you can't get STD's or pregnant through spin the bottle. i mean, there *is* a difference. sure, kids have to negotiate their own boundaries, to some extent. however, parents have every right to set boundaries, and to be worried when their children cross them. as much as i usually harp about "individual responsibility" (i.e. if the kids do this and somehow something bad comes of it, it's their own damned fault), sex is SO SO SO forced down everyone's throat anymore that is really is a social issue. this visible manifestation of this game (through public wearing of the bracelets) feeds into this in a context where peer pressure and the need to be like everyone else is already way too high.
personally, i think if you engage in oral sex in the back of a school bus, you are just naaaaaaasty.
i agree with most of the above. many adults don't understand you can get all the same std's from oral sex you can from intercourse, let alone middle schoolers. i agree though, its definately hyped and i'm sure it happened back in their day too, its just all of a sudden getting attention.
ps - i am not terribly convinced how widespread this is (as i take it you also are dubious of), and i think jelly bracelets are retarded in any context. :)
while shopping at target for garbage bags, i happened to see 3 middle school-frehsman-ish aged young women. one had a big ole sweater on, so who knows. one had no such bracelets. however, the other (A RED HEADED VIXEN NO DOUBT!!!) had about 8 bracelets: 4 blue and 4 black.
now, i have to repeat i don't think this is some widespread sex conspiracy thingy, but if someone told me last week that i was going to see a girl with jelly bracelets on, i would have not guessed 4 blue/4 black to be the color make-up thereof.
so anyhow, i thought that was kinda funny. then again, i don't get out much, so a stick of butter is kinda funny to me, too.
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personally, i think if you engage in oral sex in the back of a school bus, you are just naaaaaaasty.
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while shopping at target for garbage bags, i happened to see 3 middle school-frehsman-ish aged young women. one had a big ole sweater on, so who knows. one had no such bracelets. however, the other (A RED HEADED VIXEN NO DOUBT!!!) had about 8 bracelets: 4 blue and 4 black.
now, i have to repeat i don't think this is some widespread sex conspiracy thingy, but if someone told me last week that i was going to see a girl with jelly bracelets on, i would have not guessed 4 blue/4 black to be the color make-up thereof.
so anyhow, i thought that was kinda funny. then again, i don't get out much, so a stick of butter is kinda funny to me, too.
i will keep everyone updated on my findings!!
*extracts tongue from cheek*
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