I thought it, but I can be very wrong....

I am so glad people here liked the term "Western Culture".  I had just made it it up ! )))))))))))))))))))

 I´d prefer Vulture Culture.

Trudy

Um, I´m not sure what/who you mean. My name is Manning (my real first name) and I only found this site last week.

I think you´ll find the term "Western Culture" has been in regular use for many, many years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_culture

Thank you Manning, it appears that AlphaF needs some enlightement in this matter.

There was a user here with nickname Aenigma, who left the site many times and would usually come back at first in an ´undercover´ way -- trying not to show who she was. So some of our older members find themselves suspicious of new members.

Welcome to the site!

Thanks Catwoman

As far as the Aenigma thing - fair enough, such confusion happens. 

Just for reference, I´m a "he" not a "she", and I live in Sydney. My (extremely lovely) girlfriend is Turkish and works at the Turkish Consulate here -  hence I am starting to learn Turkish  - hence I stumbled upon on this site.

No fooling you Manning. You are smart !

At last we agree on something.

Manning, welcome tot he site. I agree with everything you said about western culture being more about individualism and ability to make one´s choices. Even if sometimes people´s choices result in pregnancies, it still sounds better to me than being chosen a groom and forced to have sex with him. The peer pressure encouraging teens to have sex doesn´t make everyone have sex at the age of 12. Actually most of my friends lost their virginity in secondary school, so at about 17.

As for sex before marriage, everyone´s free to decide whether or not to have it. Why should I mind people who want to stay virgin until they get married? I´m perfectly ok with it. But I won´t have people telling me what to do. I´d never marry before having sex just because I don´t believe it´s something "sacred". My feeling is - if you are with someone you like and if you feel like doing it then why not? Yet, I´m still far from imposing my point of view on others. It´s like food - some people like kokoreç so let tem eat it, nobody will ever convince me that sheep´s intestines are tasty.