Sparked by Sidejump's recent blog, and also Sienna's ...

For many of us sex / lovemaking is something we learn from another amateur - usually a juvenile; we have little direct experience to judge anything by, and so we probably spend a lot of time wondering if other people do it better - and for most of us that is in the background for the rest of our sexually active lives - although habit and the familiarity of a long-time partner can make it recede.

Wouldn't it make sense if you couild learn from another well-experienced lover before the bad habits and uncertainties set in?

Shouldn't we therefore encourage generational-gap sex? Rather than looking askance at lovers who have a big age difference, shouldn't we be encouraging a young person to seek coaching from an older one. Of course it would take a few years for the right patterns to evolve - you don't want 35 year old virgins being partnered by 18 year old ones.

We pass on other skills from older to younger - why not the most important one of lovemaking?