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Middle School Romantic Relationships

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During middle school, romantic interactions were achieved in a competitive manner. Moreover, when romantic interactions occurred, they were childlike when compared to high school and adult years. During middle school, girls were savagely pursuing any attention they could receive from the most popular boys in school. When I stated savagely pursuing that is not an understatement. Middle school girls were vicious when it came to getting the boy they wanted. The savage behavior consisted of slandering other girls’ reputations, fist fighting, and even jumping unsuspected females. The competition was fierce, but the romantic interactions were prosaic. Middle school romance consisted of passing love notes in class, holding hands in the hallways, sneaking …show more content…

During high school, romantic relations are more frequent and intense. The romantic scripts have switched from popularity contests to sexuality contests. When I was in high school, high school girls walked a constant path in the hopes of finding true love. More times than not, the outcome ended with a sexual encounter and a broken heart. The high school girl mentality was, if I don’t put out, then my boyfriend will leave me. With that being said, the pressure level always stayed high. Three main reasons being; One, low self-esteem plus a school filled with a vast variety of girls equals pressure to have sex. Two, intense feelings towards a boyfriend plus relationship insecurities equals pressure to have sex. Third, impatient boyfriend plus fear of abandonment equals pressure to have sex. I found myself in the high school pressure cooker a couple of times and it is not a very comforting place to be in. Consequently, it got the best of me during both trips. During high school, the romantic script for females was simple but brutal. The script read as follows, give your boyfriend what he wants and you may or may not get what you want. Also, if you gave all your boyfriends what they wanted, then you’re a slut, undateable, trashy, undeserving of love and only good for sex. Might I add that according to two of my high school nieces, the romantic script still reads the same way today as it did 14 years

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