Rainbow Parties
The recent publication of a novel for teenagers titled RAINBOW PARTY has revived debate about whether or not such 'rainbow parties' are real. As a recent NY Times article explained, "rainbow parties are group oral sex parties in which each girl wears a different shade of lipstick, and each guy tries to emerge sporting every one of the various colors." Such parties are supposedly all the rage with teenagers (kids these days!... what will they think of next?). In the book, a teenage girl has to decide whether or not to go to such a party, but the party ends up never taking place.The concept of rainbow parties first gained widespread attention back in 2003 when a guest on the Oprah show claimed that all kinds of teenagers were going to these things. But the thing is, tales about rainbow parties always seem to be third-hand: coming from adults who are trying to raise alarms about teenage sexuality. The same NY Times article notes that "Many say rainbow parties are just a new urban legend -- suburban, actually -- not much more trustworthy than the old stories about alligators in the sewer."
I'd have to agree that the rainbow party concept is probably more urban legend than reality. It reminds me of the Jelly Bracelet tale (that teenagers supposedly wear color-coded jelly bracelets to indicate to other kids what kind of sexual acts they're willing to perform). But as always with such things, it may have started out fake, but give it enough time and someone, somewhere, is probably going to be inspired to make it real.
Posted By: Alex | Date: Thu Aug 11, 2005 | Permalink |
Total Comments: 69
Category: Sex/Romance, Urban Legends
Category: Sex/Romance, Urban Legends
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haha
my girlfriends mom NEVER wants her to go to parties with me because my friend nates mom told her mom that teenagers would have group oral sex at parties
Posted by RAMONESxMANIA on Thu Aug 11, 2005 at 02:05 PM
my girlfriends mom NEVER wants her to go to parties with me because my friend nates mom told her mom that teenagers would have group oral sex at parties
I was born 20 years to early.
Posted by bruce on Thu Aug 11, 2005 at 02:28 PM
Forget the book and the debate, just tell me where I can find one of these parties...
Posted by Big Gary C in Dallas in Dallas, Texas, USA on Thu Aug 11, 2005 at 02:39 PM
sweet im 15 ill tell you all if its true....
and i will get all the colors.
Posted by Nightmare in Formaly ED on Thu Aug 11, 2005 at 04:34 PM
and i will get all the colors.
My vote is myth.
Unless it's an all-boy party, I cannot believe in teenage group orgies simply because of the differing sex drive between females and males.
Namely males have one, females don't.
Posted by DFStuckey in Auckland New Zealand on Fri Aug 12, 2005 at 01:54 AM
Unless it's an all-boy party, I cannot believe in teenage group orgies simply because of the differing sex drive between females and males.
Namely males have one, females don't.
Strange, it was the other way round, in my teenage relationships.
Posted by Boo in The Land of the Haggii... on Fri Aug 12, 2005 at 02:35 AM
Funnily enough the episode of Oprah (or DR Phil)which discusses this was on in Australia yesterday. It sounds like the typical fear mongering-harbinger-of-doom type ratings winning formula Oprah would use to raise the awareness of this important teenagers-in-crisis issue that is so prevelent in the world today. Whether or not they actually occur doesn't seem to matter, it could and since a book has been written about it it makes it more likely and thats enough proof for some people in the media.
I wonder if the book is on her top ten?
Posted by timichu on Fri Aug 12, 2005 at 02:37 AM
I wonder if the book is on her top ten?
Totally a myth. That's not to say that something like it hasn't happened at some point, somewhere. But to say it's a trend, or that it's happening all the time, is completely false in my opinion.
I remember back when I was in junior high. F**k tabs were the big thing. You'd take the tab off a pop can, and how it broke would determinge what sexual favour you'd get from a girl for it.
Of course, the one thing we all knew was that no matter how many tabs you gave a girl, you'd never get anything in return.
If something was going to happen, it had nothing to do with the tabs.
Posted by AqueousBoy on Fri Aug 12, 2005 at 05:24 AM
I remember back when I was in junior high. F**k tabs were the big thing. You'd take the tab off a pop can, and how it broke would determinge what sexual favour you'd get from a girl for it.
Of course, the one thing we all knew was that no matter how many tabs you gave a girl, you'd never get anything in return.
If something was going to happen, it had nothing to do with the tabs.
hey, if these parties are really going down, then it sucks that we all can't be there...what a country
Posted by Hairy Houdini on Fri Aug 12, 2005 at 08:29 AM
These parties are very real - at least the seem so. They've been taking place in my dreams since I was 13!!!!! I also have a cousin who sees all kinds of pretty rainbows all the time. But I think that has more to do with his choice of recreational substances.
Posted by Dreamer on Fri Aug 12, 2005 at 08:38 AM
Myth, same category as the girls with coke-bottles stuck vacuum down there. Just male hormones and wishful thinking
Posted by jerry s on Fri Aug 12, 2005 at 08:46 AM
Sorry to tell you all , but this actually does happen. When I was 17 I participated in a few (well 2 to be exact) And it doesn't happen the way they are saying it does. It's more disclosed than that. None of us got BJ's in front of everyone it was always in a bathroom, closet or other non-public place. The first party I went to, I only got one shade, but the second one, I got 3 colors.
Posted by Anonymous on Fri Aug 12, 2005 at 10:45 AM
I read an article in a teen magizine about these parties.
Posted by Dany in Waco, Texas on Fri Aug 12, 2005 at 01:57 PM
Yes Virginia, it actually does happen. When I was a junior in high school I was in with the in group and we had these parties once or twice a month.
Posted by partyboy on Fri Aug 12, 2005 at 04:28 PM
Ah, here come the netsibishionists . . .
You three above say you have been to such events. I could crap on a cracker and say it was peanut butter, but I think most people would realise it was not after at least two bites.
Let's be realistic; Consensual sex among men and women of any age group is becoming rarer. Look at the birth rates in most countries, the increasing number of singles and same sex relationships.
Posted by DFStuckey in Auckland New Zealand on Fri Aug 12, 2005 at 07:40 PM
You three above say you have been to such events. I could crap on a cracker and say it was peanut butter, but I think most people would realise it was not after at least two bites.
Let's be realistic; Consensual sex among men and women of any age group is becoming rarer. Look at the birth rates in most countries, the increasing number of singles and same sex relationships.
Wow, this sounds like a good idea! I would love to have one of these parties!
Posted by Michael Jackson in neverland ranch on Sat Aug 13, 2005 at 03:26 AM
It's funny how folks who aren't getting any action don't want to believe that other people get it regularly.
Posted by partyboy on Sat Aug 13, 2005 at 05:56 AM
it's funny how people who get it regularly like to believe that other people don't...I'm Bad...you know it
Posted by Hairy Houdini on Sat Aug 13, 2005 at 06:10 AM
Wow! Partyboy is my new hero. He ain't lyin', nd I ain't frontin'. The guy I'm worried about is the fruity virgin who wants to take a dump on a cracker and make a peanut butter sandwich. You ought to write a story about him. Wash your hands after you meet with him, though (hepatitis).
Posted by booch on Sat Aug 13, 2005 at 02:01 PM
Party boy, the old saying is quite true.
The ones who brag the most get the least.
Unless you can provide proof I suggest you don't make any further comments.
And that goes for the rest of you.
Posted by DFStuckey in Auckland New Zealand on Sat Aug 13, 2005 at 04:48 PM
The ones who brag the most get the least.
Unless you can provide proof I suggest you don't make any further comments.
And that goes for the rest of you.
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