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Originally Posted by redforever
I have a suggestion for parents out there.
Teach your sons how to be gentlemen!!!!
Why are we only looking at what the age of consent is and how to lock our daughters up?
Sexual activity is a two way street, responsibilities lie with both the man and the woman so responsibilities for BOTH have to be addressed.
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Have you ever been, or had a son, who was 16? At that age, hormones pretty much stage a coup and hold the brain for hostage. All the good teaching and ground work in the world isn't going to do much good at that point, and wee Willy is going to be making all the decisions for the lad.
We have a 16 year-old-daughter, and we've tried to teach her to make the right and responsible decisions and abstain from sex until she's at least 18, or older if she wishes to be celibate until married. But we're not fools either ... some 16-year-olds are going to experiment with sex. So we're tried to teach her to make the right and responsible decisions in that situation too ... ie, safe sex. We don't encourage that option, but we're not going to stick out heads in the sand and ignore it's possibility either. Personally, I'd rather she have a boyfriend who is a good kid, but having safe sex with her and treating her with respect, than for her to date someone who is going to treat her like dirt, or kill her while driving impaired, or get her hooked on crack. There are worse things in the world than 16-year-olds having sex.