The Virginity pledge
The virginity pledge is pretty funny. After all: Dan Savage is keeping his boyfriend a virgin until marriage because, of course, anal sex isn't sex.
And there are lots of studies showing pledgers have just as much sex as nonpledgers, just as early, only without condoms.
If this study is right, however, there's something seriously wrong with my ( Read more... )
And there are lots of studies showing pledgers have just as much sex as nonpledgers, just as early, only without condoms.
If this study is right, however, there's something seriously wrong with my ( Read more... )
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-It says they are less likely to use condoms OR any other form of birth control than non-pledgers, but don't compare rates of unplanned pregnancy. It is possible that their control group had similar condom use rates but higher other birth control rates and so the STD risks are comparable but unplanned pregnancy rates are not.
-It doesn't say which STDs they are counting. If they are including HPV testing that could skew the results as it is by far the most common STD and is pretty good at getting itself past condoms.
-Teens in general are pretty inconsistent with condom usage. It's possible that the pledger group used condoms 20% of the time and the non-pledger group used condoms 50% of the time. Which would be statistically and socially significant. But 50% usage, while still better than none, leaves one open to a lot of risk.
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Oh wait... I forget that actual facts mean nothing to these people. :)
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I suspect that pledgers do have a low STD risk profile when they do have sex, they are probably more likely then non-plegers to have a virgin as a partner and are probably usually monogamous...
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