{"id":6049,"date":"2008-12-29T14:32:29","date_gmt":"2008-12-29T21:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=6049"},"modified":"2008-12-29T14:32:29","modified_gmt":"2008-12-29T21:52:17","slug":"sun-rises-in-east-sets-in-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=6049","title":{"rendered":"Sun Rises in East, Sets in West"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey, you know what else is just that shocking? Virginity pledges don’t work<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Teenagers who pledge to remain virgins until marriage are just as likely to have premarital sex as those who do not promise abstinence and are significantly less likely to use condoms and other forms of birth control when they do, according to a study released today.<\/p>\n

The new analysis of data from a large federal survey found that more than half of youths became sexually active before marriage regardless of whether they had taken a “virginity pledge,” but that the percentage who took precautions against pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases was 10 points lower for pledgers than for non-pledgers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So in news that’s unsurprising to anybody who hasn’t been living in a cave, virginity pledges a) don’t reduce sexual activity but b) do make sexual activity more risky. Hooray!<\/p>\n

Now, a rational person, looking at this report, would say to themselves, “Self, I’ve gotta say, virginity pledges seem like a lose-lose proposition. They don’t stop sex, they just up the chances for people to become parents with venereal diseases.” But of course, virginity pledges have never been about reducing risky behavior or reducing pregnancy. They’ve been about slut-shaming and controlling female sexually. Of course, that’s not what they’ve been sold as, because most Americans aren’t interested in our sons and daughters being chaste; we’re interested in them not becoming fathers and mothers before they want to. Crazy us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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