“At home, kids my age decided to have sex and sometimes girls even had sleepovers at home with their boyfriends. Our parents knew and let it happen. But here—it was very secretive. Lots of kids were doing it, but girls especially weren’t talking about it. It was a very gossipy environment. There were scary rumors about two girls at school having abortions. Well, what do you expect? Nobody talked about birth control! People went to parties and got really drunk and had sex there. It was a big change to wrap my mind around.”
