[Patrick]

When I was 20, I had a friend who had slept with 21 women. I called him a slut, and he agreed (not proudly) that he had been. He envied the fact that I had ended up waiting until I was 19 and deeply in love to have sex for the first time.

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[Patrick]

The numbers of teens reporting they have already had sex has actually been getting lower, not higher.

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[Patrick]

I understand your point, but the name of the nation is the United States of America. When it was founded, that is what it was named. Sure, you can assume arrogance on the part of the founders that they thought they would always be the only independent nation in these 2 continents. But that doesn't mean the usage is due to some arrogance on the part of the people using it. This is what we have always been called, from within and without. The usage fits the form the shortened name of other countries and their peoples. ie. United Mexican States is shortened to Mexico and the people are Mexicans. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is shortened to Venezuela and the people are Venezuelans. United States of America is shortened to America and the people are Americans.

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