One more thing... I read some very disturbing statistics today, and I wanted to process them a little.

The new statistic is that 1 out of every 3 women will be sexually assaulted by the time they reach adulthood. I was already pretty messed up over the 1 in 4 that I'm used to hearing.

Perhaps even more disturbing is that the same percentage of teenagers will contract an STD by the time they are 16. This is not a "kids these days" moment. This is absolutely horrendous. I am so appalled by this that I don't even know how to begin processing it. What exactly is it that makes that many children (and yes, despite being hormonally active, they are still children.) feel like they need to be engaging in such risky behavior. I honestly don't think that I'm being monumentally naive when I say that it wasn't like that just over a decade ago when I was their age. There were kids, but they were definitely in the minority. Not anymore, apparently. I just don't know what to think.
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