Traveling Pants Minus Plan B

So…I just watched the The Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants 2. Yeah. I’m a dork. I thought the first one was cute and the second was too.
Of course I just HAVE to analyze something in it. Tibby and the broken condom. I have not read the books, but I’m happy they decided to touch on it in the movie. She has sex like your average college student with her long term boyfriend and the condom breaks. Most of us have been there. At the same time she calls herself a feminist, but she has no idea that there is something called an emergency contraceptive. What kind of feminist goes to NYU and doesn’t know about Plan B? UGH! They didn’t even make it an option for her!
Does this have something to do with the target audience? I don’t know much about the books, but I’m guessing they were aiming for a teen audience. It’s like a conspiracy. They don’t want women to have abortions, but they don’t want us to have birth control either. At the same time we’re not supposed to have sex at all! Oh wait! We’re supposed to have sex when we’re married so that we can procreate, right? But that’s the only time. So, if we only have sex while we are married and to procreated, then we don’t need birth control or abortions.
So, if Tibby had been pregnant (she obviously wasn’t) she would have just had the baby and missed out on all the wonderful things about being in college and following her dreams. “LUCKILY”, it was just a scare. She still should have had the option of some sort of back-up contraception.
The thing that got me the most? Tibby said that she felt something very strong/special that night and she thought she was being punished for having those feelings…….
Now, I know I’m mixing fiction and real life, but what about society would make a college aged woman feel like she needed to be punished for enjoying sex with the man she’s in love with? It’s because society’s views of women and sex are completely off base. Actually stupid would be better. STUPID.
Sorry. This stuff makes me angry. I am happy that they showed at least one reality: some of us ladies have pregnancy scares. GO TRAVELING PANTS! WHOO HOO!
Watch it. It’s a cute movie and it’s not just for little girls or teenagers. I’m 25 and I liked it. They just need to do an edit and add the part where Tibby goes to the pharmacy to get Plan B.