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[–]Anna_Nym 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

You read through the end, right? That's just describing his thought process at the time. His whole point is that he understands now that what he thought at 12 years old was oversimplified and wrong. (not shocking given how young he was!)

[–]Catbug 16 insightful - 3 fun16 insightful - 2 fun17 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah I read it. It’s an excellent reason to stop giving children hormones and stuff when they think such silly and simplistic things about sex.

[–]Anna_Nym 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yes, I agree current society is failing our teen girls in horrible ways. I don't think the teen girls are idiots for being failed, though.

[–]Catbug 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The idea is idiotic and girls are being failed by nobody challenging their childish misconceptions. Children are dumb by nature. Adults are supposed to protect them from their dumb ideas.