It’s hard to ignore that there’s a class of cranky commentariat that was upset that kids changed norms and had too much sex and then became upset that kids changed norms and had not enough sex and it’s becoming to look kind of unsettlingly preoccupied
In all seriousness, if the kids are having less sex it's more likely because they have a radically different understanding of consent than we did — and that's GREAT.
There seems like a surprisingly large class of people that think that teen sex should be exclusively done in the back of a large sedan or station wagon and not necessarily with consent
And I mean I owned a car that you could father and raise a family in but let's be honest a bed is still better
It's depressing how many people my age (Xennial) and older have a "losing my virginity" story that's really the story of a rape.
The only heartening thing is that I can now recognize that, and that a lot of kids have always been able to tell the difference.
Yeah that sucks -- I am still in touch with the first woman I slept with and we're still close because we actually loved each other but there are so many stories that are justifying it
Mine was 100% mutually consensual (believe it or not back in the dark ages of Reagan we understood consent & had places to do it besides a back seat)
I'm friends on FB (old ppl, amirite?) + pretty sure she's MAGA-adjacent
case in point why you shouldnt necessarily marry 1st person u have sex with
Doing some quick math, I think only about 20% of the women I know well had a consensual experience, and even among that it was only a net positive for like, two of them.
The Pill was around since the early 60s, though condoms tended to be behind drugstore counters until the 80s when herpes and AIDS made them much more accessible.
It was a lot of what catalyzed the Sexual Revolution, in addition to just the boomer generation being in their 20s and horny.
