Sex on camp

As a psychiatrist who specializes in working with teens, I hear "it" discussed often - quietly, tentatively at first, until the teen decides that I am "OK. Does this doctor really want to hear what I have to say about this or is she going to give me a lecture? Can I ask her my questions or will she think I'm stupid? I bet she never had this problem.

For parents, sending a teen to summer camp must be a deal with the devil: You get a break from caring for your angsty kid, but in exchange, you live with the knowledge that little Madison might suck a dick this summer. Communal sleeping, shared showers, and minimal supervision — often at the hands of slightly older and even hornier youths — add up to a pressure cooker of hormones, humiliation, awkward fumbling, and memorable discoveries. Lauren was the alpha girl of my cabin. She was cool and tough and came from New York and had a Beastie Boys cassette. When she stole my pink training bra, I was kind of honored.

It is not yet 8am on a Saturday morning and I am kneeling on all fours, receiving a firm spanking from a handsome young man I met approximately 10 minutes ago. Around us, a dozen more couples are slapping, stroking and scratching one another, punctuating the air with gasps and groans of pleasure. Before lunch today, I will have been blindfolded, then flogged, and mastered the basics of Japanese rope tying. Sex Campers are also encouraged to push their own boundaries, so, by dinnertime, I will have got naked in a room full of strangers, a situation terrifyingly far outside my comfort zone. Will everyone else be in couples and cliques?

Things feel fresh and sexy as you discover each other in a new space. Take, for instance, having sex while camping. In the great outdoors, your animalistic instincts come out, reignited by the thought of having each other out there in the wilderness. Whether in a tent or outside, there are a few things to consider before having sex while camping. Being covered in flies is not exactly a turn on.