Varias, Licelle B. 30 January 2012
Hume10 U-3R Ma’am Christine Marie Reyes

Sexuality Realizations

It was only three weeks ago when I learned that my aunt, whom I thought is a self-proclaimed lesbian because of her physical appearance, body movements, and past relationships with the same sex, is dating a guy from Manila. She related to us (me and my siblings) how she got to know that guy and how she told him that she has had relationships with women. I was shocked after hearing her story, and realized one thing – that my aunt is not really a lesbian, but a bisexual instead. Thanks to my Sosc3 and Hume10 classes, I finally distinguished the differences between genders.

I’ll be turning 18 this February and for the past few days, I keep asking myself how mature did I become back when I had my first menstruation. Although honestly, I really don’t believe that maturity starts right after menarche, the earliest memory I can recall about ‘maturity’ was that moment. It was a Saturday, 17th day of September 2006 to be exact. After my mother found out that I had my menstruation, she started reciting to me the ‘rules of maturity’ that were passed from my great grandmother down to my grandmother, to my mother and her girl siblings, to my older sister, and that time – to me. Funny as it may sound, but it is something about sexuality and its importance.

My grandmother is prominent in our place because she belonged to a group called ‘Tres Marias’, named by our then mayor, which is a group of the three most religious people in Lipa. That time, I really don’t know how they became ‘Tres Marias’ and how people measured their religiousness. As expected, I grew religious enough, and because of that, the topic of sexuality is really a sensitive topic for me.

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When I was younger, my mother is the one whom I sometimes have an open forum with,