Orange, red, blue, black -- they're just thin, rubbery bracelets that come in a rainbow of colors, but they're causing quite a stir. First made popular by Madonna and other pop stars in the 1980s, "jelly bracelets" are making a comeback with teens and some grade-school kids.
But this time, there's a twist: In some parts of the country, they're calling them "sex bracelets" -- with various colors supposedly representing promises to perform sex acts in a game called "Snap."
As the story goes, break someone's orange bracelet (or purple, in some cases) and you get a kiss. Red, a lap dance. Blue, oral sex. Black, intercourse. And so on.
If I was a parent I guess this story would concern me, until I applied some common sense.
Does anybody really think that there are teenaged girls out there who are willingly handing out sexual favors in accordance with the rules of some silly game? That sounds less like reality and more like the wishful thinking of teenaged boys. This may be happening in isolated communities, but I seriously doubt that its enough of a national trend to warrant a story like this. As the article goes on to say, most teens are probably hearing more about this game from the media then they are from one another.
Can you imagine how many mothers have gone storming into their daughter's rooms over this? Kids are going to think their parents have gone nuts.
I actually heard this story on the radio here in North Dakota about a week ago. They interviewed the Fargo Chief of Police, no less, who said that the teens involved in the game may be hugging and kissing one another, or worse.
Oh lordy, teens hugging and kissing each other. What are we going to do? I couldn't help but laugh.