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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 79141" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Here's hoping some of this sinks in. There is "being an individual" in name only so you can REALLY belong to a crowd (which doesn't really value the true you inside) and there is being prepared to walk alone if you have to, in order to be true to yourself in the long term. Very different things.</p><p></p><p>Your mention of sex still concerns me - how does she define "sex"? A lot of young kids these days only use the term to describe male vaginal penetration of the female. This excludes a lot of oral sex, for example, and a lot of exploitation that goes on in some horribly young girls, simply because they are told that if they don't provide the service they won't belong to the group. This means there is no respect for the girls in this situation and they get caught up in a vicious circle of low self-esteem, lack of self-respect and feeling used. The boys involved in this also get a very distorted view of how to interact with girls appropriately. Nasty stuff, not shown in movies as a rule (although I don't know "thirteen" very well, I did see reviews but that's all).</p><p></p><p>Sounds like I need to sit down with easy child 2/difficult child 2 and watch "thirteen". Gotta keep up!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 79141, member: 1991"] Here's hoping some of this sinks in. There is "being an individual" in name only so you can REALLY belong to a crowd (which doesn't really value the true you inside) and there is being prepared to walk alone if you have to, in order to be true to yourself in the long term. Very different things. Your mention of sex still concerns me - how does she define "sex"? A lot of young kids these days only use the term to describe male vaginal penetration of the female. This excludes a lot of oral sex, for example, and a lot of exploitation that goes on in some horribly young girls, simply because they are told that if they don't provide the service they won't belong to the group. This means there is no respect for the girls in this situation and they get caught up in a vicious circle of low self-esteem, lack of self-respect and feeling used. The boys involved in this also get a very distorted view of how to interact with girls appropriately. Nasty stuff, not shown in movies as a rule (although I don't know "thirteen" very well, I did see reviews but that's all). Sounds like I need to sit down with easy child 2/difficult child 2 and watch "thirteen". Gotta keep up! Marg [/QUOTE]
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