Since my last year in high school, I have been so excited to start the process of dating; however, my parents are those fuddy-duddies who go by the age old testimony that you have to be the magic age of sixteen. Really, what does a number have to do with my maturity level, especially when it relies on the other individual’s maturity and expectations of the date. Living in a bubble, I have come to the understanding that dating can be compared to a dangerous game of “Russian Roulette.” Imagine, sitting in a car at a football game with the one and only heartthrob, stadium lights off and you come to the realization of his expectations. “No” may not mean no to him. One out of six girls are raped in America today whether they are at a high school
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Recently, I read an article titled ‘Common Decency’ by Susan Jacoby, in my textbook which was an article issued in the New York Times. The essay was over the common offence of rape or date rape. In her essay, the author writes about date rape, focusing primarily on messages being sent and …show more content…
She discussed her own experience with a man who actually didn’t take advantage of her own contradictory emotions. Making known to everybody who read her article, that genuine men do live in this world with a clear sense of their values. The universal phrase that mothers use in attempting to lessen the effect of any wrongdoing of “boys will be boys” does not bode well as they mature into young men. In my point of view “boys will be boys” is a complete fallacy, it doesn’t mean that men or women can do as they please just because they are in fact men or women. There has to be common ground between both genders when they vindicate their rights as people. This phrase should not be an advocate for teens or men who take things too far. I believe this phrase should only be accustomed to children. This idea of “boys will be boys”should end at a child reaching maturity in which he is forced by society to take responsibility for his own
Recently, I read an article titled ‘Common Decency’ by Susan Jacoby, in my textbook which was an article issued in the New York Times. The essay was over the common offence of rape or date rape. In her essay, the author writes about date rape, focusing primarily on messages being sent and …show more content…
She discussed her own experience with a man who actually didn’t take advantage of her own contradictory emotions. Making known to everybody who read her article, that genuine men do live in this world with a clear sense of their values. The universal phrase that mothers use in attempting to lessen the effect of any wrongdoing of “boys will be boys” does not bode well as they mature into young men. In my point of view “boys will be boys” is a complete fallacy, it doesn’t mean that men or women can do as they please just because they are in fact men or women. There has to be common ground between both genders when they vindicate their rights as people. This phrase should not be an advocate for teens or men who take things too far. I believe this phrase should only be accustomed to children. This idea of “boys will be boys”should end at a child reaching maturity in which he is forced by society to take responsibility for his own