Scarlet Letter

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No one can punish us for liking sex!

You think that girls who like sex are sluts? Get real! Everybody has sexual needs–girls too! We will choose to have sex or not to have sex. We’re talking about our bodies and our lives. We may decide to have sex with a guy, or a girl, or both, or with ourselves! Telling us to “wait until marriage” is way off–especially if we’re lesbian, gay, or bisexual. They may not call us “adulteress” anymore, but we’re still being treated like criminals. Politicians accuse single moms of “destroying the family.” Schools refuse to teach us about birth control & safe sex. Drugstores lock up the condoms. People make it harder for us to get an abortion. Hey! We demand the right to be able to take care of ourselves.