More from the Frontlines of Cultural Decadence
July 10, 2010
JESSE POWELL writes:
It appears the Twilight novels and movies have started a new craze of teenagers biting each other to show their love and passion. This is not a joke; apparently some teens even go so far as to draw blood in their bites. The health risks of this are emphasized in the articles on this subject. Michael Kaplor, 16, is quoted as saying, “I think a lot of people draw blood because they want to feel very powerful, when you bite the other person you get the huge adrenaline rush and it feels like you can’t stop and some people just take it too far”.
I haven’t heard this said explicitly, but it seems to me this biting is something boys do to girls much more than the other way around. The ABC News article linked above includes a vidoe that is four minutes long and well worth watching.