Shaping Teen Sexuality
On a typical Thursday afternoon, at the corner coffee house, a nineteen year old bartender leans against the bar watching, and listening to her patrons. The atmosphere is calm and quiet as two different groups of females discuss their boyfriends, lovers, dating rituals, and other feminine problems. She looks a little closer, listens a little harder, and finds striking similarities. Right off the surface she notices that the two groups outwardly look similar. Short, revealing, body-hugging tops; skin-tight pants; long, high heel boots, and plenty of make-up. Both groups look very chic, very trendy. Of course one group is wearing more revealing clothing, higher boots, and more defined make-up than the other. Listening to the conversations, there are more surprising similarities. Discussions are filled with sexual undertones. “There’s this new type of birth control I’m looking into, of course we’re still going to use condoms for now…” “I really have to get to know the guy before I get sexual with him…” “I heard she slept with him and his best friend…” “We’ll we haven’t had sex yet but I’ve gone down on him a few times…” One of the females proudly boasts,
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Approximate Word count = 1684
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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