Medical testing is a more reliable gauge of adolescent sexual activity than their own reporting, Rosenbaum said.
Did you HAVE to go there, right now? They're losing their minds already.
Many Youths Disregard Their Virginity Pledges, Harvard Study Says
According to interviews, more than half have sex within a year. But one pro-abstinence group disputes the findings.
By Elizabeth Mehren
Times Staff Writer
May 7, 2006
BOSTON — Virginity pledges, in which young people vow to abstain from sex until marriage, have little staying power among those who take them, a Harvard study has found.
More than half of the adolescents who make the signed public promises give up on their pledges within a year, according to the study released last week.
Ya think?
You HAVE to know these kids will lie. They're at a point of physical development where hormones are almost mechanically compelling, where their brains are still under construction...and you don't want to tell them a damn thing but "There's no contraception, there's no abortions, so if you have sex you'll get pregnant and ruin your life.
True.
For some, anyway.
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