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“Mum, I am into kink”: why it’s so hard to talk to parents about sex

Talking about cunnilingus with parents may sound like a type of medieval torture. But we pay for silence in lost pleasure – and health risks.

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I’m not ashamed to say I know a thing or two about sex. Some of the things I know are polite and some less so. These things I have learned from many sources: porn, past partners, reading pamphlets or articles and friends. None I have learned from my parents or other adults in my life.