...with them. And what about mum’s roles in the lives of these aggressive? Dennis has clearly written about the responsibility of parents!

Why mercredi, are you blaming men’s silence for the problem? What about women? They’re not exactly complaining about Victoria secret, who do you think shops in those stores? Dennis mentions our culture, TV, magazines, etc. Dennis has mentioned the core issue.

Mercredi – would you be as riled if this was an article about how to protect girls from boys who want to pressure them to have sex? I think you need to get off you feminist high horse and read the article again.

This article is fantastic!

To mercredi38 – sounds like you are riled just because teenage boys and 40+ men leer at your daughter. There will always be people, OF BOTH SEXES, who will leer at the opposite sex, no matter how modestly they dress.

Dennis is not attacking these girls anymore than anyone who writes about how some boys pressure girls into SEX. And there are plenty of articles that talk about that! How come no one says that boys who pressure their girlfriends to have sex do this because our society gives them the message that they’ve got to have sex or else there’s something wrong with them? Most articles about this tend to attack the boys in question. In contrast, Dennis is not attacking these girls at all! He is stating facts – the fact that such girls exist and the facts of why they behave the way they do.

You say that dads abdicate their roles and then blame girls. In that case we can say that mums abdicate their roles too or else boys wouldn’t pressure girls for sex..

Okay, now this just riles me to the core. Yes, let's attack these young women as the "manipulative aggressors" that they are and not address the root cause. Our society has over-sexualized girls at a very young age. I see Dad's abidicating their role and then blaming girls.

Men, for the love of everything holy STAND UP and say you no longer want to see Victoria Secret adds on t.v.; complain to shopping malls that explicity portray pre-pubescent girls in skimpy attire in the add posted on store windows. Do SOMETHING, because it's YOUR silence which has created the problem and led advertisers to corrupt the young minds and hearts of girls into thinking this kind of attention is "good".

At least let's be honest about the CORE issue, and nurture these girls not tell them they've become pitfalls to our innocents sons!

I'm furious because I see teens & 40+ men leering at my 12 year old daughter!!She is about as modest as they get, and has never asked for their lascivious stares.

As an abstinence educator for more than 20 years a hearty AMEN to this article. I find myself warning boys about the pitfills of girls who throw themselves at males. The rise of (sexual) aggression from girls is appalling, only coupled with parents who purchase clothing allowing their (female) children to look like former day streetwalkers. We as (Christian) consumers have dropped the ball on more than the clothing industry as we see "Whorellyhood" and their "sodom and gomorahwood" fair pumped into our homes via the TV's, and yes, Christian kids lined up to see the newest lies spewed out at the theaters. If we were a Christian culture/society we would not have laid down to this filth in our United States. With all the mega churches one wonders just what they are teaching. It is a sad day indeed, and watching our children as they have become over sexualized is a travisty and conviction of the abandoning of the American children and family.

As the mother of 19, 15 and 10 year old boys, I appreciate the topic of your article. You made some excellent points, and I had to giggle when you cited the chapters from Proverbs. When our 19 year old was 17, he was smitten and way too over his head with his girlfriend. Due to her innapropriate, dishonest and manipulative behavior, and his inability to recognize it, we, as his parents put a moratorium on the relationship. During that time, I had him read those scriptures. He was furious with us for several weeks. We eventually let him resume the relationship knowing full well that we planted the seeds that would soon bloom. And, boy did they! To this day, he doesn't want to discuss that lesson learning time in his life. He is now in college and has a God loving girlfriend. We have known she's the one from day one. My son is on an academic scholarship, he is so refreshingly bright. If he can be duped by the lure of a provactive girl, most boys can! I KNOW boys, we should talk..