Posted on 03/11/2006 1:46:04 PM PST by wagglebee
Washington, D.C. — Concerned Women for America (CWA) pleads with young women across the country to take caution and safety measures as they enter the spring break season. The American Medical Association released a study which says that 83 percent of college women admit that spring break involves increased consumption of alcohol, and 74 percent said the break is a time to indulge in sexual activity.
“The danger of spring break is that students have an attitude that ‘anything goes’,” said Dr. Janice Crouse, CWA’s Senior Fellow of the Beverly LaHaye Institute. “The idea that this vacation has no consequences is a frightening and naive mindset. Reckless conduct always has consequences and young people need realize their vulnerabilities and show responsibility.
“Spring break is a week away from reality for students across the nation, but it does not negate the fact that STDs are real consequences and that excessive alcohol leads to risky behavior.
“Tragic stories of girls who mysteriously ‘disappear’ or horrible things happening to unsuspecting victims should alarm us and be a warning to high school and college girls looking for a good time. Participating in wild behavior on spring break dramatically increases the risk of crime and undesirable outcomes. My prayers go out to young girls as they enjoy the carefree tradition of spring break. While they will be tempted to lay caution and responsibility aside, I challenge them to enjoy a delightful, ‘fun in the sun’ break from school, while still maintaining integrity. I hope they will make wise decisions, show discernment, and respect their bodies.”
Click to read more of Dr. Crouse’s expert documentary on the dangers that face young women during spring break.
Anyone who thinks the young women involved in these spring break freak outs are little naive innocent things should collect more data on what goes on at spring break.
Personally when I was in college, I was flat broke and working like a fool in a technical major. The thought of going to some resort on spring break was unthinkable. Didn't have the money and didn't have the time. I can recall working long hours on academics on some vacations.
To this day (30 years later), I have never gone to any of those resorts on any vacation of any kind.
It's all a sign of a melt down on the basic American work ethic that is no more.
How'bout it's time liberals learned that life-style has consequences.
I never went on Spring Break during college.
I had the money. I had the time. But never did it.
Instead, I worked and hung out with my friends who also didn't go on Spring Break.
A couple of my friends went and they had mixed comments. They said that no matter where they went, that the bars were always packed shoulder to shoulder and that the drinking wasn't all that cheap.
Still going strong and looking for a "party" at 4am. It's possible that a stimulant...coke or ecstasy...may have had something to do with this.
They are hardly any worse than daytime soaps or the average show on Univision. Doesn't mean I'd be proud to see my daughter on one, though.
And they have both been around for millenia.
Thank you, God.
I had never seen one of those commercials until I was up late one night with my newborn. I was pretty shocked that that type of thing was allowed on the air. And I don't think there's any way to block it since it's a commercial. Disgusting.
Both beer and party girls are God's creations.
And they have both been around for millenia.
Thank you, God.
Maybe the sheer excitement of being away from home and overprotective parents is a stimulant.
"Nothing good happens after midnight!"
I gave the same advice to my teenaged children as they were growing up.
Very sage advice...
"Still going strong and looking for a "party" at 4am. It's possible that a stimulant...coke or ecstasy...may have had something to do with this."
I always had to do it the old fashioned way - with a lengthy afternoon nap.:)
...or Black Entertainment Television. I tuned into a documentary of sorts on VH1, I believe, about the "models" that appear in those rap videos. The group I saw featured were some dumb bunnies from a strip club. The pimps that put them in the video didn't even pay them and the girls were too ignorant to know how badly they were being used. They seriously thought they were getting a big break by wiggling and gyrating their bare a$$es for the camera. It was sad.
Spring break is away from reality!? What's college?
I've never understood how a girl can consider the whole Spring Break thing, where one gets laid and discarded, the definition of "a good time". They're being used, they know it, and go do it anyway. How depressing.
I grew up in Daytona, and spent my formative years immersed in Spring Break. I survived it just fine, but I ain't raising my kids there!
Hey, y'know what--you're only young once. Personally, I regret never having gone down to Spring Break when I was in college. I was a straight arrow then and I'm a responsible adult now--doing great with no real complaints. But sometimes I wish I'd have taken the opportunity to have had more fun along the way.
As to the girl who killed herself, she may have had other issues besides the video. She lived in America--things couldn't have been that bad.
CJ: "Does the Pope sh** in the woods?"
Cesar: "Why you keep asking me that, Holmes? I keep telling you I don't know! Where His Holiness does His business is His business."
Like other freepers I was a stick in the mud; when able to 'get away' for spring break I flew home to see the folks.
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