Sex Education And Teenagers

[frankenstein]

Are jokes about virgins or guys acting embarrassed that they are virgins that unusual in your experience that you need a CFR?

yes, yes they are.

I would like to know what shows Jeff K thinks support his statement. I was one of 6 LDS in a highschool of 1500, I was never made fun of or picked on for being a virgin, when people found out, they applauded it and would say "stay that way". and many if not the majority of my friends were not exactly living a lifestyle that comported with the Gospel.

for whats its worth, scripted TV died with the first airing of "Every Body Loves Raymond" first aired, the vomiting creation of reality TV just made things worse.

[Jeff K.]

yes, yes they are.

I would like to know what shows Jeff K thinks support his statement. I was one of 6 LDS in a highschool of 1500, I was never made fun of or picked on for being a virgin, when people found out, they applauded it and would say "stay that way". and many if not the majority of my friends were not exactly living a lifestyle that comported with the Gospel.

for whats its worth, scripted TV died with the first airing of "Every Body Loves first Aired", the vomiting creation of reality TV just made things worse.

Then yours is a unique childhood.

It is irrelevant when you think scripted TV died, I think the titles I presented prove my point along with the link.

[Jeff K.]

Jeff K.:

I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. I never said tv doesn't have an effect. It obviously does. What I disagree with is that there is a significant cause and effect ratio. Given the amount of violence on the tv, there would have to be a much higher violence level on our streets than the statistics show.

No doubt sex sells. It sells everything from cars to refrigerators.

The glamorization of violence is also as old as man himself. Violence also sells. The US is the largest arms merchant in the world. But I don't see a direct cause and effect of tv/hollywood there.

Watch "Thank you for smoking".

[frankenstein]

Then yours is a unique childhood.

I suppose so, I grew up in the South on the edge of the Bible belt. I was 1 of 6 lds in school 1500, and 1 of 20 lds among the 4000+ highschool students in the town. I hung out almost exclusively with non-lds. I grew next to a town that was consider the or a KKK capital. I only experienced "anti-mormon" rhetoric once, and that was for 5 minutes from a baptist girl in Honor Biology glass. I can say I never had much or any peer pressure to do things.

It is irrelevant when you think scripted TV died, I think the titles I presented prove my point along with the link.

It is a good thing then that I preface my statement "for what its worth". That I stopped watching scripted tv almost 10 years ago and do not watch reality shows, should make it abundantly obvious that I am unfamiliar with what is on tv presently.

[Jeff K.]

Jeff K., on 17 August 2011 - 06:46 PM, said:

Then yours is a unique childhood.

I suppose so, I grew up in the South on the edge of the Bible belt. I was 1 of 6 lds in school 1500, and 1 of 20 lds among the 4000+ highschool students in the town. I hung out almost exclusively with non-lds. I grew next to a town that was consider the or a KKK capital. I only experienced "anti-mormon" rhetoric once, and that was for 5 minutes from a baptist girl in Honor Biology glass. I can say I never had much or any peer pressure to do things.

I lived in Soutwest VA in the coal fields, I know the south as well if not better than you do. So yes, I can say with my experience and with what we know of the South documented and otherwise that there was an anti-Mormon environment, the Godmakers did quite well there. Not sure why you felt no peer pressure, but most do in their adolescence, some don't, but often it is for personal reasons that have nothing to do with religion. Loners for instance often did not experience peer pressure since they had no friends from whom the pressure came. Unpopular people often did not. There are a myriad of reasons, if you don't interact or interact well, for example, then of course you will not have anyone around you seeking to push you into their group. And there are other reasons that I am sure you could think of.

Whether you believe it or not, peer pressure is real and happens quite often. You don't need to take my word for it, look at the studies if you wish.

[Jeff K.]

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It is irrelevant when you think scripted TV died, I think the titles I presented prove my point along with the link.

It is a good thing then that I preface my statement "for what its worth". That I stopped watching scripted tv almost 10 years ago and do not watch reality shows, should make it abundantly obvious that I am unfamiliar with what is on tv presently.

I merely confirmed the irrelevancy of your statement. You will notice a number of the programs I raised were older than ten years ago.

[thesometimesaint]

Jeff K.:

I pretty much gave up on most network tv a long time ago. Now-a-days it is pretty much the Food Channel, the Cooking Channel, and the Discovery Channel, and if I'm looking for a particular individual program some of the other cable channel. I'm now involved with "The Wonders of the Solar System" and it is really good.