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"The steamy days of Washington summer may be upon us, but these girls, all from Burke, were definitely not getting skimpy. For a generation bombarded with news of pantyless celebrities, most of the girls we interviewed were surprisingly modest, more Hilary Duff than Lindsay Lohan."
-- Ylan Q. Mui, 'It's Not Just Parents Saying No to Skimpy Clothes,' Washington Post, June 4, '07
Oh, thank God!
Submitted by Mariah on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 20:24It seems, as the years go by, that I (and select of my friends) am one of the last hold-outs against the "Sex by 15 is normal" bent of society. I'm a 25 year old perpetually-single woman who doesn't see what's so awesome about having random sex with men who don't care about me. I'm a jaded person, knowing that more than half of relationships now-a-days fall apart (and seeing it happen in living color). But I don't want a life full of "batting practice". I believe that one-step-to-the-plate-and-WHAMMO!!-outta-the-park-homerun relationships can happen.
I went to Planned Parenthood a few months ago to see about getting on some birth control (to have some control over certain hormonal activities in my life, lol) and my mother was skeptical, saying that they might not give it to me since I wasn't sexually active and wasn't planning on being so any time soon. But both nurses I talked to while I was there, not only were SURPRISED to learn that I'd never had sex, but were IMPRESSED and SUPPORTIVE. While it might be hard to see, there are people out there who like seeing women actually take control of their lives, instead of letting Hollywood and society tell them what to do.
And yeah, the idea of holding hands with a guy makes me grin like a little kid.
Mariah.