she couldn't have been more than thirteen. fourteen at the most. her hair was tied back and braided with multicoloured hair ties. she wore an army print puffed jacket with faux fur lining its hood. her threequarter jeans sat low on her hips, only held up by a tan coloured belt with metal holes. worn pink shoes adorned her feet. her laces were dirty and untied.
there was an air of haughtiness around her. but her young face betrayed far more than her age. worrisome eyes hid behind a forced smile. she slouched like an eightyyearold with back deformities.
amongst talk of teenage pregnancies, her unseen friend asked, "so, what if you choose not to have any sex?"
to which she replied (after a long pause), "then i wouldn't have any friends".
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how sad it is to hear things like this coming out of girls far from adulthood. society deems this generation to be mature than the last, able to cope with what life brings at an earlier age. but who are they kidding? who's on the loosing end here?
what will she teach her daughters when she does has them?
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but do they know any other way?
they read girlfriend and dolly magazine from the age of 12... probably with the intention to check out the latest fashion trends but then discovering a massive array of articles about sex - the physical aspects, STDs, pregnancy, protection, social aspect of sexual activity. And maybe because of all this 'knowledge' they have about the physical intricacies of sex, they deceive themselves into believing that 'they're ready' to make a well informed choice to 'do it' with little knowledge of the consequences.
It's sad how society is pushing us to appear mature at a younger age but the reality is that most of us aren't mentally and emotionally prepared to 'grow up.'
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