Losin' It



I found a link to the following story over at Will Carroll's blog and given my own experience in this arena, thought it worthy of comment. From Wednesday's NY Times :

Among teenagers who pledged not to have sex before marriage, a majority did not live up to their vows, according to a national study reported here on Tuesday. The teenagers also developed sexually transmitted diseases at about the same rate as adolescents who had not made such pledges.

Of the 12,000 teenagers included in the federal study, 88 percent of those who pledged chastity reported having had sexual intercourse before they married, Dr. Bearman said at a scientific meeting in Philadelphia on preventing sexually transmitted diseases.

The researchers tested the participants for three common sexually transmitted infections — chlamydia, gonorrhea and trichomoniasis — and found that the rates were almost identical for the teenagers who took pledges and those who did not.

I've conducted my own personal studies and found that teens who pledge their virginity are very, very difficult to sway. Beer, quaaludes, rophynol, etc. are all useful at breaking down resistance, but remarkably, the most efficient means is trips to restaurants outside my neo-Egyptian compound.

Also, having Berry Gordy Jr.'s "The Last Dragon" on DVD is said to be helpful.




Of course, there are a handful of cases where those taking such a pledge have little difficulty keeping it.

Posted: Sat - March 13, 2004 at 10:02 AM      

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