growing up.
We were never even allowed to say that “sex” word openly in front
of anyone. All this only made me more curious to know about it and
of course I was not going to go ask someone directly about it, we
Indians do not talk to our parents about such topic because we are
too afraid of them.
So, all that I knew about sex was from movies or some series and as I
was growing up, I was introduced to new sources like adult sites and
internet. It was always the hot topic to discuss among friends, so if
we did it, it was a thing which we used to brag about. These sources
really had a great impact on my teen life, because of all these I had a
wrong idea about sex, and I was expecting something I saw in movies
and series which led to birth of all my insecurities about myself,
these movies and adult sites give us a perfect image and we in our
mind tend to believe that this is what it should be like.
But now when I am all grown up, I think that I wish had proper
sources like sex education or getting information from parents and
teachers. It would have been better and a lot of children’s who are
facing body insecurities would have been in a better place. A right
source of information about sex is important for teenagers so that
they do not do something stupid.
A lot of youngsters tend to get in trouble just because they did not
have a proper information source. There are so many cases of
pregnancy before 20. There are more than 30% of women who
become pregnant before 20 and mostly men from the age 15-19
years are involved in that pregnancy which is an awful situation.
With the right kind of education and by talking freely to your kids
about sex will make the situation way better than it is now. When we

2. get the knowledge from some adult site or from the internet, we do
not get informed about precautions we have to take. I wish with time
this gender gap reduces and sex not longer be a taboo term.
Our generation will surely be a voice of change.