Dateable: Are You? Are They? Book

This book is a horrible way to teach teenagers about dating. The goods things are that it does promote dressing nice, respecting each other and things like that, but it tries to force certain roles on each gender. Things like:
- Girls are home-builders and therefore are always planning weddings and naming their children and dreaming of building a life together with every boy they have a crush on.
- Boys are only in it for sex and they will always lie to get want they want.
- Girls shouldn't ask guys out. That apparently goes against nature and ruins the whole "hard to get" chase that men want.
- Boys should always be in control of the relationship.

These are taken from the book itself. Also, because of the religious bias, it immediately scares teenagers about sex and the consequences. They are told in this book that they will get pregnant, drop out of school, get herpes, and will ultimately by turned away from their "soul mate" because they had sex outside of marriage. Yes, these are all possible effects caused by unsafe sex, but if birth control and condoms are used, then these are less likely to occur.

Instead of using truth to get to teens, it uses fear. That doesn't educate anyone. However, it's fun to read if you don't take it seriously and it's very sad to think some people believe those views.