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Mormonism and Sex

Conversations with Dr. Jennifer

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The Dangers of Rejection of Sexuality

I think it does a lot of damage to not just the women but to men also. Instead of shaming any of those sexual impulses and feelings that are super, I've said to parents, something would be going wrong if your child wasn't having those feelings. This is God-given normal sexual development. And so if you start introducing lots of judgment and harshness, a 12 and 13 year old is not in a position to really understand it. So many people have internalized a rejection of pleasure, a rejection of sensuality that those sexual feelings and so on are a danger to their spiritual well-being.

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