Fear-Mongering About “Sex Bracelets”
Here’s one of those “news” stories that’s more an illustration of parental terror and the power of hearsay than anything to be taken seriously. The only source for this information is “according to a local television station” and “some teens told the station” – not a named source to be found. If there’s any truth to the tale, I’m betting it’s a tiny kernal indeed. Nonetheless, here’s how the story goes, and don’t miss the fear-mongering headlines:
‘Sex Bracelets’ Cause Parental Concern
Some Teens Said To Use Bracelets To Signal Sexual IntentionsA fashion accessory may have a lot more meaning than you realize for your teenager, according to television station WCAU.
Jelly bracelets are making a comeback. But instead of a fashion statement, they may be making a statement about your kid’s sex life, the station said.
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Only this time these jelly bracelets have a new nickname: sex bracelets.These bendable pieces of colorful rubber have a whole new unwholesome meaning: They’re a sexual code to many teens, WCAU said.
Some colors mean different things, and people wear them for that reason.
Here’s a common breakdown, from what teens told the station:
Yellow: hugging
Purple: kissing
Red: lap dance
Blue: oral sex
Black: the full montyIn a game called snap, if a boy breaks a jelly bracelet off a girl’s wrist, he basically gets a sexual coupon for that act.
It’s become such a problem in some middle schools in Florida that districts started banning the bracelets.
In a real news story, that last sentence would have been followed by, like, you know, identifying one of those districts and having a quote from a named administrator thereof talking about the dire need to prevent fornication in the hallways.
So, does anybody know the real rules to the game of snap?
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Yes, I promise you that the Jelly snap braclet game is real. For example, areas around New Bedford and the Wellesley areas of Massachusetts often play this game.
This has been around in Australia for a good 7-8 years that I cab remember
The thing with Snaps is, it’s something every teenager in the nation knows about (and I haven’t been not-a-teen for long, so I should know) but no one plays. At least not for real–occasionally a wimpy bracelet is broken (a new one is pretty tough and hard to break) but everyone laughs about it and goes about their day.
At least, that’s how it was in my highschool, though there were totally unsubstantiated rumors drifting about that certain of the stupider demographic of middle schoolers did take the game seriously.
(I know I’m late on posting this but this urban myth kind of gets under my skin. Church members used to flip a bit when I went to youth group with black jelly bracelets loading both wrists *grin*)