And they buy her birth control pills. Jessica's mother, who thinks a nice outing for the girls would be ice skating followed by hot chocolate, lacks the self-confidence to judge Rachel's parents harshly. Though a good student and happy participant in church activities, Jessica, like all teenagers, is eager to be older. The illicit world of adolescence exerts a powerful attraction. The parties these kids attend sound like something out of the debaucheries of ancient Rome.
Alcohol so loosens inhibitions that pairs grope one another in full view.
Meanwhile, other drunk young girls are raped in spare bedrooms. There are some tales of livid adults returning the next morning to find their homes trashed. But the party circuit simply continues somewhere else. Violence and senseless destruction are themes that run through adolescent life like a red thread in a white garment. Even the honor students destroy.