'If we don't talk to our kids, the media is going to educate them for us, and we are not going to love the result.' They spanned a broad range of races, religions, classes and sexual orientations.Įditor's note: This interview contains a homophobic slur.Īuthor Peggy Orenstein knows that talking to your son about sex isn't easy: 'I know for a lot of parents, you would rather poke yourself in the eye with a fork than speak directly to your son about sex - and probably he would rather poke himself in the eye with a fork as well,' she says.īut we don't have 'the luxury' to continue avoiding this conversation, she says. between the ages of 16 and 22 on intimacy, consent and navigating masculinity. Author Peggy Orenstein's new book, Boys & Sex, is based on extensive interviews with more than 100 college and college-bound boys and young men across the U.S.
