Young Horny Teen Lawyers Exploit Anal loophole in Abstinence Pledge

dotadave · Mar 19, 2005

Study: Risks Remain for Teens Who Pledge Abstinence

By Matt Apuzzo
Associated Press
Friday, March 18, 2005; 2:58 PM

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Teens who pledge to remain virgins until marriage are more likely to take chances with other kinds of sex that increase the risk of sexually transmitted diseases, a study of 12,000 adolescents suggests.

The report by Yale and Columbia University researchers could help explain their earlier findings that teens who pledged abstinence are just as likely to have STDs as their peers.

The latest study, published in the April issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health, found that teens pledging virginity until marriage are more likely to have oral and anal sex than other teens who have not had intercourse. That behavior, however, "puts you at risk," said Hannah Brueckner, assistant professor of sociology at Yale and one of the study's authors.

Among virgins, boys who have pledged abstinence were four times more likely to have had anal sex, according to the study. Overall, pledgers were six times more likely to have oral sex than teens who have remained abstinent but not as part of a pledge.

The pledging group was also less likely to use condoms during their first sexual experience or get tested for STDs, the researchers found.

Data for the study was taken from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. An in-school questionnaire was given to a nationally representative sample of students in grades 7-12 and followed up with a series of in-home interviews roughly one, two, and six years later. It was funded in part by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Leslee Unruh, president of the National Abstinence Clearinghouse in Sioux Falls, S.D., called the study "bogus," disputing that those involved had pledged true "abstinence."

"Kids who pledge abstinence are taught that any word that has 'sex' in it is considered a sexual activity," Unruh said. "Therefore oral sex is sex, and they are staying away."

Millions of teens have signed written pledges or verbally promised to abstain from sex, part of a church-led effort to discourage premarital sex and the spread of disease. President Bush has boosted funding for abstinence-only education in schools.

Critics say that education needs to be coupled with safe-sex education to be effective.

"If adolescents only had sex in monogamous, married relationships, by definition there would be no STDs," Brueckner said, echoing President Bush's remarks in last year's State of the Union address. "But the majority of adolescents don't live like that. They do have sex."

Last year, the same research team found that 88 percent of teens who pledge abstinence end up having sex before marriage, compared with 99 percent of teens who do not make a pledge.
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Super_Grrl · Mar 19, 2005

Wow, we just talked about this in gender class a couple of weeks ago. It's very interesting... especially the part about not using condoms. Scary stuff!

HippieFlowerGirl67 · Mar 20, 2005

That's why you save yourself until your wedding night....

AutumnAuburn · Mar 21, 2005

And this is why abstinence-only education doesn't work...

SelfStyled · Mar 21, 2005

Jesus christ is that the "land of the free"

The fruitcakes that ban the theory of evolution.

( Ok come to think of it , they havent evolved)

Does anyone whos found to be shagging there get sent to Camp Xray.

Christ Im glad I never apllied for a Green Card.

________

Seriously tho what happens to someone found "guilty" of shagging>?

Syntax · Mar 26, 2005

So you can have anal and oral sex and still consider yourself a virgin? What's next, you can be a virgin as long as you had a condom on?

mart_182 · Mar 26, 2005

abstinence pledges?! ive never heard of this before! i cant believe this actually happens in the civilized world, fair enough, if you want to wait till marriage then do, but dont have a church led program where you get KIDS to sign abstinence pledges!! that government is so fucked up

SilverClover14 · Mar 26, 2005

In 7th grade they tried to MAKE us all sign abstinence pledge cards- and in a public school! They then hung them all up in the main area of the school. I got detention for refusing to sign and saying it should be a private matter and demanding real sex education. Sheesh... I hate people who don't understand that people ARE going to have sex before marriage and that they are doing a great diservice to the population by not teaching kids to be safe. Not everyone is going to go look for the facts themselves.

drumminmama · Mar 26, 2005

for a female physical virginity is an "intact" hymen. horse riding and gymnastic ruptures are acceptable.
how about teaching kids not to *totally* focus yea or nay on sex.
How 'bout a "Caring, Committed, Careful" pledge... for life? (the pledge, not necessarily the partner....but that could be cool, too)

dotadave · Mar 27, 2005

SilverClover14 said:

In 7th grade they tried to MAKE us all sign abstinence pledge cards- and in a public school! They then hung them all up in the main area of the school. I got detention for refusing to sign and saying it should be a private matter and demanding real sex education. Sheesh... I hate people who don't understand that people ARE going to have sex before marriage and that they are doing a great diservice to the population by not teaching kids to be safe. Not everyone is going to go look for the facts themselves.
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I'm pretty sure that violates the first amendment, much like forcing someone to stand up for the pledge.

Dizzy Man · Mar 27, 2005

Huh? Abstinance Pledging?

I've never heard of abstinance pledging either. What business is it of anyone else whether or not you're abstinant? Why would anyone care? Why would anyone want to be abstinant? What's wrong with fucking?

This definitely sounds like an American thing. We've never ever heard of that over here in the UK.

(Abstinance means celibate, right?)

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