The steps in the attraction based mating dance never change.
The steps that society puts in there to try to waylay it do.


if what you are doing involves touching any part of someone's body that normally has clothes on or involves any of their bodily fluids - it is sex. I realize that kids don't see it that way.

I think they do, or they wouldnt use code words and try to keep it on the 'down low'.
They're just trying to rationalize and justify there emotional activities and see if you will buy into their reality. It worked for Bill. Teenagers have been fooling and fondling for aeons and will continue to do so. Females have been getting pregnant when they hit menses and will continue to do so.

First Corri then HP.
Girls asking the boys out, eh. Well I guess that takes care of the boy-adolescent-anxiety aspect of the mating ritual, but it will never work out in the long run because women do not respect men that can't take charge

I guess my mother was first actually...
Still spreading the disinformation. I always wondered if you mothers did this on purpose, because you knew it will kill the girls attraction.
SABOTEURS!!!
I remember how that went down when I believed my mother and went that route after she made me. Down in flames I tell you. <crash and burn> Man was I perplexed.
HP. seriously. Think back to the beginning of your R. MmmHmmm. I remember you told us about it here.

Females will always make themselves available at the very least, (not that the guy will notice) and usually approach a man that displays the appropriate characteristics. They will often not know why they want to be in proximity, or dissemble the reason why to him. Girls at this age are typically way ahead, socially and reproductively, then the boys. With the exception of Cemar, women are way more preoccupied with sex.

Oh noooooooooooo I'll get to worry about which guy they are thinking of offering oral sex since it doesn't "count".

according to the surveys sexual intercourse is down in the lower age groups. So are STD's. However, the older age groups (over 45?, 50?) STD's are way up. The herpes epidemic has been making the rounds at several college campuses according to recent newletters, however. In my estimation, the fact that BJ's are being given out like lollipops in the ~26 and unders is a way to appease the guy, while avoiding sex and the girl retaining her power. It seems to be almost a reflex action once a sexual situation starts.

MandDks
I desperately wanted to get close to some girls, but I was deathly afraid that they would find out. Duh, they all knew! A large part of the dating game is creative dishonesty. Flattery is almost never purely factually accurate

Im curious what you mean by creative dishonesty. I am brutally honest, but I also like to 'play', just because its fun for me.
Its not really necessary once your able to demonstrate certain attributes, and your boundaries are in tact.
I was going to give an example of what I thought you meant, but Id rather get one from you.
You may want to try using another word instead of an emotionally negative one (dishonest). The words we use affect how we see the world and react to it.