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To: greenspirit who wrote (17238)	4/21/2000 2:20:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 769669

Another factor which I believe is of major importance in teenaged pregnancy is nonexistent or emotionally inadequate fathering. I haven't a shred of statistical evidence to support this, but I believe it nonetheless, simply because I have seen so many young women with fathers who were absent, or remote and emotionally cold, who were almost totally unable to resist the advances of older men. The logic is also pretty clear: aside from the reproductive drive (which unfortunately kicks in at an inconveniently early age), young woman have an undeniable drive to please men and gain positive attention from them, a drive that they frequently do not understand until they are older. If they don't get this attention from their fathers, they look for it elsewhere, and they get it however they can. I do not know much about the substance of the Dutch sex education process, only that it starts early and is regarded as being thorough. If I have time, I'll try to search out a link or two. The figures cited in the Finnish study for use of contraceptives among teens, along with their low rates of teen pregnancy and abortion, suggest that there, at least, abstinence is less a factor than knowledgeable use of contraceptives.