Ted, You don't think pledging to be virginal and getting laid two months isn't a form of hypocrisy?
Two months is one thing, but the study didn't mention anything about that. Instead, they surveyed a bunch of kids ages 12 to 18, then surveyed them again six years later. A lot can happen in six years, including puberty (though that seems to happen around 10 these days), adulthood, college, changing of belief systems, family transitions, etc. The temptation to drop a pledge made in youth becomes greater and greater, especially since the sex drive increases during that time period.
My apologies.....I don't know from where I got the two months. If these kids were surveyed at 12 when their hormones are just starting to rage and then again at 18, I can see why their vows of chastity were broken. I don't think they had much of a clue what they were getting themselves into at the age of 12.
Of course, the study doesn't come to any conclusion about whether those pledges were made in good faith at the time they were made. It only comes to the conclusion that sex education must be taught to everyone, and that teaching abstinence is futile and counterproductive when it comes to preventing STDs.
You sound disappointed.......if its likely they're going to break their vows of chastity, then isn't the important issue STDs?
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