I don't understand this either...

[Durelin]

Originally Posted by Rune

Actually I don't think it is teenagers that is to blame for seeing these things. . .Sex is almost every where in western culture and I doubt that the teenagers put it there.

I quite agree. I hate watching TV, or even driving by billboards. Though I don't believe it's just western culture...bur we do have some kind of different twist on it, I think.

Boro hits the nail on the head, too, for me. I have ranted on many occasion about the "Man Laws" and foolishness of it.

I think there are countless examples in literature, even American literature, from even just the early half of the past century, which people just don't understand now because the concept of "love" has been equated with "sex," especially on the male front. Girls will say to each other that they "love" each other, but I don't know how often they really mean it, because I think it likely that they feel the same way: that "love" is reserved for on specific type/side/definition of it - it is simply more socially acceptable for girls to say "I love you" to each other as well as to guys.

Edit: I'd also like to point out that an "obsession" with sex, I think, is a rather natural, and dare I say hormonal thing. Teenagers (and people much older, too!) are going to think about it quite a lot, and are going to see it a lot of places it isn't. Maybe this is because of the culture, but maybe it's a natural thing. What I think makes the difference between a mature person and an immature person is to be more than simple thoughts or feelings, and to setup a separation between the natural workings of their consciousness and preconsciousness, and their actions, speech, and real considerations. That's human self-control...I think part of what makes us human. But that is an entirely different conversation...