They are uncomfortable talking about sex because they don't want people to think they know about it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are so many aspects of human sexuality that we're afraid to talk about, because people still don't understand it. It's not just black and white, you know?
People are usually afraid to say what's on their mind.
People just want to know something, anything. It's all the stuff you never want to talk about, the private stuff.
We exist in this weirdly schizo culture, where sex is everywhere in the media, and yet, at the same time, you don't sit down and have a conversation about what you did in bed last night with your friends. Despite the ubiquity of sex, it's still a taboo when it comes to day-to-day conversation.
I think it's sort of disrespectful to the partner you're having sex with to talk about it.
Well I think people think sex is controversial. Not always, but certainly it's something to be discussed.
People are so afraid to talk about real things, but they're experiences that everyone goes through.
To talk about adults without talking about their sex drives is like talking about a window without glass.
Because I was extremely uncomfortable talking about sex with him at all and particularly in such a graphic way, I told him that I did not want to talk about these subjects.
They wanted to hear about the sex, of course. But not the rest; no one wanted to hear the rest.