I agree, Kat. That seems really high. I hope it's incorrect.
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Glamcookie - Dec 03, 2003 9:47:59 am PST #9 of 10002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Betsy HP - Dec 03, 2003 9:48:30 am PST #10 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Oops. My last Crusie post wound up on the old thread:
Betsy HP "Literary Buffistas: Don't Speak Latin in Front of the Books" Dec 3, 2003 11:47:36 am PST
Nutty - Dec 03, 2003 9:49:33 am PST #11 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
She said that 1 in 5 teenage girls has been abused in a relationship, according to JAMA which I found shocking
This strikes me as fuzzy statisticking. For one thing, "teenage" should by rights cover 13-19 inclusive, and of these, how many have dated, and of these, how many can be called in a "relationship"? What's a relationship, in this study?
Not that JAMA has free archives, or anything. Feh.
Consuela - Dec 03, 2003 9:49:53 am PST #12 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Top 11!
Maybe.
erikaj - Dec 03, 2003 9:50:19 am PST #13 of 10002
If Scooby Doo taught me anything, it's that the only thing to fear is real-estate developers.Lisa Simpson
I like the darker stuff in the Crusie books. I know you're shocked.
Katerina Bee - Dec 03, 2003 9:50:43 am PST #14 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
(grabs comfy chair, drops off pile of old books, starts rifling through the bookshelves for good stuff).
scrappy - Dec 03, 2003 9:52:10 am PST #15 of 10002
Nobody
I wonder what the definition of abuse is? I mean, I thought it was almost murder when Walter Ludwig broke up with me junior year and started seeng someone who was at the SAME BUS STOP AS ME, who I had to see every morning and afternoon. Also, she wore shorts over tights, which was hideous.
Luckily, that's as bad as it got for me, although I certainly knew some friends who were in more unhealthy relationships. Only one of all the girls I knew had a relationship which went into the realm of abuse...that I knew of.
Phill - Dec 03, 2003 9:53:07 am PST #16 of 10002
I like to talk about politics with people that agree with me, and I like high class places.
Jesus Christ! Shorts over tights?
Fred Pete - Dec 03, 2003 9:53:18 am PST #17 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
I agree, Kat. That seems really high. I hope it's incorrect.
It seems high to me. But there seems to be an undercurrent of "if I don't have a sweetie, I'm nobody" running through too much of teenhood. Which means that too often, people who have no real idea of how to handle a relationship get into the wrong relationship with the wrong sweetie (BTW, gender neutrality intentional) and stay for the wrong reasons.
E.g., Buffy, who treated it as a big revelation at the end of "I Was Made to Love You" when she realized that she didn't need to pursue Ben just to have a boyfriend.
So while 1 in 5 seems high, I wouldn't be surprised if teens are more likely to be in abusive relationships than older persons.
Betsy HP - Dec 03, 2003 9:53:28 am PST #18 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
It was the '70s.