Skimpy prom dress lands teen in cuffs



This shows moms are not doing their jobs and dads are not around. Well, this is a prime example, among the many. In what I think should have been an accompanying article...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — More than one in four teenage girls is infected with common sexually transmitted diseases, federal researchers reported Tuesday. Almost half of black teens were infected.

Young women ages 14 to 19 in "alarming" numbers are contracting human papilloma virus, chlamydia, genital herpes and trichomoniasis, a common parasite, said Dr. Sara Forhan, a researcher at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who led the study team.

An estimated 3.2 million have one or more of those four sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs.

The two most common diseases were HPV, at 18 percent, and chlamydia, at 4 percent, according to the analysis, part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Among the infected women, 15 percent had more than one sexually transmitted disease.

Women may be unaware that they are infected. But the diseases, which are infections caused by bacteria, viruses and parasites, can produce acute symptoms and lead to such long-term ailments as infertility and cancer.

www.seattletimes.com

Now for all I know, the young lady in the prom dress with half her boobs hanging out and the too-short bottom half might be a virgin, and may have never done anything sexual. But what image is she trying to put out there of herself? And more importantly, why in the hell would her mother allow her daughter to dress so scantily? Doesn't she care about her daughter's image?

Too many parents are indulging their kids, trying to be their friends and not their parents. Kids are watching music videos and we all know that videos, especially those God forsaken rap videos, put just about the worst images of women out there as they possibly can. Black girls have no self-respect anymore, and are so busy trying to impress guys with their ASSets that they are not preparing themselves for an independent future.

I got a prime example several weeks ago when it first started getting warm, when those little girls, about thirteen-fifteen years old, a group of about five of them, stood on the corner in one of the rough neighborhoods down here trying to flag down grown men who drove by, even going so far as to lifting up their skirts to entice them. Just like them, I looked at the girl in this skimpy prom dress and thought, they must not have a dad like mine. Because he would DIE before he allowed me to disrespect myself like that.

Do these children know their self-worth? Do they think about their future or are they stuck in the present? It seems like the ones I know can't even fathom being productive adults. Nine times out of ten its because a pisspoor example has been set by their parents.

I don't know how it happened, but my generation is the first to not do better than their parents (in the African-American community). Until we start taking better care of our most prized assets, our kids, it won't get any better. Right now we're failing the hell out of them. We don't care what happens to them educationally. I know some parents who have never set foot inside their kids' classroom, don't know what their kids are being taught, and barely go inside their kids' school unless their kid gets in trouble. Parents don't take their kids to church, and if they're not the church-going type, which is their business, you'd think they'd at least teach their kids to respect authority. When I was younger, if I disrespected a teacher I'd get my ass whupped. Now, parents go and cuss the teacher out.

I thought my parents were strict but I appreciate what they did--I had curfews and even when I was able to buy my own clothes they STILL told me what was and was not acceptable. They provided a supportive environment but during all times I knew who was in charge and I NEVER tested their authority. These kids don't respect authority, elderly, each other, or themselves. I don't know what's going to happen, but I'm nervous.