Pamela, I agree. There is still a double standard for boys and girls as far as sex goes. I have heard of the tape, but don’t know who the guy in the tape is—hmm, double standard? The virginity rings are in the same league as the virginity balls (stop laughing) mentioned on another thread. Why not more emphasis on EDUCATION about HIV/AIDS, STDs, protection, birth control, etc.? Education instead of symbols. Or symbols only after thorough education. In the early 1970s, Our Bodies, Ourselves was banned in libraries. I recall memorizing whole pages of that book because I had no parents to teach me about this, the most important, next phase of my life. From high school through college, I waited until I felt mentally and physically prepared for sexual relations. In the short time I knew my parents they must have done something right to make me so responsible and independent. My girlfriends were not exactly like me, but I felt no peer pressure to lose my virginity. I was curious, but knew I’d have a lifetime to fend off the boyfriends who did not have my best interests at heart. I guess I was just lucky. I knew education was the key.

Pamela, Britney and Lindsay are talented and in many respects missed out on their childhoods. Paris, on the other hand, not so much. She is a celebrity-seeking vapid young woman with plenty of dough, who pays people to keep her in the public eye. And, with regard to being a model, I can only say that she is very slender, but pretty … again, not so much. This is a girl, who grew up in a very privileged world, yet has contributed very little. I think most girls over the age of 12 are very aware of the unsavory life she leads.