Posted on 12/15/2006 6:32:58 AM PST by Atlantic Bridge
German kids like their sex. A survey of European teen sex habits has found that only pubescents from Iceland are quicker to jump in the sack. But when it comes to safety, the Dutch are tops.
The casual observer in Germany might be forgiven for thinking the Germans are oversexed. Pornographic cinemas and blush-inducing sex shops are a familiar part of the urban landscape, while exposed breasts are a common sight on advertising billboards and magazine covers.
With all that stimulating material around, it's not surprising that young Germans apparently have sex on the brain. A newly-released World Health Organization (WHO) report on sexual habits among teenagers in 26 European countries reveals that German teens are quick off the mark when it comes to losing their cherry; the average age at which Germans -- both boys and girls -- first have sex is 16.2.
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It's OK. When the Muslims take over they will put sexual relations at the top of your agenda. I think Europe has far more to be worried about than sexual promiscuity.
You sound more like a liberal to me. No wonder Germany is such a mess when all sexual morality has all but been abandoned.
Legalized prostitution has lead to rampant sex trafficking and the spread of STDs in your nation. Is acceptance of consensual pedophilia next? Bestiality?
Oh we do make our moral choices. I simply see no sense to force my kids into a public soul striptease for the emotional auto erotic of some "concerned" groups. That is a issue the family and not the church, society or whatever.
"But the issue is something to be shared inside the family and not in the public."
Agreed, which is why we don't want ads of half-naked 14 year olds groping each-other hanging outside our mall at Abercrombie & Fitch. I also don't want my daughter to see teens feeling each other up at the local Dairy Queen. I definitely don't want her being taught sex-ed the way it was taught at my school ("you will know when the time is right", "pretend the banana is your penis").
Again, not saying your point-of-view is wrong, but let America be America.
Europe is NOT a country, even though you folks have been trying hard to make it so. The EU is a collection of separate national entities that is slowly (or not so slowly) being dominated by the countries at the bottom of the morality barrel (France, Netherlands, Germany.)
It is refreshing to see the Brits resist, but even there, the morality is slipping, and the Muslims are taking over.
What's the age of consent in Germany, anyway? In the states, many of these kids would be considered rape victims.
I'm frankly surprised the Icelandic tourism industry hasn't capitalized on this.
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Also, it's ironic that Germany is so sex saturated, but the fertility rate is WAY down. That sounds like a nation that has embraced the Culture of Death--as defined by our magnificent German Pope, Benedict XVI.
As far as I know - 14.
Honestly, have you ever thought of the idea that some of your forefathers did not leave their homes based on a free decision? Can you imagine that Europe was more developed than America even in the early last century, and that living in New York was almost as bad as living in New Delhi or Bombay is today? No, America got its advantage through Europe´s bad luck of having had two world wars on its soil. No wonder the best skilled people of Europe chose to escape from this place. Don´t be proud of your forefathers decisions, you cannot be proud of that! You can just be proud for what you´ve accomplished and achieved in your lives. What are you going to say to people who had not the luck to live in such nice countries we live in? That they cannot be proud of their lives? Your thoughts seem strange to me.
Thank you for participating in what I believe is a largely American web cite. I welcome your views.
What people do in the privacy of their own homes does affect the public sphere because people participate in both areas (private and public life). If you decide to experiment with bisexuality, for example, in the privacy of your own home because your school has taught you that this is all right, this may affect your vote on, say, gay marriage years later. If two lesbians have children, they may easily demand that school children be taught that it's entirely acceptable to deny a boy a father. There is no such a thing as an education which is "values neutral". The public sphere is a continuation of the private sphere and the private sphere reflects the public sphere. This is one of the points mentioned in the article.
Europeans may be off the mark quicker when it comes to sex, but their declining aging populations do not bode well for their societies. The young must bear the cost burden of overly generous social welfare systems. The need to import foreign labor is sowing the seeds of present and future discord. Unemployment rates hover around 10% for many countries. Europe is dying, but the sex is great.
14, but only if the parents agree that the teenager has a relationship with the partner. With the age of 16, teenagers may consent to sexual activities without the parental approval.
That is an incorrect way to portray it. Both the kids having sex and the public displays come from the same root cause -- that sex and/or the human body isn't seen as dirty or sinful in Germany.
In the states, even 4-years old kids are punished for sexual molestion.
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