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brando · Sep 29th, 2009, 06:39 AM

Rather disturbing article i've just read

http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scot...aving-SEX.html

Thought i'd post it to warn all parents

lauren-kate · Sep 29th, 2009, 06:46 AM

It is shocking.

I remember there being a craze for them when I was in school (and I think they were banned), but I didn't think there were meanings attached then.. there probably were with the more 'popular' kids - I didn't really pay any attention to that kind of thing.

amylw1 · Sep 29th, 2009, 07:36 AM

i remember the "bands" and their meanings from from 10+yrs ago when i was at school. the black meant the same as the "new craze" but that was the only 1 that ever had meaning and got discussed (as far as i know).

i wore loads of them (not for the meanings/what i wuld/wouldnt do) but because i was going through the phase of hippy/goth and they were so cheap and went with all clothes.

it is shocking though.

whiby · Sep 29th, 2009, 08:01 AM

Oh. My. God. I have never heard of this, I am apalled. I have cousins who are 14 and 12. It terrifies me to think of what kind of pressures they might be under by their peers. I'm not naieve I know kids have bragged about this kind of thing for years and years but to have a visual display to let the world know?.... Imagine the weirdos who could be on the look out for these bands on young kids...... To think that you may have to have the birds and the bees conversation with a child as young as 8 is horrible.

Kitten · Sep 29th, 2009, 08:36 AM

They discussed this on the Wright Stuff last week, it's so stupid, it could lead to rape and all sorts. I used to wear them but never heard of this stuff until now!

Dinoslass · Sep 29th, 2009, 08:42 AM

I'd never heard of it, don't know if it also is a thing under kids over here, have to ask the boys when they are home from school.
I know the bands as a few years back they were in the news as being a possible cause for cancer with some of the materials (soft liquids) in them, but never heard about the thing they symbolise. Sorry, but I think it is totally insane.

Pyrrhic · Sep 29th, 2009, 08:45 AM

This was around in the 80s and 90s and is still around now. They were around when I was a kid, and tbh I think it is just the media scarmongering and making it out worse than it is to sell a story.

krissie1234uk · Sep 29th, 2009, 09:03 AM

We had these bands when I was in school, they were called "shag bands" then, but they didn't mean anything. If you snapped someones, you were meant to have "shagged" them, but obviously you hadn't. Kids just said it. I don't really think we understood the whole thing back then. They were only around in Junior school.
I do think this has probably been made to sound worse than it is. It's probably just what kids say you have to do, but you don't actually do it IYKWIM?

lozzy21 · Sep 29th, 2009, 09:26 AM

TBH for most kids there just a fashion acessary, I wore them because they were pritty. Yet again the media has no stories and id creating one out of nothing

Windmills · Sep 29th, 2009, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krissie1234uk

We had these bands when I was in school, they were called "shag bands" then, but they didn't mean anything. If you snapped someones, you were meant to have "shagged" them, but obviously you hadn't. Kids just said it. I don't really think we understood the whole thing back then. They were only around in Junior school.

Same, they never *actually* meant anything when I was at school

People just said they did.

Sep 29th, 2009, 06:39 AM	#1
brando Father to be Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 46	Sex Bands Rather disturbing article i've just read http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scot...aving-SEX.html Thought i'd post it to warn all parents

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Sep 29th, 2009, 06:46 AM	#2
lauren-kate Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: UK Posts: 2,757	It is shocking. I remember there being a craze for them when I was in school (and I think they were banned), but I didn't think there were meanings attached then.. there probably were with the more 'popular' kids - I didn't really pay any attention to that kind of thing.

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Sep 29th, 2009, 07:36 AM	#3
amylw1 Other BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: peterborough Posts: 2,684	i remember the "bands" and their meanings from from 10+yrs ago when i was at school. the black meant the same as the "new craze" but that was the only 1 that ever had meaning and got discussed (as far as i know). i wore loads of them (not for the meanings/what i wuld/wouldnt do) but because i was going through the phase of hippy/goth and they were so cheap and went with all clothes. it is shocking though.

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Sep 29th, 2009, 08:01 AM	#4
whiby Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wales Posts: 1,220	Oh. My. God. I have never heard of this, I am apalled. I have cousins who are 14 and 12. It terrifies me to think of what kind of pressures they might be under by their peers. I'm not naieve I know kids have bragged about this kind of thing for years and years but to have a visual display to let the world know?.... Imagine the weirdos who could be on the look out for these bands on young kids...... To think that you may have to have the birds and the bees conversation with a child as young as 8 is horrible.

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Sep 29th, 2009, 08:36 AM	#5
Kitten Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Crawley, England Posts: 6,343	They discussed this on the Wright Stuff last week, it's so stupid, it could lead to rape and all sorts. I used to wear them but never heard of this stuff until now!

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Sep 29th, 2009, 08:42 AM	#6
Dinoslass Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 789	I'd never heard of it, don't know if it also is a thing under kids over here, have to ask the boys when they are home from school. I know the bands as a few years back they were in the news as being a possible cause for cancer with some of the materials (soft liquids) in them, but never heard about the thing they symbolise. Sorry, but I think it is totally insane.

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Sep 29th, 2009, 08:45 AM	#7
Pyrrhic Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 14,567	This was around in the 80s and 90s and is still around now. They were around when I was a kid, and tbh I think it is just the media scarmongering and making it out worse than it is to sell a story.

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Sep 29th, 2009, 09:03 AM	#8
krissie1234uk Trying to conceive (TTC) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Lancashire Posts: 1,799	We had these bands when I was in school, they were called "shag bands" then, but they didn't mean anything. If you snapped someones, you were meant to have "shagged" them, but obviously you hadn't. Kids just said it. I don't really think we understood the whole thing back then. They were only around in Junior school. I do think this has probably been made to sound worse than it is. It's probably just what kids say you have to do, but you don't actually do it IYKWIM?

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Sep 29th, 2009, 09:26 AM	#9
lozzy21 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Teesside, Posts: 19,422	TBH for most kids there just a fashion acessary, I wore them because they were pritty. Yet again the media has no stories and id creating one out of nothing

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