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Old 09-03-2009, 01:43 PM   #35
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Originally Posted by Homeslice View Post
No form of contreceptive is a "fruit", it's simply a means to more safely enjoy the "fruit" (sex)

Kaneman's original line of reasoning was, if you keep preaching that sex is bad, and you refuse to give kids information about it, they'll see it as something mysterious and therefore even more desirable than it already is. But you can't say that about taking contraceptives. Nobody develops a yearning to use contraceptives, they develop a yearning to have sex.
And it may be as badly flawed as another theory that was floated not too long ago. What is the mean income of the families, of these fecund teens?
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