[ppaul]

The Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal put the topic on the front pages of the nation's newspapers and on television. Since then, stories about teens and oral sex have surfaced...

Alas, the tragic, lasting legacy of der Sinkmeister.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Thanks, Bill. Your legacy is assured.

[NautiNurse]

When you see a teen with a pierced tongue, you know for certain.

[TopQuark]

No, friends this has nothing to do with Bill.

Altohugh it's a long post, reread the article. Not a word about parents. Not a word about religion. But plenty of "school," "curriculum," health-care "services."

Mankind, including the children, needs nothing to be sexualy active: low life does that too. Actually, even dogs regulates these matters with their puppies. We, however, no longer do that.

Kids always pushed the limits, but it was parents and sporitual, not civic, leaders that regulated where the limits were. That is where the problem lies.

What I offered you is the best test: let 100 people read the article and see how many will even catch that it inlcudes neither of the two sources --- parents and the church --- from which children learn to regulate their sexuality. It shows that no only we do not have proper answers --- we do not even know where to seek them.

[ppaul]

FYI

[Wright is right!]

"In doing so, they risk contracting sexually transmitted diseases such as the herpes virus and HIV, the virus that can cause AIDS."

The risk of mainstream teens becoming infected is one of the most microscopically-small risks known to man. Most of these articles are written under the thesis that AIDS somehow magically manifests itself when two people engage in sexual behavior - ignoring the fact that one of the participants has to ALREADY HAVE the virus. Among teens that are otherwise virgins and have no IV drug history, infection is a virtual impossibility.

I remember this scene in some movie/TV show/whatever where a teen couple (boy-girl) are contemplating having sex. Both are virgins. "But what if we get AIDS," one asks. The utter preposterousness of this scene will stick with me for a LONG time. Which is one of the reasons a lot of the safe-sex mantra is ineffective - it's based upon patently ludicrous concepts that even a pea-brain can see thru as specious.

And notice the one-way nature of the oral-sex phenom. The boys mentioned seem oblivious to the idea of reciprocity. No wonder they grow up as jerks.

Michael

[templar]

It all has it's roots back in th 60's, with the advocacy and development of birth control. Sex is no longer considered as being a part of creating a family and of accepting responsibility for a family. It's looked upon as recreation.

[joesnuffy]

Kids wanting to be live versions of 'inflatable party dolls'
The Clintonistas legacy

[Darksheare]

There are many people who have deluded themselves into thinking that they have to have sex with someone to get someone to like them.

Most common as a behaviour in those who were molested or raped at a young age.

And now school sex ed courses have been teaching this as "normal". And yet, hypocritically, screaming about the rise in std's among teenagers.

They get the big "Well, DUH!" award.

[no-s]

Recently a friend yanked her daughter, age 12, from public school and sent her to a religious school. Apparently one of the daughter's school friends, a cute little blue-eyed blonde, was the oral-sex princess of her middle school. Boys as young as 9 were getting on their bikes and riding over to the girls house after school (both parents working) for a special deal....

What clued the mother - the daughter's friend was visting, a small contingent of boys came knocking, and the little girl was complaining about having to take care of all the boys by herself. The little girl explained "it's not like it's actual sex, I'm too tired to take care of all of them."

When did she start? About 3 years ago! I can't imagine how the parents never noticed what was going on!

[GeekDejure]

Alas, the tragic, lasting legacy of der Sinkmeister

Hmmm . . . Are you implying that my purchase of that notorious Blue Dress was indeed a wise investment ???

[Arthur McGowan]

This definition, the classical, timeless definition, of illicit sexual activity, would cut through all the B.S.:

Deliberate seeking of venereal pleasure other than in acts between husband and wife which are in themselves apt for the generation of children.

[Pharmboy]

Thanks for the ping. X42's legacy gets better every day: this along with the demorout that just happened.

[Dianna]

But a Kaiser Foundation study found that 80 percent of parents surveyed wanted their teenagers to be taught how to use different forms of birth control in junior and senior high school. Ninety-four percent said they wanted teachers to discuss with students the pressure to have sex and the emotional consequences of becoming sexually active.

That first figure MUST be absolute nonsense. I want the wording of that question. 80% of parents WANT their kids putting condoms on bananas?

As for the second figure, I'd prefer the school never mention anything about sex to my children. But discussions about dealing with peer pressure and emotional consequences isn't too bad.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

"Girls I know who have done that, their reputation changes," she said. "If a guy does it, they don't say anything about it. But if a girl does it, that's when they start saying she's nasty and stuff."

I notice high school age girls spend a lot of time discussing who the sluts are. Maybe things haven't changed all that much.

[Texaggie79]

"And you don't really have to like a girl"

That's mah man!