A beginning

Back when I was a girl, we were taught that good girls do not like sex. It was something that you put up with for the sake of a marriage and keeping your husband happy. While no one explicitly told me this, I learned it through unspoken conversation with my mother, in church and in the media. I accepted it without thought like many other lessons we learn as a child.

As an adult, I've learned to question many of my assumptions. Why don't "girls like sex"? Why does the patriarchy try to keep us little sweet innocent things who put up with sex rather than enjoy it? I admit that I've fallen into the trap in may relationship where the sex has waned over the years, but I want to change that. I *like* sex. I like the feel of my SO's body against me, the smell and taste of him.

I'm sick of society telling me what I want and need. I want to take my sexuality in my own hands and wring the enjoyment that I *deserve* out if it.

And hence this blog.

I'm staying totally anonymous on this one. Too much that I really don't want to have to discuss with my MIL over dinner next week. I like the fact that I can keep a semi-public journal and get feedback from my readers (please do!) without anyone know who I am. It's rather liberating.

Rachel X