bad ideas

You know sometimes you hear something and you think that is such a bad idea, there is no way anyone will buy into it, like wealth redistribution. But the next thing you know, not only does someone agree with this absurd idea but they begin to embrace it. Now don't get worried I am not blogging about the impending socialist revolution I am actually talking about sex bracelets.

Truly what a stupid idea; and yet not only has it been embraced but people are actually wearing them. If you are new to this phenomenon let me catch you up. You will be quick to recognize these jelly bracelets they were a fad in the 80's, first sported by Madonna and Cyndi Lauper. Today a person wears the bracelet and depending on the color another person snaps off the color of their choosing. The color bracelet correlates to a sexual favor which the snappee must now grant the snapper. The color chart as best as I know is the following : Yellow means hug, pink means give a hickey, orange means kiss, purple means you are willing to kiss either sex, red means perform a lap dance, green means oral sex performed on a girl, clear means anything goes, blue is oral sex performed on a guy, and black means missionary sex. There are glittery bracelets which hold more sexual favors, but I think you get the point.

I am stupefied why anyone would choose to take part in this really bad idea. What do you think others think of the bearer of the bracelet. Do you think kids today even care? Are parents buying these for their kids? Are kids using their allowance money to buy them? The whole idea of this "game" makes my head spin. I was talking to a "friend" who is in Jr high. She was telling me about people who are wearing these that she knows personally. I casually started asking questions. Are they advertising their services or using the bracelets to brag about their conquests. I got a lot of shrugging in return.

By allowing ANYONE to walk up and snap a colored bracelet off your wrist, you are giving control of YOUR body to someone else's whims. Understandably if you are wearing the bracelet maybe you are up for anything. But does that include the random stranger at the gas station you are advertising your sexual freedom to? These bracelets speak volumes about your character and if you wear this bracelet you are saying that you should be treated as an object and not a person. You are there, available to fulfill someones passing need. But what are you getting in return? This game is certainly not going to fill a void in your life, if anything it will create a bigger hole that you have no idea how to fill. This unhealthy game will lead to big problems, and I am not just talking about STDs.

Sex is a very intimate act meant to bond a husband and wife. Outside the parameters of marriage in particular, inside the boundaries of this insidious game you devalue the meaning of sex and equally so the value of your character. Sex is not a game and neither is your life, so stop treating it like one.