# Did you have sexual feelings as a pre-pubescent child? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 31, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-sexual-feelings-as-a-pre-pubescent-child/697057 "2014-08-31T16:59:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mo50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@mo50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mo50)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-sexual-feelings-as-a-pre-pubescent-child/697057/41 "2014-09-02T17:55:19Z")
I remember as a very pre-pubsecent kid (male) watching Catwoman on Batman (Julie Newmar version), Ginger from Gilligan’s Island (yes, Ginger), and Cher on the Sonny & Cher show and getting sexually aroused. Had no idea what the hell was going on, just knew I really liked watching them in a way I wasn’t used to! :o ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-sexual-feelings-as-a-pre-pubescent-child/697057/42 "2014-09-02T22:34:52Z")
I started masturbating around 8 or 9. I didn’t know anything about sucking or fucking or hitting this or that but i sure as hell was horny and figured out how my dick worked real quick. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-sexual-feelings-as-a-pre-pubescent-child/697057/43 "2014-09-02T22:52:23Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > having a pole to see would provide some answer. > [@Voyager](#): > > Excellent typo there, guy. 😛 wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-sexual-feelings-as-a-pre-pubescent-child/697057/44 "2014-09-03T20:11:10Z")
I remember being in kindergarten or first grade and gaga over a little blonde girl, I wanted to hug and kiss her. Don’t remember how far I got. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-sexual-feelings-as-a-pre-pubescent-child/697057/45 "2014-09-04T10:15:37Z")
> [@grude](#): > > I’m not talking about stuff like why doesn’t Jessica have a penis, I mean actual god damn I wanna hit that, suck that, have that in me type thoughts. I don’t think that wanting to hit that, suck that is a good criterion. I had no clue until quite late that hiting that or sucking that was related to “sex” because I wasn’t aware of the concept of sex. But I definitely had sexual feelings as a child. I had erections, playing doctor aroused me (it wasn’t “curiosity”…do some kids actually do that only by curiosity?), I actively sought porn/erotic pictures, and I had fantaisies that I can now recognize as sexual even though I didn’t know then that sex existed. I can’t perceive much difference between the nature of these feelings before and after hiting puberty. These feelings date back to at the latest the age of 5, and by 7 I was trying to hold on kinky italian fumettis. Naked tied girls were obviously the greatest thing since the invention of sliced bread. When I think of it, it reminds me of an anecdote : at some point I had the fantasy that when I would get married, my spouse and me would secretely get naked and touch each other (I had absolutely no clue that adults were indeed doing that). ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-sexual-feelings-as-a-pre-pubescent-child/697057/46 "2014-09-05T05:59:18Z")
I remember as a child (from 6 years old and on) being very interested with pictures of women in swimsuits, lingerie, or as magician’s assistants. I even imagined cute girls in my class as taking part in magic tricks. Since I remember being embarassed if adults saw me looking at these pics, that’s a clear sign that I knew it was something “naughty”. But then again, I never remember getting an erection or touching myself while viewing these photos. My pre-pubescent knowledge of sex was minimal:I knew it was something adults and only adults were supposed to do, but had no idea about the mechanics of sex. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-sexual-feelings-as-a-pre-pubescent-child/697057/47 "2014-09-05T22:22:05Z")
I have a diaper fetish. When I was a little kid I often had daydreams about being forced to wear diapers by various adults in my life. They were exciting daydreams, but I never associated them with sex (having no idea what sex was at that point). As an adult, I recognize them (and now experience them) as submissive sexual fantasies. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-sexual-feelings-as-a-pre-pubescent-child/697057/48 "2014-09-06T05:26:23Z")
Yes. I can recall several elaborate fantasies, before kindergarten age. I don’t know if I thought of it as sexual, but certainly pleasurable. ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Shift](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Time\_Shift](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Shift)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-sexual-feelings-as-a-pre-pubescent-child/697057/49 "2014-09-06T08:27:33Z")
Yes. At 8, I accidentally discovered what sex was via VHS tape labelled “Cinderella,” only it was not the Cinderella I was expecting. Some weeks later, I started to masturbate. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-sexual-feelings-as-a-pre-pubescent-child/697057/50 "2014-09-06T08:42:06Z")
I am so glad you wrote “as” and not “for” ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-sexual-feelings-as-a-pre-pubescent-child/697057/51 "2014-09-06T08:48:07Z")
Huh well I guess me and the other “no’s” are the odd ones out, interesting. I didn’t really know how to phrase it to exclude masturbation and curiosity that doesn’t involve doing something with another person. Anyone who has kids or has taken care of young kids knows toddlers masturbate, but they do it almost mindlessly and it doesn’t appear they are thinking of a fantasy or anything. That is what I was trying to exclude. ---
**Author:** ![Contemplation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Contemplation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contemplation)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-sexual-feelings-as-a-pre-pubescent-child/697057/52 "2014-09-07T02:12:05Z")
I did have erections, but not pleasure. I also started liking girls at 7th grade, but still didn’t feel any sexual urges. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-sexual-feelings-as-a-pre-pubescent-child/697057.md?page=2)