Men's Group

Casual sex, assuming it is mutual and consensual, is not "exploitative". That is your moral judgement, not something that should be laid upon others for their own choices.

And, sorry, given the proliferation of megachurches and the well-nigh inescapable nature of right-wing Godbaggery in this country, I find it a little difficult to believe that too many kids are finding no support whatsoever for their decisions, should they make them, NOT to become sexually active, say, in High School. I'm sure, in addition to the federally funded abstinence programs we've been paying for for the past decade, I'm sure there are plenty of cultural resources, from timtebow.com on down, for kids who DON'T want to screw.

And the bottom line is, people should make up their own minds and live their own lives. That's been my line from the get-go.

Beyond that, though- honestly, now.. if you're talking about saying that (honestly, remember) people should remain virgins UNTIL MARRIAGE... Well, I agree that this alleged clinical psychologist in your story was professionally and utterly out of line, if the 44 year old tale is accurate. However, again, if you're really interested in advancing- as these "abstinence only" programs are- the proposition that people as a general should avoid sex until marriage, I gotta say.. in my humble opinion?

REAL fucking bad idea.

Because people have sex. And insisting or advocating or somehow implying that it's "better" for people to wait until they're married to fuck, leads to one of two things, if not both: 1) people getting married too young, often to the wrong person- and people marrying the first person they screw, often again, the wrong person.

Or, it leads to them saying "fuck it" at the last minute and doing it without getting married, but ALSO without using birth control.

I think people should live their lives, and I'm not interested in "judging" the choices other consenting adults make, assuming everyone is a consenting adult. That said, I think "abstinence until marriage" is an extremely unrealistic and yes, bad idea.