should we all be prudes?

recently, i have completed a book by carol platt liebau entitled "prude: how the sex-obsessed culture damages girls (and america too!)." the title is unfortunately not the most shocking quality of the book. while i like to consider myself in the know of student culture (i use student b/c i can't stand the terms "teen" and "youth"), i found out that there are quite a few things that i was clueless about. i mean, i have a facebook page AND a blog, i should know things...but i (along with 99% of parents) do not. we have no idea what our students read, watch, chat, im, or google. and if we do have an inkling that our students are involved in things a little too "mature" for their years, we pretend not to notice and hope for the best. shame on us all. perhaps the most telling chapter of the book is entitled, "do-me feminists and doom-me feminism." after a brief summary of the history of the women's liberation movement and description of the modern-day social scene, it becomes obvious that women do not have the societal freedoms for which they have so long fought. women have exchanged the lie of unresponsive, doormat-type submission to a man, for the lie of "having sex like a man" (author's words). by fighting so hard to love who, when, and how they want, women have lost...well, what makes them women. they have no mystique, no allure, no...femininity. why would a guy want to hang out with a female who pays for her own way, talks like he talks, and think like he thinks? other than the fact that she has parts that he doesn't have (and boy, do they feel good), i can't think of a reason. therein lies our problem. men aren't men and women aren't women. not that i would be upheld as the picture of biblical femininity (i am not even close to mastering the beauty of a quiet spirit), but i do want to strive for it...and now more than ever, i want to help students strive for it too. the obsession that our society and sadly, even professed christians have with sex is scary. however, we cannot run away from the problem. we must proudly commit to being prudes and teaching students to do the same. if you want to read more on the book go to prudethebook.com. **read with caution. it is an HONEST and FRANK look at student culture**