Girl's just wanna have fun...
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 2:27 am
They’re young, beautiful and think they’re invincible.
On the face of it, today’s teenage girls are no different from those of previous generations. Except, writes Rachel Olding, that they’re sexually promiscuous and binge drinking like never before – and documenting much of it on Facebook
It’s midnight on a Saturday and at King Street Wharf’s Cargo Bar, the night has soured. Sara*, a 17-year-old graduate of an exclusive north shore girls’ school, has been kicked out after tripping over a bar stool and nearly smashing a glass. Her friend Sophie, 18, has stormed out in a boozed-up sulk because the former Knox boy she’s casually sleeping with hasn’t appeared. Laura, 18, the third in this tight-knit circle, is the last one standing. Barely.
Laura is so drunk that she can hardly talk but in a haze of double vodka cranberries she’s telling me how a night like this plays out. “My motive is to choose a guy and flirt with him,” she slurs. “If it’s someone I’m not interested in, then I’ll just sleep with them but if it’s someone I like, I’ll try to hold it from them for, like, four weeks.” We’re interrupted by a guy she knows who demands that Laura and I pash. “Have you two ever hooked up?” he smirks. “C’mon, hook up or get out.” I wear my disgust on my face but Laura ignores him and when a Pussycat Dolls song starts playing, jokingly gyrates up against some girlfriends on the dance floor. Faux lesbian kisses were cool in year 10, she says, but are a bit of a yawn now.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/lifemat ... z1QiqZcd9Z
