"Girls and Sex" Author on Diane Rehm Show

[Anonymous]

Did anyone else tune into this?

https://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2016-04-20/girls-and-sex

Any thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Any particular insight, OP, that stood out to you?

[Anonymous]

"I'm so looking forward to buying birth control for my high schooler."

Said no parent ever.

[Anonymous]

8:00 here. Thank you, OP, for posting the link, as it's a very important discussion topic. I'm just unable to listen right now and am wondering what perspective Diane's guest is coming from.

I think far too many parents have no clue how severely HS/middle school sex is impacting our culture. The CDC has just announced that the biggest jump in suicides is among girls aged 10-14.

Anyone think that premature sex has nothing to do with that?

Anyone think girls aren't suffering from depression when they get dumped by the 'boy of their dreams'?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"I'm so looking forward to buying birth control for my high schooler."

Said no parent ever.

Um, I noticed almost 100 hits on this thread, and this is the only comment besides my own. So interesting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:8:00 here. Thank you, OP, for posting the link, as it's a very important discussion topic. I'm just unable to listen right now and am wondering what perspective Diane's guest is coming from.

I think far too many parents have no clue how severely HS/middle school sex is impacting our culture. The CDC has just announced that the biggest jump in suicides is among girls aged 10-14.

Anyone think that premature sex has nothing to do with that?

Anyone think girls aren't suffering from depression when they get dumped by the 'boy of their dreams'?

The CDC didn't just announce it- they announced it in 2007. Why would you think the issue is sex and boys? Those issues have been around forever. Social media, however, has made bullying and shaming a national sport in middle school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"I'm so looking forward to buying birth control for my high schooler."

Said no parent ever.

I just don't get this perspective. Buying birth control for a highschooler signals to me that there has been a conversation and communication between parents and kids about sex. It means that there has been discussion about pregnancy, about responsibility and about feelings. To me, that's a really good thing. I have no negative feelings about buying birth control for my high schoolers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:8:00 here. Thank you, OP, for posting the link, as it's a very important discussion topic. I'm just unable to listen right now and am wondering what perspective Diane's guest is coming from.

I think far too many parents have no clue how severely HS/middle school sex is impacting our culture. The CDC has just announced that the biggest jump in suicides is among girls aged 10-14.

Anyone think that premature sex has nothing to do with that?

Anyone think girls aren't suffering from depression when they get dumped by the 'boy of their dreams'?

The CDC didn't just announce it- they announced it in 2007. Why would you think the issue is sex and boys? Those issues have been around forever. Social media, however, has made bullying and shaming a national sport in middle school.

Wrong. The rate among girls ten to fourteen has now tripled.
Of course it's getting fueled by a multitude of reasons, including more and more kids raising themselves in an empty home after school. When and where do you think it's so convenient to have sex?

[Anonymous]

Well I listen to her a few times. She seems to be a little naïve or out to make some sort of statement. I thinks girls/women she talks to are telling her what she wants to hear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any particular insight, OP, that stood out to you?

-Despite the pop culture sex onslaught that young girls currently face, parents and mothers are failing their daughters by neither educating nor empowering.
-Many parents discuss female anatomy with their daughters, skipping everything between the navel and knees.
-Girls are not taking a stand for themselves sexually nor fighting for "sexual satisfaction equality."
-The definitions of "hooking up" and "losing virginity" are fluid. While girls aren't losing their virginity in a traditional sense at a much higher rate, what is happening in the virtual world, be it through Skype, etc., is far more psychologically damaging.

One takeaway for me: If our tween girls don't know what their clitoris is (educating/discussing all girl body parts) and don't know that masturbating (self-empowerment) is both healthy and normal, then we are doing them a great disservice. How many moms here have broached either topic at all?

[Anonymous]

When I was a kid, it was the girls who were pushing for sex and boyfriends. The girls mature faster, the boys never get a talk about what to do if you do not want to have sex with a girl. It just assumed as a boy, you want to have sex with any girl and you know what to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:8:00 here. Thank you, OP, for posting the link, as it's a very important discussion topic. I'm just unable to listen right now and am wondering what perspective Diane's guest is coming from.

I think far too many parents have no clue how severely HS/middle school sex is impacting our culture. The CDC has just announced that the biggest jump in suicides is among girls aged 10-14.

Anyone think that premature sex has nothing to do with that?

Anyone think girls aren't suffering from depression when they get dumped by the 'boy of their dreams'?

The CDC didn't just announce it- they announced it in 2007. Why would you think the issue is sex and boys? Those issues have been around forever. Social media, however, has made bullying and shaming a national sport in middle school.

Wrong. The rate among girls ten to fourteen has now tripled.
Of course it's getting fueled by a multitude of reasons, including more and more kids raising themselves in an empty home after school. When and where do you think it's so convenient to have sex?

What studies show "more and more kids raising themselves in an empty home after school"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any particular insight, OP, that stood out to you?

-Despite the pop culture sex onslaught that young girls currently face, parents and mothers are failing their daughters by neither educating nor empowering.
-Many parents discuss female anatomy with their daughters, skipping everything between the navel and knees.
-Girls are not taking a stand for themselves sexually nor fighting for "sexual satisfaction equality."
-The definitions of "hooking up" and "losing virginity" are fluid. While girls aren't losing their virginity in a traditional sense at a much higher rate, what is happening in the virtual world, be it through Skype, etc., is far more psychologically damaging.

One takeaway for me: If our tween girls don't know what their clitoris is (educating/discussing all girl body parts) and don't know that masturbating (self-empowerment) is both healthy and normal, then we are doing them a great disservice. How many moms here have broached either topic at all?

This is very interesting to me and a good point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any particular insight, OP, that stood out to you?

-Despite the pop culture sex onslaught that young girls currently face, parents and mothers are failing their daughters by neither educating nor empowering.
-Many parents discuss female anatomy with their daughters, skipping everything between the navel and knees.
-Girls are not taking a stand for themselves sexually nor fighting for "sexual satisfaction equality."
-The definitions of "hooking up" and "losing virginity" are fluid. While girls aren't losing their virginity in a traditional sense at a much higher rate, what is happening in the virtual world, be it through Skype, etc., is far more psychologically damaging.

One takeaway for me: If our tween girls don't know what their clitoris is (educating/discussing all girl body parts) and don't know that masturbating (self-empowerment) is both healthy and normal, then we are doing them a great disservice. How many moms here have broached either topic at all?

This is very interesting to me and a good point.

Then take about 40 minutes and listen to the interview

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any particular insight, OP, that stood out to you?

-Despite the pop culture sex onslaught that young girls currently face, parents and mothers are failing their daughters by neither educating nor empowering.
-Many parents discuss female anatomy with their daughters, skipping everything between the navel and knees.
-Girls are not taking a stand for themselves sexually nor fighting for "sexual satisfaction equality."
-The definitions of "hooking up" and "losing virginity" are fluid. While girls aren't losing their virginity in a traditional sense at a much higher rate, what is happening in the virtual world, be it through Skype, etc., is far more psychologically damaging.

One takeaway for me: If our tween girls don't know what their clitoris is (educating/discussing all girl body parts) and don't know that masturbating (self-empowerment) is both healthy and normal, then we are doing them a great disservice. How many moms here have broached either topic at all?

This is very interesting to me and a good point.

Then take about 40 minutes and listen to the interview

And?