Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Lock up your daughters but let your sons roam free.


I read this paragraph this morning with interest:

"More girls lose their virginity in the summer than at any other time of year, according to researchers at Mississippi State University. There are all kinds of reasons. You remember. You had more free time and less supervision. You met a new guy at church camp whom you'd never see again, or were about to say goodbye to an old friend before you both went away to college. Maybe you were in love or maybe you weren't, but those sticky summer nights almost demanded surrender." (from the Washington Post)

First of all, I just think it's a sexy little summer statistic. But then I was wondering, why does it say girls lose their virginity? If girls are busy losing it in June, July and Aug, who are the boys losing it to in Dec and Jan? I was under the impression that it takes two to get tangled up in blue.

Or maybe this is a sexist comment in diguise. We are only worried about the gals losing their V card. The boys' V cards don't even deserve a mention? Unpretty.

Either way, as Labor Day draws close, maybe there will be a run on condoms in aisle five. At least I hope so.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

one of your most thoughtful posts to date; thank you dr. ruth!

aaronic said...

I think most guys never lose their virginity... they gladly gave it away. Just kidding... kinda.