Although Katherine doesn’t have any STDs or pregnancy, others in the book do. I’m sure people have said that there aren’t any consequences to sex in the book, but it’s not true. It tries to educate teens about sex without being preachy. Nowadays, sex permeates our culture to the point where we barely notice it. And sure, there are consequences to sex, but sometimes they’re just matters of the heart. (And of course, the girl suffered the consequences and didn’t even want sex in the first place.) Forever essentially stems from the idea that you can be responsible and educated with your sex life, and both males and females have hormones. Until 1975, when Forever was published, sexually active teens in stories ended up pregnant, disease-ridden, married to miscreant (of course unhappily), some have grisly, illegal abortions, and in extreme cases, dead from a bad delivery or disease. I shall never be able to look anyone called Ralph in the eye again.
0 kommentar(er)
