We may want to push it further down to 16, so parents have the opportunity to teach moderation to their youngins before they head off to college. There are tradeoffs, but then again, there are always tradeoffs, nomatter what.
Better high school sexuality education, including role-playing on asking for sexual consent, would decrease the incidence of sexual assaults on booze-soaked college campuses, Courtney E. Martin argues today in the American Prospect. Do you agree? How would you have reacted in high school if a teacher had asked you to role-play the following situation: You've left a party and are listening to Bob Marley in the dorm room of an individual you met just a few hours earlier. You kiss this person, and they kiss you back. You would like to move over to the bed. What do you say? What is your body language? How can you tell if they are inebriated?
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