Years ago the old FE-RAW blog hosted some remarks about boys being uninformed about what was going to happen to them at puberty. The author pointed out that girls are given a great deal of information as they approach their periods. They have the support of all the females in their extended family. I've heard that some women even host a ladies-only party to celebrate a girl's first period.
Contrast that with how boys learn about their bodies. The typical young man knows only what he has picked up from other guys. Judging by the stories posed on oots4friends and shaareyourbs most boys are unprepared and frightened by their first experience with sexual maturity. It is most unlikely that a boy's father has told him anything about wet dreams, ejaculation and masturbation.
There's a great divide here. Not unusual for women to tell each other at work that their daughter just experienced her first period. The other women will hug her. Can you imagine any father telling his friends at work that his son just shot his first load?
We should do better for our boys.
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