Study: Houston leads in births under age 15

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by shmike

Just a bit.

Unless, as Kaneman suggested, constant preaching that premarital sex is bad and taboo to talk about causes kids to want it even more.

[shmike]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Unless, as Kaneman suggested, constant preaching that premarital sex is bad and taboo to talk about causes kids to want it even more.

Fair enough.

The same should hold true for contraceptives should it not?

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by shmike

Fair enough.

The same should hold true for contraceptives should it not?

You would think.

"Premarital sex is evil!"

"Contraception is evil!"

If one is forbidden fruit, then so is the other.

[Homeslice]

I would argue that using contraceptives isn't a "forbidden fruit", because it's not a "fruit" in the first place. Unlike having sex, it's nobody's goal in life to wear a rubber.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

I would argue that using contraceptives isn't a "forbidden fruit", because it's not a "fruit" in the first place. Unlike having sex, it's nobody's goal in life to wear a rubber.

And it isn't to take the pill and screw like a mink?

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

And it isn't to take the pill and screw like a mink?

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.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

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?