Is Brandi Glanville's questionnaire way out of line?

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Sara McGinnis

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Mom-of-two Brandi Glanville believes she is only looking out for her son, age 12, as he dips into the dating pool for the first time, but is her questionnaire for potential girlfriends way out of line?

The reality star posted a message about son Mason recently, tweeting, "My eldest has a date tomorrow and I have jitters for him so I gave him good boyfriend homework."

Attached to the image was a 13-question list of items for him to ask his date. Items start out innocently enough ("middle name," "where she lives," "does she have siblings"), but number 6 took a decidedly different turn. It reads: "is she a virgin."

In response, one Twitter user wrote, "Is she a virgin? Who asks that on a first date and how old is he? 14? Wow. #trashbag." Another wrote, "the girl doesn't need to tell your son or any1 for that matter her sexual business (hopefully she has none)."

Brandi Glanville clearly disagrees, however. In response to those who cried foul over her list of questions she tweeted:

If you think 12 is too young at this point in our age to ask if someone's a virgin you're sadly mistaken get with the f**king times

— Brandi Glanville (@BrandiGlanville) October 18, 2015

She later added, "Have open conversations with your kids & then you will know what's going on—that is how I know what I know—don't f--king for yourselves....Good night—I'm not trying to fight with anyone. I'm trying to inform parents. That's it #truth."

Personally, I find Brandi to be both right and somewhat wrong in her approach.

On the negative side, I dislike that virginity is listed on such an initial questionnaire. To me, it implies the girl's worth, her date-ability, is tied to if she's a virgin. The line of thinking appears to be that even if all the other points are compatible this bit of information could be a deal breaker. Rather than teaching Mason to judge a person by their past, I'd prefer to see Brandi encouraging him to assess interest in a person on their personality, intelligence and outlook on life.

That being said, I do think conversation about sexual history is very important to have and a topic that we should be teaching kids to discuss. Mason should be encouraged to care about his partner's past -- going so far as to ask about protection used and sexual health testing -- I just don't think it's a conversation that needs to happen on the first date.

What's your reaction to Brandi Glanville's "good boyfriend homework" list of questions? Weigh in by leaving a comment below!

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