I think that chastity really could use a good updating. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, teenagers were getting married, having sex, and bearing children. To assume that our physiological makeup can change in such a short amount of time is unrealistic. It’s all well and good to criticize teens for having sex and not waiting until they are “old enough,” but when is someone going to actually honor the science side of this issue? It’s not all morality and religous upbringing. It definitely is animal instinct to procreate. So, yes, I think that sex needs to be discussed in the home, in the church, in the places where we learn our values, and the subject of chastity needs to be approached in terms of love, commitment, and respect. Were these tools applied more often and more practically, I think the incidence of teen sex could go down, or at least be handled much more responsibly.

I was raised that sex is private, and that the privacy is what makes it special; that sex was something to be discussed in limited company, and that being too open about sex in front of mixed company (your grandma, the cashier at the 7-11) is what cheapens it.

I’m no prude, but I do get tired of shrugging off sexual comments and innuendo in casual conversation with strangers.

The other thing- short-ass skirts. If you can’t reach up above your head without showing folks your Christmas, you’re really showing us your lack of self respect. A glimpse at *my* Christmas is something diligently earned. So there.

honesty, people, is it really that hard?

M., who would NOT go on the podium and stand next to her man. well, at least she can not imagine a situation where she would