Playground 'shag bands' spark fears over early sexualisation [Independent.ie]
- Published: 13 June 2010
TO parents they are simply innocent, brightly coloured friendship bands their daughters and sons like to wear.
But in the slang of the school playground they are known as 'shag bands' with all the disturbing connotations such a crude term implies.
Each colour band indicates a physical act, ranging from a yellow band for a hug to blue or black ones which represent a willingness to indulge in more serious sexual behaviour. If a schoolchild snaps the rubber band, the wearer is supposed to carry out the physical act represented by that colour.
Aine Lynch, of the National Parents Council (NPC), says that the 'shag band' phenomenon popular with pre-teen children is symptomatic of the early sexualisation of Irish children.
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