BODY TALK

Until I was 14 years old, I thought that a baby came out of your belly button. I never knew that they came out of your vagina because no one told me. I wish I would have known more about myself. I wish that Body Talk could have told me back then and I wouldn't feel like an idiot now.

Flint, Michigan

I used to think that my clit was cancer. When I was younger, my mother didn't tell me anything and I looked into what it was and everything that I found made it seem like I had cancer. So I thought that for a long time until I learned more about myself. I think Body Talk is needed for young girls because they don't know better if no one will talk to them about it.

Grand Blanc, Michigan

My mom was very quiet about things like sex, our body and even our period. I have four sisters and none of us were talked to about sex, or about what happens to our body. She hardly even showed us how to use a tampon or pads. She just wasn't someone who talked about it. I wish that we would have talked more about it because for the longest time I had always thought that something was wrong with me. Yet the things that actually happened were just normal things that happen. I don't get why she wouldn't have told us about it. I wish Body Talk was around when I was younger.

Davison, Michigan