'Courtship-related program activities'
July 11th 2007 02:27
That's what the kids are calling it these days, apparently.
I do agree with Matthew Yglesias that this David Brooks excerpt is insightful:
But I'm a little more alarmed than Yglesias is about the fact that this "life stage" is normalizing some pretty skanky behaviors.
Even one liberal (writing, by coincidence, in The Atlantic as well) agrees:
I do agree with Matthew Yglesias that this David Brooks excerpt is insightful:
Now young people face a social frontier of their own. They hit puberty around 13 and many don’t get married until they’re past 30. That’s two decades of coupling, uncoupling, hooking up, relationships and shopping around. This period isn’t a transition anymore. It’s a sprawling life stage, and nobody knows the rules.
But I'm a little more alarmed than Yglesias is about the fact that this "life stage" is normalizing some pretty skanky behaviors.
Even one liberal (writing, by coincidence, in The Atlantic as well) agrees:
Yes, yes, yes to female freedom and empowerment, but Jesus Christ, why are these girls giving blow jobs to guys they hardly know?
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