Miley Cyrus: "Sex Is Really Beautiful"

Miley Cyrus is an open book ... and this time the topic is sex!

The 19-year-old wild child sat down with Amanda de Cadenet for Lifetime's The Conversation and revealed her thoughts on gettin' busy. Miley told Amanda:

"Girls who base how much they're worth on the sexual favors they can do for somebody, that makes me really sad. Because sex is actually really beautiful."

And she didn't stop there. The former Hannah Montana star gave parents some advice. She added:

"It's the only way that we create and it's the only way that the world keep going. It's ignorant to not talk to your kids about it or make it seem like it's not as cool or magical as it actually is. If [kids] have a TV, they know what sex is. Everyone knows, so educate them."

The sexy songstress has been dating actor Liam Hemsworth for over two years.

Cyrus said, "Just be who you are, and that is where your style will come from, and your attitude, and your spirituality, and your sexuality," she said. "Because it's coming from a place of love."

Well put, Miley!