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Abm "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Abm
Post Number: 2062 Registered: 04-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Thursday, November 11, 2004 - 06:41 am: |
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Rashena, http://www.thumperscorner.com/discus/messages/179/1898.html#POST20353 Haha! Thanks for the video. It humorously highlites an important issue. If we seriously want to address the issues of teen pregnancy/STD's, we have stop being so dang prudish, and divine some way of broaching the issue of masturbation with our kids. Because what should be more embarrassing to Black people: Our safely jerking off in the comforts of our own home (as hilariously captured on your link) or our becoming a teen pregnancy, abortion and STD/HIV statistic? We can't eliminate the most basic/natural urge. And sex has become the primary marketing tool for virtually EVERYTHING. So although we can't stop our kids from being aroused, at least we can provide an environment in which kids feel that it is okay for them to ease that torrential sexual tide in a way that is physically/emotionally safe. I guess before I had daughters, I would have considered this untouchable subject matter. But now, considering the increasing incident of AIDS/HIV within the Black community, I would rather sanction them safely doing for/to themselves something that might otherwise kill them if done with others. |
A_womon "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: A_womon
Post Number: 1150 Registered: 05-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Thursday, November 11, 2004 - 09:25 am: |
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Well, Condoning masturbation and the end all be all answer to those community problems, cuz what happens when condoning masturbation leads to mutual masturbation( aw baby, didn't your dad say aint nothin wrong wit playin witcha self? I'm just gone do it FOR you, and you do it FOR me..." type is? and that of course could lead to oral encounters (that aint really sex neither right?) and from there...well who knows? My point is there ARE no easy solutions to the problems regarding sex and teens broached in this conversation. |
Abm "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Abm
Post Number: 2073 Registered: 04-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Sunday, November 14, 2004 - 06:30 am: |
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A_womon, I don't assert/imply that "bopping" or anything else is some panacea for our social ills. But sex is largely about about time/opportunity/inclination. So if you can help your kids to stay busy ("time/opportunity") and can keep themselves at least mildly sated ("inclination"), then perhaps they'll get into a little less trouble than they otherwise would. And in this day/time, that's really all a parent can reasonably expect to achieve. And, yeah, self-petting can lead to some illicit petting elsewhere. But I would wager that those who have NOT talked with their parents are every bit as (if not MORE) likely to engage in such as those who have. |
Lawchic "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Lawchic
Post Number: 120 Registered: 10-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Sunday, November 14, 2004 - 11:20 am: |
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For what it's worth, research shows that the time period from 3 pm to 7 pm is the time that most juvenile illicit/inappropriate activities occur. I would imagine that is because that is when there is the least parental supervision. So, I agree that sports and activities which keep kids busy during those hours will certainly keep them away from their peers who are out there doing all the wrong things. |
Lawchic "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Lawchic
Post Number: 121 Registered: 10-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Sunday, November 14, 2004 - 11:22 am: |
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BTW, I'm not talking about the masturbation issue ya'll were discussing. I was talking about sex, drugs, and other illegal/inappropriate activities. |
Abm "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Abm
Post Number: 2080 Registered: 04-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Sunday, November 14, 2004 - 08:08 pm: |
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Lawchic, Don't worry. I pretty much figured YOU would think masturbation is aight. <wink!> |
A_womon "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: A_womon
Post Number: 1152 Registered: 05-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Sunday, November 14, 2004 - 08:28 pm: |
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Somebody pinch me, I think this thread has morphed into an Episode of Leave It TO Beaver. June: Ward why don't you go and enroll Wally and the Beaver in basketball, Dear. After all, if they are going to get themselves all lathered up over girls in short skirts jumping around getting all sweaty with thier boobs bouncing up and down, they may as well do it with adult supervision! ' Ward: You're absolutely right dear, I'll round up the boys and get them right over to see the after school athletic director. After all what better way to corral those overactive teen hormones? Once those cheerleaders get them all hot and bothered, they can blow off steam right there on the court. And don't worry June dear, I'll keep my eyes on them the whole time." June: (flicking her dish towel toward her husband) Why, Ward!!?? Ward: (loosening his tie and smiling) I meant on the boys, of course dear! |
Lawchic "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Lawchic
Post Number: 125 Registered: 10-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Sunday, November 14, 2004 - 11:00 pm: |
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So, what's your point, A-womon? Think we're not realistic? |
Abm "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Abm
Post Number: 2083 Registered: 04-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Monday, November 15, 2004 - 12:20 am: |
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A_woman, HAHA! That was really funny! But I got a little confused. Do the boys "blow off" each other's "steam"...on the COURT? If so, who's gonna clean that up. Cuz there's no way in h*ll you'll get your local union janitors to mess with THAT! Does the school board know that Ward is a homo-pedophilic porn producer and voyeur? And has June got so excited about what her perverted hubby Ward has got going on at school that she's gonna let him play with the 'beaver' right atop their kitchen sink? PS: And can you PULEASE provide some more details about the "...girls in short skirts jumping around getting all sweaty with thier boobs bouncing up and down..."? |
Rashena "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Rashena
Post Number: 104 Registered: 08-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Monday, November 15, 2004 - 06:16 am: |
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LOL! You guys are soooo crazy! I will talk to my son about masturbation when the time comes, I am just SO happy that I don't have a daughter that I don't know what to do with myself! My mom was hoping I'd have a girl, LMAO! |
A_womon "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: A_womon
Post Number: 1155 Registered: 05-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Monday, November 15, 2004 - 07:32 pm: |
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Yep Lawchic, that's kinda my point. |
Lawchic "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Lawchic
Post Number: 130 Registered: 10-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Monday, November 15, 2004 - 08:05 pm: |
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You're certainly entitled to your own opinion and when the time comes, you'll raise your kids how you want to. But as far-fetched as it may seem to you, it has worked for our family and I'm a firm believer of the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" philosophy. |
A_womon "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: A_womon
Post Number: 1157 Registered: 05-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Monday, November 15, 2004 - 08:59 pm: |
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hey, if it works for your family, as you say, don't break it. However, even something that has never been broken, springs a leak, or develops a crack every now and then. I don't know you or your family, so I really can't comment on how its working--or not. And yes, I will raise my children the best I can when the time comes, as shall we all. Aint a human alive that is invulnerable and Im sure I will make some mistakes, just as you and ABm and all other parents do. |
Abm "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Abm
Post Number: 2092 Registered: 04-2004
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 03:17 am: |
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Rashena, Yeah. Count your blessings: Girls are a HANDFUL. The clothes. The squabbling. The crying. The BOYS! JEEZ! Yawl are CRAZY! And I currently have my ma and grandma visiting. So I now have 5 women driving me MAD! Suggestion: When you talk to your son, make sure you are NOT wearing anything especially 'suggestive'. Because you don't want to accidentally attach to your son's self-gratification apparatus any Oedipal urges. Hehe! |