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| -Study: Teenage 'virginity pledges' are ineffective |
Heidi |
Dec-29-08 06:31 AM |
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Hence the old expression |
edwardlindy |
Dec-29-08 06:33 AM |
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"D'oh." - Teenagers of Every Century of Human History |
SpiralHawk |
Dec-29-08 06:37 AM |
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No big surprise here |
Blue Gardener |
Dec-29-08 06:49 AM |
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And the problems with people like the Palins is that they want everyone |
Ilsa |
Dec-30-08 12:21 PM |
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From the Files of: Research So Obvious That It Is Sorely Needed |
supernova |
Dec-29-08 06:53 AM |
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Another unwelcome result - |
Vinca |
Dec-29-08 07:01 AM |
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I thought maybe somebody posted an Onion article! |
Democat |
Dec-29-08 07:02 AM |
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File this under studies that find that water is wet. n/t |
CTyankee |
Jan-01-09 01:10 PM |
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The study only looked at religious conservative teens |
marshall |
Jan-08-09 12:34 PM |
#121 |
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May I propose a new DU rule? |
jmowreader |
Dec-29-08 07:04 AM |
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For anyone working on this issue |
Ms. Toad |
Dec-29-08 07:31 AM |
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Very good point, Ms. Toad! |
Redbear |
Dec-29-08 08:53 AM |
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Well said. |
JNelson6563 |
Dec-29-08 09:22 AM |
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We are spending MILLIONS of dollars at home and abroad on this TRIPE. |
PassingFair |
Dec-29-08 11:51 AM |
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I'm sorry things will never change |
rangersmith82 |
Dec-31-08 04:21 PM |
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BREAKING NEWS: Ursine mammals evacuate their bowels in sylvan environments! n/t |
IanDB1 |
Dec-29-08 07:09 AM |
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HA HA HA HA HA |
rationalcalgarian |
Dec-29-08 09:01 AM |
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If you wanna get laid, you get a job catering for Abstinence Balls. n/t |
IanDB1 |
Dec-29-08 07:10 AM |
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They have those? Darn where were they? |
LiberalFighter |
Dec-29-08 08:04 AM |
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Meanwhile the fundies will deny their girls protection |
liberal N proud |
Dec-29-08 07:15 AM |
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As long as teens feel they are failures unless they have |
ayeshahaqqiqa |
Dec-29-08 07:16 AM |
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As long as children are born with sexual organs attached to them |
Crunchy Frog |
Dec-29-08 09:49 AM |
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Unless they have BF/GFs???? |
AlbertCat |
Dec-29-08 10:39 AM |
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In my days, 40 years ago, |
ayeshahaqqiqa |
Dec-29-08 12:33 PM |
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Spot on! Those who gaze back longingly at the good old days of virgins.... |
Moonwalk |
Dec-29-08 12:42 PM |
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Bingo |
XemaSab |
Jan-01-09 03:37 PM |
#115 |
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Not to be too picky, but... |
regnaD kciN |
Dec-29-08 05:26 PM |
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or just pull out before you finish |
Xenotime |
Dec-30-08 11:15 AM |
#101 |
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Yeah, right |
XemaSab |
Jan-01-09 03:38 PM |
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Early sexualization makes it even MORE likely that they will not "wait".. |
SoCalDem |
Dec-29-08 07:28 AM |
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Todays fashion style.. women dress like little girls and little girls dress like hookers! |
madmom |
Dec-29-08 10:31 AM |
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I don't know if that's true. |
jaredh |
Dec-29-08 11:24 AM |
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I tend to believe that as well. |
Hayduke Lives |
Dec-29-08 11:55 AM |
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Interesting... |
GoddessOfGuinness |
Dec-29-08 03:18 PM |
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Not all churches offer it, but I think most do. |
Hayduke Lives |
Dec-30-08 07:37 AM |
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Thanks for the info |
GoddessOfGuinness |
Dec-30-08 07:41 PM |
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My high school had a half semester of sex ed. |
XemaSab |
Jan-01-09 03:41 PM |
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But menarche is beginning sooner. There have been reports on that. nt |
Ilsa |
Dec-30-08 12:36 PM |
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IIRC, teen pregnancy rates were highest in the 1950s |
GinaMaria |
Dec-29-08 11:57 AM |
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They were high back then because there was no birth control to speak of |
SoCalDem |
Dec-29-08 04:51 PM |
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oops a dupe..nt |
SoCalDem |
Dec-29-08 05:53 PM |
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The real problem: sexual maturity vastly predates emotional and social maturity |
StopThePendulum |
Dec-30-08 10:29 PM |
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What clued them in...the STDs or the pregnancies? |
Solly Mack |
Dec-29-08 07:48 AM |
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LOL. You think?! |
lynyrd_skynyrd |
Dec-29-08 07:50 AM |
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In an unrelated story, bacon delicious. Kittens and puppies make people go "aww". |
Liberal_Lurker |
Dec-29-08 07:52 AM |
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And just when I though nobody gave a f**k anymore.......... |
Lastlaughin08 |
Dec-29-08 07:54 AM |
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this just in... |
pc1971 |
Dec-29-08 07:58 AM |
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"This is Captain Obvious reporting for MSNBC." |
Heidi |
Dec-29-08 08:02 AM |
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hate to break it to you, but... |
warpkaurbreach |
Dec-29-08 08:02 AM |
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Welcome to DU! |
XemaSab |
Jan-01-09 03:44 PM |
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Those who want to remain abstinent don't make a show of it |
marshall |
Dec-29-08 08:04 AM |
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These dummys think that as long as the Hyman is attached they are still pure |
LynneSin |
Dec-29-08 08:23 AM |
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They'll just have oral sex or do it in the butt |
quantessd |
Dec-29-08 04:20 PM |
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Like Bristol Palin's "virginity pledge?" |
DemoTex |
Dec-29-08 08:24 AM |
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Yeah Jessica Simpson took one of those too |
LynneSin |
Dec-29-08 08:26 AM |
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Didn't Britney Spears also say she was going to remain |
ikojo |
Dec-29-08 08:29 AM |
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Do you/anyone know if she actually took one? |
biopowertoday |
Dec-29-08 09:09 AM |
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Obama knew about the futility of such pledges long before this study came out |
marshall |
Dec-31-08 04:01 PM |
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I have a niece and a nephew (not from the same family) |
ikojo |
Dec-29-08 08:27 AM |
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It's very good for the religious fundamentalists to keep these kids ignorant and pregnant. |
YOY |
Dec-29-08 09:14 AM |
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Thank God my niece has not had another kid yet. |
ikojo |
Dec-29-08 09:35 AM |
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Teen Virgins Are Just Going Through A Phase. |
MineralMan |
Dec-29-08 08:35 AM |
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No Shit. Virginity is a condition that can be cured |
Phred42 |
Dec-29-08 08:39 AM |
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LOL! My husband just said.... |
TwoSparkles |
Dec-29-08 08:46 AM |
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They needed a study for that? |
YOY |
Dec-29-08 08:55 AM |
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Well tie me to a fencepost |
Stuckinthebush |
Dec-29-08 09:12 AM |
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I am shocked, SHOCKED I tell you! |
Jester Messiah |
Dec-29-08 09:19 AM |
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Here are your winnings sir. |
Lordquinton |
Dec-29-08 10:15 AM |
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In other news: Water discovered to be wet. |
JNelson6563 |
Dec-29-08 09:20 AM |
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Names, Phone numbers??? |
Froward69 |
Dec-29-08 09:27 AM |
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Aren't these sleazyy pledges just giving permission to give it to |
PfcHammer |
Dec-29-08 09:32 AM |
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Just show teens a video of a woman giving birth and a what happens to a man who abandon's his kid. |
Crowman1979 |
Dec-29-08 09:37 AM |
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Humans are humans alert |
MidwestTransplant |
Dec-29-08 09:37 AM |
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Seems to me the only reason for "abstinence only" programs |
Strathos |
Dec-29-08 09:52 AM |
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There's also the religious morality angle--good for fundraising and building the congregation. |
Raster |
Dec-29-08 10:00 AM |
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From the latest issue of "Fucking Obvious" |
Shiver |
Dec-29-08 10:06 AM |
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Who would have thought that a stupid pledge would lose out to raging hormones... |
Javaman |
Dec-29-08 10:10 AM |
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"Sexual abstinence" is the anti-planned parenthood campaign . . . |
defendandprotect |
Dec-29-08 10:12 AM |
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It's a little slice of religious indoctrination, and it shouldn't be taught in public schools, |
Heidi |
Dec-29-08 10:27 AM |
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Agree . . . wholeheartedly . . . and we're paying for this nonsense . . . |
defendandprotect |
Dec-29-08 10:55 AM |
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There's sooooooooo much wrong that self-respect and critical-thinking skills could CURE. |
Heidi |
Dec-29-08 11:47 AM |
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Just good sense and a concern for helping youth . . . |
defendandprotect |
Dec-29-08 12:08 PM |
#74 |
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no shit sherlock |
LSK |
Dec-29-08 10:12 AM |
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"The word 'abstinence' sounds like the words 'retirement fund' to the average teen" (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Dec-29-08 10:17 AM |
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Heidi |
Diclotican |
Dec-29-08 10:19 AM |
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I agree. |
Heidi |
Dec-29-08 10:25 AM |
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Heidi |
Diclotican |
Dec-29-08 06:11 PM |
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"teens who are religious tend to delay having sex,but that has nothing to do with virginity pledges" |
Spectral Music |
Dec-29-08 10:31 AM |
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Did they have all ugly teens in the control group? |
PassingFair |
Dec-29-08 11:59 AM |
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You bad! |
Spectral Music |
Dec-29-08 05:07 PM |
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I think that the pledge doesn't work |
SemperEadem |
Dec-29-08 02:44 PM |
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Yet another stellar idea |
xxqqqzme |
Dec-29-08 10:31 AM |
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What ever happened to those trendy chastity belts of the 18th century |
Nasprin |
Dec-29-08 10:35 AM |
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a big DUH! throw condoms at your teenagers n/t |
MrsBrady |
Dec-29-08 10:41 AM |
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Well no shit. eom |
SomeGuyInEagan |
Dec-29-08 10:52 AM |
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Unfortunately people who go to abstinence balls don't read scientific reports |
grantcart |
Dec-29-08 11:21 AM |
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"Teenage 'virginity pledges' are ineffective" |
nathan hale |
Dec-29-08 11:25 AM |
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LOL! No kidding! |
SemperEadem |
Dec-29-08 02:46 PM |
#85 |
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water is still wet, shockingly. |
lionesspriyanka |
Dec-29-08 12:07 PM |
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Duh! |
SillyFlower |
Dec-29-08 12:27 PM |
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That was never going to happen to me in high school |
bluestateguy |
Dec-29-08 12:32 PM |
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Sex? |
XemaSab |
Jan-01-09 03:53 PM |
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The only thing that would work would be scare tactics |
treestar |
Dec-29-08 12:37 PM |
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What? The paper isn't an effective barrier to sperm? Who knew?n/t |
pacoyogi |
Dec-29-08 01:41 PM |
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Yet another one of those "No Shit, Sherlock!" studies |
BattyDem |
Dec-29-08 02:04 PM |
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Nothing says you love your kids more than coercing them to make false promises |
Dappleganger |
Dec-29-08 02:15 PM |
#82 |
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Ouch! |
Moonwalk |
Dec-29-08 03:32 PM |
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Haven't these same studies been done before with the same results? |
sakabatou |
Dec-29-08 02:43 PM |
#83 |
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And they'll probably be done in another 20 years |
GoddessOfGuinness |
Dec-29-08 03:21 PM |
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Lol what it does it make sex more fun as being "taboo!" |
David__77 |
Dec-29-08 04:14 PM |
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When I was a teen in the late 80's, my pledge to lose my virginity |
Progs Rock |
Dec-29-08 04:34 PM |
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Teens are going to have pre_marital sex |
MMsteezycheeze |
Dec-29-08 04:37 PM |
#92 |
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Fuck that...! |
regnaD kciN |
Dec-29-08 05:34 PM |
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DUzy!!!! |
Heidi |
Dec-30-08 11:51 AM |
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Gasp!! OH NOES !! |
Myrina |
Dec-29-08 08:58 PM |
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In other news: rain apparently wet, Pope announces Catholicism, bear discovered shitting in woods... |
Endangered Specie |
Dec-30-08 11:21 AM |
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Virginity pledge |
daleo |
Dec-30-08 07:43 PM |
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Geez. Could have saved them thousands and lots of time |
JerseygirlCT |
Dec-30-08 08:36 PM |
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Virginity Pledges Ineffective? Shuuuuuut up! Next, they'll tell us teens ignore curfews and |
No Elephants |
Dec-31-08 03:06 PM |
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Study: Water is wet nt |
Zaidinit |
Dec-31-08 11:57 PM |
#113 |
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Candidate for this year's "You Call This NEWS?" award |
rocknation |
Jan-01-09 03:52 PM |
#119 |
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