I just came back from a High School football game. My youngest son is
in Middle School now and I took him to the game so he could hang out
with his mates. So, I was on my own for much of the game. :/
I only took marginal interest in the game, to me the real show was in
and around the stands. I've thought about this before when my older
son was in High School and I would go to see him play. High School
football games are really sexually charged. It's true, all those
pheromones get the kids stirred up; and watching as a boylover, I can
see how the chemistry affects the atmosphere. There are all types of
people at the game from grandparents and parents, to teachers and
students and of course the little brothers and sisters. It's a great
place to people watch and boy watch.
The adults pretty much watch the game or talk to friends and the
little baby siblings and toddler siblings play with toys in the
bleachers. The administrators march back and forth policing the kids.
But the kids I saw tonight are all really good kids. In some schools
in this city there are killings at HS football games. Nothing like
that here, these kids almost all come from privileged homes.
Of course, the kids are completely tuned in to one another. They only
watch the game when there is a big play. The students dominate the
middle section of the bleachers, The upperclassmen stand in segregated
groups. Popular guys stand in a group near the popular girls and there
is much interaction, but it is unfocused. Teen couples tend to stay on
the periphery and are intimately focused on one another, there is a
lot of snuggling and hugging; and in the darker areas around the
concession stand or in corners there is a little kissing going on. The
close proximity of the groups tends to act as an aphrodisiac and a
mass sexual energy is created that they all feed on. You can see it in
their dilated pupils. They actually get a sexual high. I never saw
this when I was in high school, I was on the field, but it was
palpable tonight.
Older middle school boys, like my son, are trying to act like the
upperclassmen, they stand in groups near the older teens and they are
tuned in and watching how the older teens interact. They vacillate
between the urge to fit in with the cool older kids and being more
playful and active like the younger boys. I saw my son trying to talk
up an upper school girl. She was pretty and blonde, just what he
likes, and she thought he was cute and sweet, but in a little brother
sort of way. I think that was okay with him. He already has a
girlfriend that goes to a different school. It was a lot of fun to
watch from a discreet distance as he and his friends seesawed from
Middle School cool to hyper preteen, dancing to the rhythm of the
drumline or breaking into a snatch of song as a group. He has some
great friends and it was informative to watch them in their element.
The prepubescent and pubescent boys were the most interesting to
watch, the 5th and 6th graders. The pheromones in the air affected
them most of all. They were crazed and active, running around chasing
one another. The sexual energy was turned on one another as opposed to
the opposite sex and they didn't know how to deal with it. Most of
them had a glaze of sweat on their faces, their hair was disheveled
from running and wrestling. When I caught their eye from time to time
I saw a disconnected joy on their faces, like they were buzzing. More
than once a boy would catch my boy smile, stop, stare at me in wonder
for a moment and then smile back and say, 'Hey' before he ran off. It
was if they had to clear their heads to focus directly. They were
stoned on pheromones and they didn't know it. It was hilarious to see,
especially knowing that they're out of control and don't know why.
They panted and yelled to one another in their high pitched, excited
voices. The real action was in the line to the concession stand.
That's where they all jumble together, jostling one another, me and
other patrons in line. I was with my kid and some of his buds. They
were all crowded around me and they were talking about other kids.
"Hey, there's JT. JT!" "Sara is really nice, but her sister is stuck
up." My son's friends talked me up too, much to the embarrassment of
my son. When I bought them all a snack I got to be cool to him too. By
that time the pheromones were getting to me too and I really began to
consider what was going on around me. The boys my son's age are super
attractive and relatively safe, so they got a lot of hugs from older
girls. The older girls stayed away from the older boys unless they
were very close friends (in which case there was a lot of hugging). So
my kid got some hugs. He's good at that because he has an older sister
and he's always hugging her friends. It was then that I realized that
this is how these young people had safe sexual encounters.
Which brought me back to the 5th and 6th graders. Not having an outlet
they were taking out sexual aggression on each other. Wrestling,
jostling, touching, there was a lot of physical contact. It was
non-sexual, but there was a lot of it. And then I noticed how
frequently this age group adjusted themselves. It was a totally
unconscious action, but I saw it over and over. I guess you have to
know what to look for to see it. This time of year, before it gets too
cold, is perfect for some of the most interesting boywatching of all.
Support your local team!
My son took a long time to calm down when we got home. In fact, he
said he 'needed' to wrassle (what he calls beating the crap out of
each other). It worked and he crashed hard in front of the TV where he
is now sound asleep. I would be interested to know if anyone else has
noticed this phenomenon.
Doc
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