Good girls do

http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040207/CENTRE07 ^ | Feb. 7, 2004 | SARA WILSON

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

The Clinton Legacy. G-d help us.

[MoralSense]

What is "a pair of Manolos"?

[lawgirl]

Besides being totally disgusting, this is very interesting from a woman's lib viewpoint. I am sure Gloria Steinem wouldn't care these girls are acting like whores, but she might be interested to not the SERVIENT nature of these acts. Notice it's not boys reciprocating- it's girls servicing the boys. So the loose morals of the women's lib generation has evolved to turning their kids into servient whores being treated with nothing but disrespect.

[theDentist]

After president Bill Clinton drew his famous distinction between "sexual relations" and oral sex, U.S. media began to discover that middle-schoolers mirrored his opinion.

"Mirrored"? No. Parroted seems more likely.

[PatWilson]

Bill Clinton's chief legacy to the country is that he made fellatio a topic suitable for the prime time news.

[ClearCase_guy]

Feminism is all about turning women into sex slaves for men. In the past, women had some degree of power: "If you want me to do that, marry me." But now, women and girls don't feel they can take a stand. "If I don't give him what he wants, someone else will."

And so females have become mere playthings for men. Why do they put up with it? Must be that Feminine Mystique.

[Snerfling]

Yawn - same old, same old.

From 'Flyboys' (the story about WWII Pacific theatre pilots like GHW Bush) "Earl Warren was not a virgin when he got out of high school. A place was no problem. We would drive a mile out of town - we'd do it in a car."

[Interviewer expresses surprise that high schoolers were so sexually active back in the 1930s.]

"Oh, we did it as often as they do now. Only back then we didn't talk about it as much."

[grellis]

My heart goes out to all you FReepers with daughters.

[lawgirl]

I have no idea why they put up with it. I got married at 23, and everyone says "you were so young!!!" No I wasn't. And for heaven's sakes- my poor grandma thought I was barely being saved from being an old maid! Now, at 29, my peers are all desperate to get married, after having given it away to, usually, at least a half dozen people. Contrary to "4 Weddings and a Funeral", someone with a long record is NOT attractive.

And people wonder why I don't want kids- it's the most frightening of propositions to throw your kids into this kind of atmosphere.

And it's no wonder I feel more "at home" watching movies from the 30s and 40s!!!

[Piranha]

There were articles shortly after the movie "Pretty Woman" came out that attributed the whole phenomenon to Julia Roberts' character's sexual borders.

[valkyrieanne]

It's *worse* than being a whore - at least a whore gets paid, and doesn't have to pretend any emotional interest or commitment. She knows what she is, and after that it's merely a negotiation about the price, as Winston Churchill said. But these poor girls are getting all of the abuse, taking all of the risk, getting no pleasure out of it, and having to still pretend that there's some "love" going on there.

[Nea Wood]

And people wonder why I don't want kids.

I hope you change your mind. It's people like you who should have kids, because you'd raise 'em right.

[lawgirl]

But I don't think they are pretending that there is love going on they are treating it like a transaction- a rite of passage and expecting nothing from the boy in return.

Can you imagine? This whole account just overwhelms me and makes me want to scream out more than any other time in our history - WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks, Bubba.

[Mr. Jeeves]

What is "a pair of Manolos"?

Manolo Blank is apparently a "must-have" shoe brand these days.

It's funny that teens are behaving this way, while a lot the women in their 20's and 30's I see these days might as well be wearing burkas. I guess they've used up their sexuality early, and have nothing left to offer.

[mattdono]

Thanks. I have a son and a daugther and this behavior will not be tolerated.

I wonder if I can sue the "sink miester" for providing the example by which so many youths are following. If this kind of crap happens with either of my kids, I might just have to b*tch slap him.

[newgeezer]

{ping}

Good girls do

In that case, I guess we're going to disagree on the meaning of "good."

(I know you want to respond with, "How much?" But, how about something a little more profound?)

[biblewonk]

There's another hugh thread on this topic. It's a series new problem that has never existed before. Hummers that is, not duplicate threads. ;-)

[cupcakes]

Good point lawgirl. I was thinking along the same lines.

[Travis McGee]

Thank you Beelzebubba Clintigula.