This is typically used in reference to the earliest years regarding neural development, when touch, emotional bonding, and eye contact are critical. Extremely neglected children end up with developmental disorders that can't be wished away or helped much by therapy. Those not socialized when needed are stuck with a prefrontal cortex that cannot mature the way the socialized do, and for those people, if maturation happens at all, it takes decades beyond their socialized peers. Read up on the Romanian orphan catastrophe. Some babies died from lack of touch. One of the worst cases of isolation screwing up a brain is the Genie Wiley case. Look it up on youtube. A brain's development AND it's continued well being are tied into these things, bonding and touch. This is not opinion. We should learn a thing or two from our (apparently) closest relatives the bonobo. I think most males understand we needed sex at a certain point growing up. It's treated as a want rather than a need, but considering the hurt caused by its lack, for boys I submit that it's a requirement for those ready to ask for it. "Keep it in your pants" is rubbish. "Losing your innocence" is rubbish. Males are built for sex at young ages. At thirteen I lucked into someone who finally gave me a few blowjobs. It was life saving. It was the OPPOSITE of anything harmful. It was a gift. It was wonderful in every way. I needed them started way earlier, probably at 8-9. For me harm would not have been possible. If I could have just asked for bj's openly I would have been doing it everywhere I went every single day and multiple times per day. Sadly, most men are too cowardly to openly admit the truth of their own sexual development. I was a walking boner almost from day one. There was nothing I could do about it. |