No Sex, Please, We're British (was ethics in the WW )

[Arya]

No: HPFGUIDX 83292

>  "Przemyslaw Plaskowicki" <przepla at i...> wrote:

>You missed two other examples: the pair caught by Snape in the bushes 
> during Yule Ball, and Patil's horror when she realised that Crouch/Moody 
> can see through clothes ("Nice socks, Potter!").
> 
> But I don't think, that Hogwarts is "awfully innocent". For 15 years 
> old, sex in count-legs-and-divide-by-two sense is quite remote. I mean, 
> for females much more important is all that romantic nonsense: hugging, 
> holding hands, sharing emotions etc. As for boys, most of them at this 
> age are still not sure what the heck is happening with them.

ME: This a sterostype where girls are good and boys are horny at best, if that 
is, if they manage to figure out what they want.  I think I might offer my own 
testimonial that girls, even at the ages of 15 thru 17, do indeed want and think 
about sex and *gasp* are doing it. Divide the legs, and way more than that.  
And I do in fact speak of my own personal experience when I was in high 
school between 1990-1994.  

I will grant you that boys this age are more clueless--the norm was usually for 
girls to date older guys--(think about Hermione/Krum--not that i think they 
were doing it).  

> Age of sexual initiation is inversely proportional to school grades -- 
> better grades equals later initiation. And Hogwarts consist of creme de 
> la creme of British magical children. And to top that they have their 
> OWLs and lots of homework.
> 
ME: Ok, to this, all I have to say is....what are you, friggin nuts?!?!?  Nu-uh, no 
way, no how.  By this thinking, then Ron should be getting it just slightly less 
than Neville!!!  I 100% disagree--completely.  If anything, it's the opposite, 
where a bright student is also more mature and ready for things of a sexual 
nature by a younger age.  Again, I personally speak from experience here--
Honor roll, student council and all-state athlete here in my day and guess 
what?  I talked my *older* bf into doing it when I was 14!  And you want to 
know what else??  I was not that out of the ordinary!  At least--not in my group 
of friends--who, coincidently were also of the same bright intellect (school, in 
feact, wasn't all that challenging) and were *model* students--in the Brit way, I 
probably would have been a prefect.  

And you know, I would be very surprised if Hermione hasn't already found 
several charms all related to sex and her own body.  There's intresting in 
books, there are. 

> You should also take into account that WW teens are not indoctrinated by 
> TV shows, teen magazines and generally speaking pop culture. They are 
> not taught that being a virgin is a bad thing, they are not taught about 
> various sexual techniques, they are not taught that having sex at 14 is 
> normal and they are not taught that love consist mainly of exchange of 
> bodily fluids. They are not taught that they need sex for anything.

ME: Uh, I think once your hands start doing the walking, it don't take too long 
to realize what fun sex with someone could be.......TV only helps the 
fantasies.....

> Regards,
> Pshemekan

Arya--who wonders what magic there is to replace the batteries in her love 
life.........