I went to the sex-ed conference today. The speaker was not able to get to my lesbian AIDS question so I'll look it up a bit later to speak aboout it - but he did evoke an interesting point about French culture that we do not have in America that I thought I'd share with you guys...
In France the general thought on sexually active teenagers is that it is their body and they can do what they like with it - the parent's jurasdiction ends below the waist. This means that there are many teenage health centers where one can get free condoms and birth control in France. One can even, as a minor, get a free and anonymous abortion aka - without your parents ever knowing.
The parental menality in France also tends to be fairly different from that of the average American parent (not just the French government that is). Teenage boys, for example often have posters of naked girls on their walls and sleepover parties tend to be multi-sex. This does not mean that the party is one big orgie, on the contrary, generaly nothing happens - the french are just a lot less stuffy about the whole sex thing than Americans in general.
Well, that'll be it for my little side-note on french culture. Until next time!
The parental menality in France also tends to be fairly different from that of the average American parent (not just the French government that is). Teenage boys, for example often have posters of naked girls on their walls and sleepover parties tend to be multi-sex. This does not mean that the party is one big orgie, on the contrary, generaly nothing happens - the french are just a lot less stuffy about the whole sex thing than Americans in general.
Well, that'll be it for my little side-note on french culture. Until next time!
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Hi Sophie, The quotes are great and so true to life. Cheers, Colin.
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