Editor's note: This interview contains a homophobic slur.Īuthor Peggy Orenstein knows that talking to your son about sex isn't easy: 'I know for a lot of parents, you would rather poke yourself in the eye with a fork than speak directly to your son about sex-and probably he would rather poke himself in the eye with a fork as well,' she says.īut we don't have 'the luxury' to continue avoiding this conversation, she says.