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customerserviceguy

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22. I don't think
Wed Sep 26, 2018, 12:49 AM
Sep 2018

that the blue-collar/white collar thing has too much to do with it. Maybe your kids and their friends are not in a rush, because they were brought up by parents scared to death of STD's and pregnancy, and made sure they had proper instruction, not only on methods of avoiding these things during sex, but on how to not get into the situation in the first place. My high school drama group was well known for having a disdain for the casual sex that we assumed was taking place all around us, and while I didn't necessarily go along with their opinions, hanging out with them meant less opportunities for hanky-panky.

Also, I think that expectations of young people have changed in the last thirty years, yes, movies still depict teens involved in sexual activity, but not so much of the exploitative kind, like "Porky's" and even "Revenge of the Nerds" had.

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