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RE: Texas' Sexual Problem
May 6, 2015 at 10:18 am
Well, in the old continent, teens can go to a free "family planning" meeting with a doctor and come out with their pockets full of free condoms.
Also, they sometimes give out condoms in high schools...
I can't say it's 100% effective in preventing teen pregnancies and STDs... but it certainly helps!
Just check wiki's map:
![[Image: 800px-Teenage_birth_rate_per_1000_women_...09.svg.png]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=upload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2Ff%2Fff%2FTeenage_birth_rate_per_1000_women_15%25E2%2580%259319%252C_2000-09.svg%2F800px-Teenage_birth_rate_per_1000_women_15%25E2%2580%259319%252C_2000-09.svg.png)
Teenage birth rate per 1,000 women aged 15–19, 2000–2009
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RE: Texas' Sexual Problem
May 6, 2015 at 10:20 am
It reminds me of the idea some people have that proper children should act like miniature adults. It's as if some people legitimately forget what being a child or teenager is like. Or they just don't care at all.
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RE: Texas' Sexual Problem
May 6, 2015 at 10:38 am
(This post was last modified: May 6, 2015 at 10:48 am by Jenny A.)
It's even clearer on a U.S. map:
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Obviously the southern abstinence only trend leads to lots of teen pregnancies.
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RE: Texas' Sexual Problem
May 6, 2015 at 10:44 am
I wonder if the anomalously lower rate in Florida is due to the reduced average sperm motility and potency of the relatively larger percentage of geriatric males in that state . . .
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RE: Texas' Sexual Problem
May 6, 2015 at 10:48 am
Something's really messed up in parts of that country.
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RE: Texas' Sexual Problem
May 6, 2015 at 12:20 pm
(May 6, 2015 at 10:44 am)vorlon13 Wrote: I wonder if the anomalously lower rate in Florida is due to the reduced average sperm motility and potency of the relatively larger percentage of geriatric males in that state . . .
Geography aside, Florida is not part of the Bible Belt. It's a purple state that has voted sane the past two presidential elections.
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RE: Texas' Sexual Problem
May 6, 2015 at 12:25 pm
(May 6, 2015 at 10:07 am)Alex K Wrote: (May 6, 2015 at 10:05 am)Chad32 Wrote: By law you must wear seat belts, despite them not being 100% effective. Yet they want to argue against condoms and the pill partly because they aren't 100% effective.
Recommending the use of condoms would be too much of an official endorsement of promiscuous sex. Driving itself is not discouraged, that's the difference.
I realize that that is the way some idiots view the issue, but the reality is, teaching people about what condoms do is not the same as suggesting that people use them.
They confuse education (about facts) with motivations. Teaching someone what a condom is and what it does, is not the source of sexual desire. This should be perfectly obvious to any thinking person. And I am pretty sure that it is. I was raised in a very religious family, and my mother did not object to me taking a proper sex education class. Learning about venereal diseases and how one can contract them, as well as how to avoid them, does not motivate someone to have sex.
The motivation for sex is there without any education. Only a moron fails to realize that.
(As an aside, your understanding of American society seems very accurate, which is not surprising for someone who went to high school in the U.S. Why you would so such a thing is a bit of a mystery, but it fits with your accurate knowledge of America.)
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RE: Texas' Sexual Problem
May 6, 2015 at 12:27 pm
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The real anomaly is Utah. It's as red as can be, and it does teach abstinence only in the schools. Yet the teen pregnancy rate is low for the U.S.
My guess is that it's extreme social control.
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RE: Texas' Sexual Problem
May 6, 2015 at 12:34 pm
(May 6, 2015 at 12:27 pm)Jenny A Wrote: The real anomaly is Utah. It's as red as can be, and it does teach abstinence only in the schools. Yet the teen pregnancy rate is low for the U.S.
My guess is that it's extreme social control.
Lack of alcohol.
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RE: Texas' Sexual Problem
May 6, 2015 at 12:43 pm
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(May 6, 2015 at 12:27 pm)Jenny A Wrote: The real anomaly is Utah. It's as red as can be, and it does teach abstinence only in the schools. Yet the reported teen pregnancy rate is low for the U.S.
fixed that for you 
But more seriously, this nicely aligns with UT having the highest porn consumption.
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