A little young for abstinence?

[silverfox]

I was sitting in the movie theater yesterday with my family waiting for the movie to start. There was a large family behind us and by their conversation they were obviously LDS.

A commercial came on showing two young girls (approx 13-14 yrs old) talking about abstinence. The sound was very low (as it always is for this ad, it plays before EVERY movie at this theater-probably turned down due to the content).

The first comment (from a male-maybe mid 20s)behind me was, "Geee, they need to turn it up. What are they saying?" A girl (about the same age) responds, "They are talking about abstinence." "Abstinence???", the young man says in shock, "Aren't they a little young to be talking about abstinence??"

It was a reminder to me of how, IMO, the Morg throws families/members into an unrealistic world.

I have to say I was quite surprised that a man so young would be shocked at the dialogue.

My 11 year old knows all about sex, abstinence, choices, birth control, etc. She is a sweetie and for the knowledge she has one might assume she acts older than her age, etc. But she doesn't. She is a little girl who acts like a little girl but is informed about what goes on in life around her. It's no big deal to her. She is informed, therefore, IMO, more prepared to make decisions / choices when the time comes.

[hamar]

I was sitting in the movie theater yesterday with my family waiting for the movie to start. There was a large family behind us and by their conversation they were obviously LDS.

A commercial came on showing two young girls (approx 13-14 yrs old) talking about abstinence. The sound was very low (as it always is for this ad, it plays before EVERY movie at this theater-probably turned down due to the content).

The first comment (from a male-maybe mid 20s)behind me was, "Geee, they need to turn it up. What are they saying?" A girl (about the same age) responds, "They are talking about abstinence." "Abstinence???", the young man says in shock, "Aren't they a little young to be talking about abstinence??"

It was a reminder to me of how, IMO, the Morg throws families/members into an unrealistic world.

I have to say I was quite surprised that a man so young would be shocked at the dialogue.

My 11 year old knows all about sex, abstinence, choices, birth control, etc. She is a sweetie and for the knowledge she has one might assume she acts older than her age, etc. But she doesn't. She is a little girl who acts like a little girl but is informed about what goes on in life around her. It's no big deal to her. She is informed, therefore, IMO, more prepared to make decisions / choices when the time comes.


As I've said a while back, in another thread. LDS young women are ill prepared for the real world and are thus easy picking for the predators of the world.
When I worked for a government law enforcement agency back in the 70's, the guys I worked with (nomo's) loved the get TDY to Utah, because the "Mormon Girls" were easy pickin. These girls tended to go a little crazy once they left the safety of their homes and headed out into the world on their own. Many got gobbled up by the big bad wolves of the world.
It's amazing, to me, that, more than 30 years past, not much has changed. Unbelieveable! :duh
My grandaughter is, like your daughter (same age), pretty akamai (street smart), thanks to her parents spending time to talk with her about such things.

[free thinker]

Silver

I think that information is king when it comes to making a decision. Gather all the facts and then weigh them out. Then make a decision. Your girls ar learning to think for themselves.

This will be a resource for them until they take their last breath. No one will ever be doing their thinking for them.

ft

[pearfire]

The two girls I dated in high school were both LDS. They both knew full well what they were doing too. Both relationships ended in talks with the bishop. :)