From Jacquelyn Mitchard’s April 13 column: Even ‘hip’ parents miss key points in sex talks
“Boys are pressured into sex, because it’s considered masculine, and girls because they want to be popular and have boyfriends. They don’t know there’s an alternative. They don’t know that “outercourse” is potentially as dangerous as intercourse…. And we haven’t had the kinds of talks with our kids that can convince them. Just say no ain’t cutting it. Want to know how? Tune in next week.”
Okay, I’ll tune in, Jacquelyn. I hope you’ll include some aspect of Rounding the Bases, AKA, sexual gradualism. (See a Google search on that phrase for more.)