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This was a panel that had some generational aspects. The panelists had what struck me as maybe a 20-30+ year age spread, which was probably matched/exceeded by the age spread of audience members - teens through 70s is what I'd guess.
And those age differences made a huge difference to the topic, because I think the people of different ages were often having different discussions. Because they'd grown up in potentially very different worlds as regards their sexuality and the influences on it.
( My experiences didn't have much to do with the patriarchy... )
So my first reaction after the panel was: wow, those women live in a very different world than I do.
And the next day, my reaction was: wow, thank you to previous feminist generations. Thank you for ensuring that I get to grow up in a world where it's possible not to have those experiences of being so lonely and having so little information and feeling so isolated. Thanks for creating the resources that talk about bodies and sexuality without blame or shame. Thanks for creating organizations that make it possible for women to protect their sexual health without dealing with an often still-judgemental traditional health system. Because none of those things existed even 10 years before I was born. And they made my life much much much better than it could have otherwise been.
And those age differences made a huge difference to the topic, because I think the people of different ages were often having different discussions. Because they'd grown up in potentially very different worlds as regards their sexuality and the influences on it.
( My experiences didn't have much to do with the patriarchy... )
So my first reaction after the panel was: wow, those women live in a very different world than I do.
And the next day, my reaction was: wow, thank you to previous feminist generations. Thank you for ensuring that I get to grow up in a world where it's possible not to have those experiences of being so lonely and having so little information and feeling so isolated. Thanks for creating the resources that talk about bodies and sexuality without blame or shame. Thanks for creating organizations that make it possible for women to protect their sexual health without dealing with an often still-judgemental traditional health system. Because none of those things existed even 10 years before I was born. And they made my life much much much better than it could have otherwise been.
