Right now I am surrounded by teenagers (all in silent sustained reading) and I can tell anyone reading this article that it is 100 percent pure unadulterated cow flop. I see real teenagers every day. I talk with them. Some of them even confide in me the troubles and trauma of their lives.
Yes, there are some teens who are promiscious. I don't see that as a trend - I see it as the norm. There are a few when I was a teenager in the late Stone Age (somewhere between Led Zeppelin and the B52s). My readings from historical sources indicates that some teens were promiscious in the 1950s. And the 1930s. And so on probably back to the dawn of humanity.
For most teens, though - at least the little herd that roams in and out of my classroom - there is plenty of holding hands, lovestruck eyes, unrequited crushes, and a desire for longterm love. When I talk about the solid positive relationship and love with my wife to the students, the girls, especially, light up.
So what am I going to believe - the Boston Globe or my own eyes?
Exactly - I started my sexual shenanigans in 1969. There were PLENTY enough promiscuous girls to go around back then. Remember - those were the days of "Free Love" and "Let it all hang out".
Boy, did we.
I was just thinking that also. Sounds specious to me
I taught high school for quite a few years, and I am sorry to say that the teens I came into contact with were more likely to be sexually active than not.
Yes, of course, there were sexually active teens in the 1950s and the 1960s, when I was growing up. But these kids especially the girls) were in the minority, and they were not looked upon with tolerance, much less with the admiration they seem to experience today in many circles. A girl was expected to be a virgin when she married, and, most of the time, she would be. When a girl did lose her virginity before marriage it was more than likely to her boyfriend who then became her husband.