freecounterpoint: Rah rah rah pffft on virginity pledges

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Sorry, Pepe, but this was obvious to anyone reading the article you posted.

My Frontier Thesis said...: It reads as though both sides are going hysterical. Note the first sentence, how teens who take vows of abstinence don't necessarily abstain, they just don't whore around as much as Pepe or JJ does. See below.

- These teens generally have less risky sex, i.e., fewer sexual partners.

- These teens are less likely to have a teenage pregnancy, or to have friends who use drugs.

- These teens have less premarital vaginal sex.

- When these teens lose their virginity they tend to do so at age 21 -- compared to 17 for the typical American teen.

- And very much overlooked, one out of four of these teens do in fact keep the pledge to remain chaste -- amid much cheap ridicule and just about zero support outside their homes or churches.; 1/06/2009 10:36 AM

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