I agree that it isn't desirable for people to get married so young. I did it myself, and though I did get Mr. Right, it really was luck more than good judgment. The luck of the pheramones, I guess. (Actually I think I just had a very smart right brain.) Still, life would have been easier had I finished college and married later.
<<Sex adds a nuclear explosive to what is already a highly volatile period: Puberty and the teenage years.>>
Yes. And i think, counter-revolutionarily, that that's a much bigger problem for girls. And that casual sex is more of a problem for women, too, not just girls. I do think that intense sex tends to make most women feel intense love-feelings, and that men on average find it easier to detach emotion from sex. And adolescent girls simply don't have the perspective or experience to understand that. (Actually, this used to be a counter-revolutionary position, but isn't being denied even by the PC any more, I have the impression.)
<<<So how do we get the genie back in the bottle? Or do we even try? >>>
You said genie, I can't resist. I heard this joke today:
Old guy walking on the beach. Sees a big conch shell, picks it up and brushes off the sand, in the process rubbing the shell.
A genie appears, and says, "This is your lucky day! You get a wish, and I will make it come true!"
The man says, "Well, how wonderful. I was just worrying about the tragic situation in the Middle East, and wondering whether there will ever be peace in that unhappy part of the world. So my wish is for peace in the Middle East."
The genie says, "Oh, I'm awfully sorry. But that is a very complex, difficult situation, and even I, with all my powers, can not promise success in that endeavor. Please make another wish."
The man says, "That is disappointing. But the other thing I was thinking about was sex. The fact is, there is something I am disappointed about. Although my wife and I have been married for 50 years, she has never given me a blow job. So my wish is... that when I go home, my wife give me a blow job."
The genie says, "Uh... Let's get back to the Middle East...." |
