I'm from a small town originally...but I always read that through the ages a father would buy his son his first piece of pussy. Usually at a much younger age throughout past history.
Of course with our present day insanity about sex...father's are scared to death to do something like that (you know, show their sons the most fun and natural thing on Earth) because they would be arrested by the almighty govt and this nation full of prudish people.
Long gone are the traditions of a father having the first beer with his teen son and buying him a hooker to make a man out of him. That's why we don't even treat 18, 19, and 20 year olds like adults. They aren't even allowed to have a drink.
And all this coddling and acting stupid has reduced people into staying "childen" well into their late 20's.
I moved out of my parent's house when I was 17 and was playing in my band with a fake id (18 was the drinking age in 1978 when I was 17) and living in an apartment with my 24 year old girlfriend.
In other words: I grew up.
These days? First off I'd never have gotten into a bar with my fake id because now you have to be 21 years old to go to a fucking nightclub and have a good time. And secondly, my girlfriend would be arrested and become a "sex offender" for the rest of her life and forced to register as such everywhere she lived.
So instead of becoming a man and beginning my life...I would have probably done what kids do these days....Sat around at my parents house fucking off for 10 years or so. Losing crucial time in the game of life.
</rant against our American prudish fucking ignorance>