It's just hard to feel that way when students with such promising futures drop out because they got pregnant. That's happened on several occasions- girls I've tutored leaving school because of having babies. It's painful to watch. It's also painful when you've worked at a middle school that has to have a "life skills"…

Sorry that I am rather opinionated on the subject- I'm just surrounded by friends that have lots of sex and overshare. It's like I have a little sex glossary in my mind to use whenever I finally get to that point with a guy.

@ThistleDog: Amen, sister. I'm 20, but apparently look 15. I'm mistaken for my students constantly when I do any sort of student teaching. The worst was my freshman year and I was working with an 8th grade class. I thought I was such a cool, mature-looking 18yo- nope, I looked like a 13yo. I never would have thought…

I just can't fathom how someone could be emotionally mature enough to have sex at that age, and most aren't adequately aware of how to effectively use birth control in the first place. Maybe if schools had better sex ed, but as of now... I dunno, it's just that everyone I personally know who had sex that young…

I had to deal with the same obnoxiousness last year when I studied abroad in England and the other people I was with found out that I had never had alcohol before. My parents don't drink and I was raised in an alcohol-negative household. I had no real desire to drink my freshman year because I hate the smell of beer…

Yes, I am very judgmental of the hook-up culture that pervades our media, primarily because it makes me feel bad because I'm a 20yo virgin. I wouldn't be so bitter if I myself wasn't judged for not sleeping with the first guy that offered. Again, I'm not perfect, nor do I pretend to be.

@ThistleDog: I'm not a comp sci major, but I love the comp sci program at my school. I've dealt with some hostility at various workshops and non-university classes, but in the classes I took at my school, the environment was incredibly girl-friendly. The reasons for that being that there are like three women in the…

My standards involve me actually being friends with a guy before I can feel comfortable enough to get all hot 'n heavy with them. Even the guys I've made out with at clubs I talked to for a while before things got physical. Hook-ups just aren't in my programming, I suppose. I do have a To-Do List, of course- a list of…

Hey, I don't pretend to be perfect. I try not to judge people, but girls who get pregnant at like 14 or 15? Totally judging in the "omg, use some common sense" fashion (as opposed to the "you're going to burn in Hell" fashion). It just sucks that girls are either sluts or prudes in pop culture. There's like no middle…

Yeah, thank God that I'm entering the teaching profession. Sexual harassment in schools, whether it's from coworkers or students, generally gets stamped down on hard. I did have a scare during my practicum my freshman year, though- one of my students had somehow gotten my number and would sketchily and inappropriately…

Virgin here, age 20. Not a prude, but simply have standards and a life that does not revolve around guys. I could never imagine losing the V-card at 17- I was just way too awkward then and not over the whole "no sex until marriage" thing (my family's really conservative). I have friends at church that may actually…

Because girls keep getting expected to have sex at a (relatively) younger and younger age, and it's nice to hear a pop star say, "Yo, you might want to wait a while. It's really not that great at first."

And another post reminding me that I'm a virgin at 20 and making me (wrongly) feel bad about it. Look- I was a late bloomer and very awkward as a teen. I also came from a very conservative family and didn't get over the whole "no sex before marriage" thing until just a few years ago. As it is, I am a ridiculously busy…

Why do people pressure girls to have sex so young, not teach them about proper birth control, and then act all surprised when there's a shit-ton of teen pregnancies? This is what I keep seeing in society and it pisses me off. Also, I'm 20 and still a virgin and hate that I always have to justify it.

Aspergers I can handle. My mother has taught special education for nearly 25 years, and I myself plan on becoming a teacher. I can identify Aspergers (at least in person) pretty well and won't hold it against someone. There is social awkwardness, there is social awkwardness due to mental disorders, and then there is…

A perfect example is a guy from my Japanese class last year. He was rather awkward, but I chalked that up to nerdiness and didn't think nothing of it. I would occasionally talk with him and he seemed to be mostly a nice guy. However, he launched himself fully into the creepy category when he'd have spontaneous, angry…

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Then tell me why I can walk into a male-dominated history class and not experience the same level of assfuckery that I experience in a male-dominated comp sci class? Sometimes the vastly different environments astound me.

I am painfully aware of that, but opinionated me does not let that get in the way. If I don't put the female perspective out there on this sort of thing, how else will the "narrow-minded, sexist nerds" experience it? I refuse to let my star go to waste.

Do you not realize that I'm a geek myself? I went through so much shit in high school with guys that it's a miracle that my self-esteem survived mostly intact. I was a late bloomer who was openly mocked in some of my classes simply because I was smarter than many of the guys and not preppy and traditionally pretty. I…