No sex please, we're teenagers

I haven't found anything to that effect either. I wonder how many of our teenagers would be prepared to take the Silver Ring? Would any of you? In this country if you tell someone that you're 18 and still a virgin they look at you as if you are some kind of freak! I don't necessarilly believe in abstinence until marriage but I do believe that there should be some discrimination in choosing sexual partners. However I don't feel it would be appropriate for me to pass judgement as this is something I have never experienced for myself but it would be intriguing to hear some of your opinions.

go without sex for 5 weeks i dont think i could no way

I think the "18 + virgin = freak" mentality is only prevalent in certain bits of society. By the time you get to university, it's generally accepted that most people aren't, but people probably won't care too much if you are, or at least that's what I found, with one admittedly nasty exception.

I have to agree with Sam there - and it's not just because he's the man! I would guesstimate 1/3.

Well this is all very reassuring I must say! I was beginning to feel a bit strange as I seemed to be the only person I knew who was still a virgin! I was quite shocked though by the TV programme in so much as children as young as 12 were a) having sex and b) were gettingdrunk into the bargain! Am I the only one that thinks that there is a drop in morality or at worst common sense?!

Well, I do go to a freakshow of a university, wonderful though it is, which possibly has a higher-than-average percentage of virgins (cos we were social misfits at school! Yay!), but nobody is really that bothered in general; apart from drunken games of I Have Never it's not been something we've talked about too much.

I watched it. The crazy american Pastor annoyed me a bit especially when he was disagreeing with the kids and saying that life isn't about experiences and that it was just one step up to marriage. I thought the kids were taking a lot more sense as they quite rightly were saying that you have to make mistakes in order learn and life is about experiencing things etc.

I don't think I could go without sex for 5 months. I enjoy it and it isn't bad for me so I wouldn't consider it really, especially if I was in a relationship.

a) a 15yr old is not an adult, far from it.
b) its possible to teach a moral message without preaching.

How can a 15 year old be far from being an adult, when only 3 years later they are an adult
I mean 36 months isn't a lot to mature in.

How can a 15 year old be far from being an adult, when only 3 years later they are an adult
I mean 36 months isn't a lot to mature in.

They were talking about 5 months. So what will you do if things end with your boyfriend?

I have to say I was unimpressed by the atmosphere they thrust the kids into in the States, and particularly by that pastor. While they were very rude to him, his views and his absolute refusal to listen to anything else made me have little sympathy with him. Even the Christian guy in the group felt that he was uncomfortable with it. Plus, he was just such a bad singer! Having sung in a chapel choir and heard some of the best choirs in the world, the dull crap he was belting out did NOT fill me with the Holy Spirit

As for the Silver Ring thing, when I was about 15/16 I thought it was a really good idea and was considering signing up to it, but I'm much less sure now as it doesn't actually teach you anything about sex apart from that it's A Bad Thing, which it's not, in the right context for the right people.

I just hope that on returning to the UK they return to the less Christian, more self-exploring, method of teaching. These kids are not all going to convert to Christianity, but they might be persuaded to raise their own personal moral stanards.

How can a 15 year old be far from being an adult, when only 3 years later they are an adult
I mean 36 months isn't a lot to mature in.