joelbear, I know your advice is well meant, but don't you think it is deeply sexist?? I expect stereotypical attitudes from straights about homosexuals, I guess it's a suprise when a homosexual has such stereotypical views about straights.
I can assure you that women's "drives will lead them into doing anything to get sex". Women are just as much sexual creatures as men.
I've got several lesbian friends and they are very happily fucking themselves silly with the same enthusiasm as gay guys or straight guys or straight girls. I'm going to a wedding in a few weeks of a female friend whose libido made most guys look like MONKS, until she settled down and found her match.
You say;
You are more valuable than to give it up to someone without a commitment from them to partner with you and help build a life for your and your offspring
Come on, you realise that many many people WANT to have sex BEFORE marriage, as it is FUN, and the fact that straights can normally have kids as a matter of course does not mean every woman wants to turn into a cookie baking 'breeder' the minute she gets married.
I agree with the people who said the sixteen is too young, but when my daughters are that age I hope they will already have the knowledge to do what they decide to do safely.
But to say that people should 'delay sex until they are out of their teens', well, I SO disagree!
We are not talking about splitting atomes, we are talking about SEX!
It is 'complicated' and requires making 'very adult decisions' BUT you learn how to do that by doing, not by waiting with your legs crossed in frustration until you are 20 and then making all the mistakes you could have got out the way by that age in your early twenties.
No biggie joelbear - I love your posts normally, but I just don't agree with you on this one!!
