Ya know, I don't believe in waiting until marriage to have sex or live with a potential spouse. How are you going to know if there's a spark...a connection? And how will you know if you can spend the next 50+ years living in the same house with somebody if you never spend more than a few hours together? Seriously!
Why do the PSAs I remember from my childhood seem so much less fucked up?
And why does the concern that the Bush Administration, the religious right, and misogynistic men show toward children's sexualities (especially little girls) so frequently reek of pedophilia?
"Tell me what you want from me" while talking to me about sex, indeed.
i think we just ignored them more as kids. probably because they were directed at us and we just thought they were stupid. and now we're looking at them for what they're trying to say to kids today.
i always get the impression that some of these kids are asking for a different message. it's all like hey, little black girl, whore it up already. but you mister white boy... no sex for you! *wink wink*
actually... i just noticed. only the girls ever mention sex... or the whole "what do you want from me?" and the boy gets an education and the girl raises a family...
Okay, entirely hypothetical future kid, you asked for this talk.
The God and the Goddess invented sex, passed it onto their kids. They probably had loads of fun inventing it, because hey, it's still loads of fun today. You're gonna figure that out for yourself someday, probably much sooner than I'd like, but frankly that's my hang up, not yours.
Thing is, Him and Her don't care what kind of ring you got on your finger when you do it, but I care what you're wearing, because a round bit of gold won't stop diseases or stop you getting pregnant. Condoms will, and yes, the fact that I blush when condoms are even mentioned is one of the reasons you're hypothetical. Anyway, you can buy them at Boots or any supermarket, the trick is hide them under a packet of crisps on the conveyor belt and don't look the cashier in the eye when they scan the box through. But be polite to them anyway, because manners are for everyone.
So, er, yes, condoms are good, now let's go back to watching the telly, this time in an awkward silence.
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Date: 2007-10-09 05:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-09 05:19 pm (UTC)Ya know, I don't believe in waiting until marriage to have sex or live with a potential spouse. How are you going to know if there's a spark...a connection? And how will you know if you can spend the next 50+ years living in the same house with somebody if you never spend more than a few hours together? Seriously!
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Date: 2007-10-09 05:22 pm (UTC)And why does the concern that the Bush Administration, the religious right, and misogynistic men show toward children's sexualities (especially little girls) so frequently reek of pedophilia?
"Tell me what you want from me" while talking to me about sex, indeed.
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Date: 2007-10-09 06:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-09 06:56 pm (UTC)you want me to wait...
to have sex...
i always get the impression that some of these kids are asking for a different message. it's all like hey, little black girl, whore it up already. but you mister white boy... no sex for you! *wink wink*
actually... i just noticed. only the girls ever mention sex... or the whole "what do you want from me?" and the boy gets an education and the girl raises a family...
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Date: 2007-10-09 08:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-09 11:20 pm (UTC)The God and the Goddess invented sex, passed it onto their kids. They probably had loads of fun inventing it, because hey, it's still loads of fun today. You're gonna figure that out for yourself someday, probably much sooner than I'd like, but frankly that's my hang up, not yours.
Thing is, Him and Her don't care what kind of ring you got on your finger when you do it, but I care what you're wearing, because a round bit of gold won't stop diseases or stop you getting pregnant. Condoms will, and yes, the fact that I blush when condoms are even mentioned is one of the reasons you're hypothetical. Anyway, you can buy them at Boots or any supermarket, the trick is hide them under a packet of crisps on the conveyor belt and don't look the cashier in the eye when they scan the box through. But be polite to them anyway, because manners are for everyone.
So, er, yes, condoms are good, now let's go back to watching the telly, this time in an awkward silence.
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Date: 2007-10-09 11:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-10 04:13 am (UTC)I want to tell my child to wait until *she* feels ready not tell her she needs to wait till marriage!!!
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