Originally Posted by
BillyBumbler
I'm not trying to be a jerk or anything, and granted this is my first post ever on this site, but don't you imagine that not discussing sexuality with minors is the very reason incidences of minor pregnancy and STD infection has shot through the roof? Maybe it'd be a little more sensible to help anybody who asked a question. I mean, anybody could simply lie about their age anyways, correct? So asking them their age only proves that they're either 18 or older, or a liar, but you can't possibly know which. I don't know... I just feel like we're exacerbating the situation by refusing to talk about it, labeling it some sort of cultural taboo. It's not like you turned 18 and all of a sudden you were an adult. Sexuality is subjective, and nobody should be ashamed to talk about it, ESPECIALLY a possibly scared minor looking for information about pregnancy risk. Unto us the chance to educate has been given. Mayhap it would be intelligent to seize it.
GREAT!
YOU can take the responsibility and LIABILITY when that minor's parents sues you, then. If they're a LIAR, it's not MY responsibility to find out. They publicly post that their age is 18, and I have to take them at their word.
And I think the reason we have more teenage pregnancies (because *I* had a teenage pregnancy) is twofold: 1. PARENTS don't talk to their children and have high expectations of them. 2. SOCIETY doesn't shun teen parents, making it acceptable to be an underage, unwed mother.
Either way, that's a discussion for the Members Discussion boards.
THIS thread is closed, as the OP has not come back to give an age so I'm assuming it's under 18.