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[quote=Anonymous]I don't think boys are predators at all but there is a lot of social pressure on them to make the first move and there is social pressure on them to be sexual. Young boys are socially conditioned and as they go through puberty physiologically aroused to think about sex. part of fitting in as a boy in middle school is talking about sex. They are curious about porn, about sex, about girls body parts, about arousal. They have testosterone starting to increase and are getting erections and are starting to masturbate and to be sexual beings. So middle school boys tells his friends he has a date and his friends start building up the expectations for what that means - will he kiss her? will he get aroused? etc...the talk focuses on the expectations being placed on him. Even though most of the boys may have not done really anything sexual, there is pressure to talk and act as though they know more and have done more than they have.

Girls in middle school are not expected to talk or act this way and they don't. They too may have new hormones and an increasing libido but there isn't pressure on them to be sexual.  Girl talks about going on a date and the other girls are just excited - oooh a date, what are you going to wear? do you think he will try to kiss you? and often focus on the more romantic aspects.

And some kids in middle school are having sex. I worked in a middle school for two years and what you overhear in the hallways is kind of shocking.

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