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Originally Posted by HarryT
I think it's a issue with terminology - I have a real "problem" with using this term "young adult" to refer to young teenagers; in my book (if you'll excuse the pun) they are not "adults", young or otherwise  . I personally refer to book aimed at that age group as "juvenile" books. Of course, I realise that my personal preferences aren't going to change the way that the book industry categorises its products  . |
What you've also got to remember is that to most Americans (this is not meant as a bash so don't take it that way) kids should be kept as kids and wrapped in cotton wool until they're 18, they shouldn't even think the word sex let alone actually read about the act itself.
I think that the legal age for sex being much younger in the UK and most of Europe leads us to have a much more tolerant attitude towards this sort of thing.
I know this is a general sweeping kind of statement but I know people on both sides of the pond who subscribe to this kind of thinking.