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Right now, our culture's obsession with image is holding us all back. But let's show our kids the truth. Let's show them that the way you look is just one part of your identity and that the truth is we love them for who they are and what they do and how they make us feel. Let's build self-esteem into our school curriculums. Let's each and every one of us change the way we talk and compare ourselves to other people. And let's work together as communities, from grassroots to governments, so that the happy little one-yearolds of today become the confident changemakers of tomorrow. Let's do this. (Applause)
And I said, “Yeah. You know, I'm not really up on my frog reproduction that much. It?s the females, I think, that lay the eggs, and then the males fertilize them. And then they become tadpoles and frogs.”
And she said, “Oh, so is that true for humans too?”
And I thought, “Okay, here we go.” I didn't know it would happen so quick, at eight. I was trying to remember all the guidebooks, and all I could remember was, “Only answer the question they're asking. Don't give any more information.” (Laughter) So I said, “Yes.”
And she said, “And where do, um, where do human women, like, where do women lay their eggs?”
And I said, “Well, funny you should ask. (Laughter) We have evolved to have our own pond. We have our very own pond inside our bodies. And we lay our eggs there, we don?t have to worry about other eggs or anything like that. It's our own pond. And that's how it happens.”
Then we got home and we see the cat. And she goes, “Mom, how do cats do it?”
And I go, “Oh, it's the same. It's basically the same.”
And she goes, “But I just can't understand it.”
So I go, “You know, why don't we go on the Internet, and maybe we can see ... like on Wikipedia.” (Laughter)
So we go online, and we put in “cats mating.” And, unfortunately, on YouTube, there's many cats mating videos. And we watched them and I'm so thankful, because she's just like, “Wow! This is so amazing.” She goes, “What about dogs?” So we put in dogs mating, and, you know, we're watching it, and she's totally absorbed.
And then she goes, “Mom, do you think they would have, on the Internet, any humans mating?”(Laughter) And then I realized that I had taken my little eight year old's hand, and taken her right into Internet porn. (Laughter)
And I looked into this trusting, loving face, and I said, “Oh, no. That would never happen.”
Source : TED
*"The Talk" is a talk about sexuality between parents and children, usually awkward and embrrassing.
indivisuality 개성 / inclusion 포용 / on one’s pedestal ~의 존경을 받는 / obsession 강박증 / grassroot 시민 lay 알을 낳다 / tadpole 올챙이 / fertilize 수정시키다 / mating 짝짓기 / absorbed ~에 빠져있는
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