I suppose I'm just ranting.

In the last couple of months, I've browsed through two different Christian books on sex--one written recently, the other in the '70s, pre-Roe v. Wade. I could talk about a few different things, but what struck me most was that both books are obviously intended for high school- and college-aged audiences; both authors keep talking about "young people" and "youth." They make the assumption that anyone older is married. On the one hand, their assumption is generally correct--it seems like the majority of Christians get married right out of school--but on the other, they're almost entirely neglecting the population of Christians who are in their twenties and thirties and beyond who haven't married (and thus, presumably, are to still remain abstinent in an oversexualized society).

I suppose what each author wrote would remain essentially the same when dealing with an older audience, but it irks me that they both ignore singles for whom the terms "youth" and "young people" are not entirely appropriate.