As a middle child of 5, my parents never took it upon themselves to actually teach us about sex and inappropriate behavior. They just always said “don’t do it” and expected the church’s same guilting technique to keep up safe. When I turned 12 and was getting interviewed to go to the temple for my…
Every bishop that I can remember has asked me about masturbation, behind closed doors. When I was a teenager, I was told in a fireside meeting that no girl would want me, and my marriage wouldn’t last, if I masturbated. Due to this, I grew to hate my body and my genitals, and regularly engaged…
The first time I remember hearing the word masturbation and learning what it meant was in a priesthood worthiness interview when I was 12-14 years old.
When I was high school age, I had been involved in some sexual actions with a person of the opposite sex. Because of this, I felt Guilt and went to repent to my bishop. I was extremely uncomfortable, and it only got worse when he started probing for intimate details about how far we had…
Shortly after my Mormon family moved to La Grande, Oregon in 1971, my father told me that I had a meeting with the bishop. I was just fourteen, and I had never met the man. My father ushered me into his office. I had had an interview with a Mormon bishop in Pennsylvania, and it…
I figured out how to have an orgasm when I was 8, after I was baptized. I told my mom about what I discovered and she pulled out a manual that explained it was a sin and that I needed to obstain from that and control my impulses. Just the name masturbation seemed so abhorrent…
I was 15 and had never kissed a boy. In tithing settlement my bishop asked me if I had had sexual relationships with anyone. I said no. He then asked if I performed oral sex. I know I was 15. However, I didn’t even know what that was. I left feeling ashamed and gross. I…
I was 12 years old the first time I was asked about masturbation during a Bishops interview. I think I was surprised to be asked that kind of question by a priesthood leader. Being caught off guard, I told the Bishop that I didn’t but that was a lie. From that time forward in each…