High school prom poster sex-shames young women

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61. Why, from Kelsey Schindl, the girl at the center of this.

She expressed her belief that the posters 'sex shame' girls and imply that their sexuality directly affects their character:


'It's basically just saying your character depends on whether or not you have sex,' senior Kelsey Schindl told Mashable. 'And if you have sex, you won't have any character.'

'I wanted to post a message that said you are no less of a person if you have sex and your character does not depend on your virginity."


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The outrage among the students is because of the 'sexist' message that targets young women specifically, implying that young women are incapable of "protecting" their own character on prom night. That suggests to girls that their character is based on whether or not they have sex, the lodestone of all Christian taboos, that eternal proscription against women who have *shudder* premarital sex... but not their male counterparts.

Where, in this sexist poster, is the corresponding concerns over young men? Why doesn't the poster show the graphic image of a young man while describing his desirable character traits in terms like “shy, polite, tidy, and quiet"? Don't boys need the same character "protections" too? If these girls need "protecting" from their male classmates, then why should they look to those self same boys to be their protectors like this poster intimates?