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[quote=Anonymous]^^^I get what you’re saying about lines in the sand. My kid the other day asked me if it was weird that his friend, a HS junior, was dating a girl, HS senior. Huh? It’s possible they’re only a few months apart in age. And, honestly, I thought my kid was kind of off the rails prudish or something, but it’s interesting to me that this attitude is pervasive (and I no longer live in DMV so it’s not just a regional thing).

At the same time, I think that emphasizing consent is a positive development. It’s been a while, but I was a teen girl once and I’ve got experience with a teen boy/boyfriend who was aggressive and wouldn’t take no for an answer. What did I do after? Pretend it didn’t happen, dated him for a few more weeks and then found a different reason to break up with him. Sort of to save face I guess? And I kind of blamed myself for it – oh, I shouldn’t have been alone with him in the first place.

Hopefully, these consent talks are having an impact on these types of guys? But, really, who knows?  I’m afraid though that the really good guys who would probably make great boyfriends, may see girls as kind of untouchable now and are kind of afraid to get involved with them? And, yet, at the same time, don’t really know how to deal with some of the girls who may be more sexually experienced than they are.

Maybe the net positive is that they will start dating when they’re older and have more mature, healthy first relationships than I (we?) did.
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