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S-E-X

By Jeremy | March 9, 2005

My buddies seem fixated on the topic. Liz channeled Salt-N-Pepa flava recently and Jose and Mayra are all lovey-dovey every chance they get (see for instance, 1 and 2). For whatever it's worth, here's another perspective on the topic I wrote last year after Nipplegate.

A sixteen year old boy ogles internet porn on his bedroom PC. His fourteen year old sister listens to Jessica Simpson's "Sweetest Sin" while text messaging gossip about her fantasy with green eyes. Their twelve year old brother lost his virginity last week. And mom and dad are still irate about Janet Jackson's sunburst nipple ring. It's time for a little perspective.

Read the rest of the article here, which seems to be timely again in light of the recent findings that 3 in 10 "young teens" (13-16) are sexually active and Ã¢â‚¬Å“have been with someone in an intimate or sexual way,Ã¢â‚¬Â as reported by NBC News.

Topics: articles, culture, sex, youth, youth ministry | 1 Comment »

One Response to “S-E-X”

JosÃƒÂ© & Mayra Humphreys Says:
March 9th, 2005 at 6:48 pm
Lovey-dovey, heh?

Your article is on-point J. Kids are aware of their sexuality at the earliest of time now. When I was in JHS it was a big deal if you “made-out” with a girl. What grieves me at times, is I know real “old-school” youth ministries that are going through the motions of church service, without even mentioning the MTV,VH1,XBOX,etc. which is popular in youth culture. There goes that relevancy thing again….

JosÃƒÂ©