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From: mark@digi-g.UUCP (Mark Mendel)
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Subject: Re: Kate Hepburn on sex life of today's college students
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Date: Fri, 19-Oct-84 17:26:22 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 19 17:26:22 1984
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>> ...[what is 'too young/immature' for sex]...

As a side note, pregnancies among teen-agers have been cited as an
indication of immaturity.  In my experience college freshpeople are not
significantly more mature then the previous year.  I am sure, however,
that their incidence of unwanted pregnancies is far less [someone could
check statistics, but I'm too lazy...].   I submit that this is due to
the availability of contraceptives through most college health
services. Returning to teen-agers, are their pregnancies due to
immaturity or difficulty in obtaining contraceptives?  Would YOU give
up sex if you they were unavailable?

As far as what I think is too young for sex...hmmm....well, its
whatever society frowns upon too severely.  I suspect that even level
of maturity at a given age is largely determined by societal
expectations and peer example.  In societies where 14 was
marrying-time, I suspect 14-year olds were quite mature [or matured
soon thereafter!].

					-- Mark Mendel