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.
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Assuming from some of the witnesses that these things occur, which I am willing to concede may in fact do, I would like to find out just what none is convinced is a better use of time than this. Well, apart from surfing the 'net, that is.
Parents give it to much thought.. no wonder your kids dont want to talk to you
I say 'gentle' all boys at the age of 11 and we would make such great strides in society, environmental protection and world peace that it would boggle the minds of even the most utopians. Am I not correct?
My (Oh Lawdy) Mother forced me to watch an episode of "The Doctors" talking about the "Truth" about teen sex. In this episode, they brought the most stereotypical IDIOTIC teenage girls on. About halfway through the episode, they started talking about Rainbow Parties.
I thought blumpkins were pretty ridiculous. I stand corrected, Rainbow Parties are the most ridiculous type of sex act I have ever heard of.
Seriously though, that show was bullshit. Apparently as racier shows rose in popularity, it caused teen preggys to go up. That's just two graphs side by side... I mean if I put the average number of grasshoppers in my yard over last year and the number of teen pregnancies side by side, I guess more grasshoppers=more preggos.