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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lily Inverse" data-source="post: 257414" data-attributes="member: 4594">I don't think it would really be a central part of their doctrine.  At BEST it would be up to the individual Master, because by the time most padawans hit the age where training is possible they're under the tutelage of an individual Jedi.  Moreover, sexuality is a deeply ingrained part of any species' makeup.  Sure, the parts might match up, but how the heck is a Twi'lek supposed to give a Bothan instruction in this regard?  This only gets worse when you have a humanoid training a nonhumanoid or vice-versa.  If the differences get too extreme, the advice you give is going to be so far off the mark as to cause MORE confusion.To support this, we only need look at Anakin's awkwardness at dealing with his emotions, of which physical attraction was clearly a component.  He clearly wasn't used to dealing with this....likely because Obi-Wan hadn't bothered to teach him about it.  We can assume Shmi didn't say anything either, he WAS nine years old when Anakin left, after all.  Sure, Anakin might know the basics from living on Tatooine, but he's not going to be emotionally equipped to deal with puberty with advice like "Mind your thoughts, Anakin, they betray you."  No wonder he's so messed up.</blockquote>