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To: Grainne who wrote (71073)	1/6/2000 3:48:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Respond to of 108807

Thanks for your response Christine, and rest assured, not many people agree with me on the subject of teen relationships etc. It seems to me that A LOT of people dwell on the topic(mostly conservative males), for some odd reason they tend to focus on the girls exclusively - which really bugs me fwiw, and occasionally things go so far that these same people blame teen girls and their sexual behavior for virtually all of societies' ills - crime, drugs, etc. (see the abortion issue and the "cheapens life" debate). I don't like it when grown men blame teen girls for problems that they should be solving so I definitely have a chip on my shoulder regarding that. I also don't recall much of the same debate about teenage sexual morals from when I was a teenager, but I wasn't looking for it either and may not have been aware. I had a life-changing event happen to me when I was 17 - I accepted a job in a computer company which was started by a 20-year old. I was a customer service rep. 19 and 20 year olds were running this company, teenagers were all over the place and they acted like adults, with adult values. The following year I went to Cal and lived next door to a fraternity - now there was a dichotomy, let me tell you. Because of my work experience, the frat boys seemed like a bunch of immature animals to me - I believe that THEY behaved that way because they were not living adult lives either - society allowed their behavior, whereas had they had adult responsibilities maybe it would have been different? If I wanted to steer a teenager away from teen sex I would encourage them to climb mount everest, or start a company, or write a book with an intent to publish, or make a movie... that would be my focus. Here was an excellent book on the topic (which I only read excepts from the NYT) - but the continuous theme seems to be society's unwillingness to treat these people as adults and almost a boredom that makes them behave the way they do. This book supports your pov mostly. amazon.com