I did not start masturbating until almost 20 and had late puberty with the menarche at almost 16.

However, I caressed a boy in preschool, had numerous same age boy suitors starting in first grade (strictly same age or even a few months younger) without really knowing what to do about them, but did reciprocate the feelings of a couple of them. I also fantasized a lot about the boys I was interested in, and one of the fantasies included being together in a sleeping bag (a 2nd grade fantasy), fully clothed, but together. I just had this fantasy for whatever reason. I still remember the boy from that fantasy - he was a redhead with lots of freckles, and, he was a bit daring in terms of classroom behavior. I still think that redheads are special and that freckles are the most adorable of all facial features. The boy's parents relocated after the second grade and I do not know what ensued. In third grade I had a reciprocated relationship with the boy with whom I shared the desk, and he visited my apartment and I served him hot chocolate on the best German china my grandmother gave me. And then we walked in the courtyard holding hands. He then switched schools and I missed him for many years, so it was quite a lasting attachment. And I fantasized about finding him one day. Then in 6th grade one classmate sent me a love confession in a note that he asked classmates to pass to me, from desk to desk. It was written in English which was the language we studied, but the vocabulary level was above and beyond the school curriculum in that it used the word "reciprocate" - he was requesting that I reciprocate his feelings. I guessed what "reciprocate" meant, but, at home, verified that my guess was correct by consulting with a big thick dictionary. The boy was quite charming and had that incredibly deep, rich, low voice that boys his age normally do not have. He was normal height and normal weight - actually, on the shorter side by a bit, but the voice was just amazing. I went on to become attracted to men primarily on the basis of the voice qualities and not visual features, so that early attraction was quite predictive of future patterns, and I did fantasize about the boy a lot in terms of doing things with him (all completely non-sexual) and his attraction to me was common knowledge in the social circle. He then switched schools because he went to study mathematics in-depth in a school for gifted teens. I liked him a lot and he liked me a lot - we just did not know what to do with the attraction/feelings etc. other than talk on the phone for hours feeling a bit embarrassed.

All of that - completely non-sexual. No genital involvement of any kind (I am talking about myself as I cannot speak for my elementary and middle school boy suitors).

All of that was happening in the Soviet Union where sex was officially non-existent, so there were absolutely no "sexual" influences from society, no MTV, no make-up at school of any kind, uniforms for boys and girls throughout the whole public schooling timespan, no sex ed... and very modest clothing, believe me.

In other words, PURE innocence in its most PURE form. Isn't it what you cherish and value?..