In your opinion, why are there so many pregnancies outside of wedlock?

Question

In your opinion, why are there so many pregnancies outside of wedlock?

Answer 1

bc Sh*t happens?

Answer 2

1.  People don't have enough forethought or insite to truly understand the consequences of their actions.

2.  They want to be loved.  You essentially grow your own love.  A child will provide you with unconditional love and be there when everyone else is gone.

Answer 3

we've managed to seperate s*x and marriage, basically but not altogether a good thing

Answer 4

DUH it's fun

Answer 5

To lazy to get married.

Answer 6

carelessness and poor forethought....because most married couples have already made vows and are commited to each other but babies that come from outside of wedlock more times then not will only have one parent around rasing them....or even worse....

Answer 7

cultures have changed, people have changed------ there is no taboo anymore on people living together and raising a family.

Answer 8

People do not take having children and raising them properly as a serious matter. To them it is not more than adopting a puppy.

You should see the numbers of Emotionally Disturbed Children in public school who require special education because of serious mishandling of their lives.

Answer 9

Because you don't need to be married to have children.

Answer 10

Lack of morals, discipline, and promiscuity.

Answer 11

Because there is so much s*x out of wedlock.  Because people enjoy s*x.

Answer 12

for some reason people think that it wont happen to them, that some how they are immune. no one goes for it hoping to get pregnant, but there you go.

Answer 13

Well, for one, women aren't raising responsible men. Most of them especially men raised by single mothers are spoilt and think a woman is supposed to not only work, but raise kids and wait on him hand and foot. And since women have learned this by the time they get pregnant, being realists, they know a marriage with such a man would never work. Even when women are educated in birth control, women have babies. That's what they do....it's the cycle of life. I always wonder if women raise their sons to be such louses to keep them tied to their apron strings. Women are awfully jealous of their son's love interests. Weird women.

Answer 14

Believe it or not the majority of out of wedlock pregnancies today happen within coupled relationships, what has happend in recent times though is that there has been a drastic decline in marriage rates. People are staying unwed longer to further education to be able to have a career and support themselves first. Instead, more couples are opting for cohabitation (common-law) living situations for longer periods of time.

So while many of these people are not married, a good number are in relationships, just not recognized as marriage. It is also more common nowadays for a couple to have a child before getting  married, it is not seen as taboo as it was in the past.

Some people may also feel marriage limits peoples freedoms and applys roles that men and women are expected to fulfill, and some may not want to have that imposed on them. While others, may see their relationship as their own business and not the business of the government and state.

So in short, I think the main reason is because of declining marriage rates and increased cohabitation, with marriage no longer understood as a necessary precursor to having a child to the same extent that it was in the past.

Answer 15

They don't understand that s*x meant for marriage....

Weather you believe in God or not....

=)

-Max

Answer 16

because of stupid horny retards who do not have the means to take care of children, and who would not care to have children, engaging in activities that , to their shock and amazement, usually produce children

Answer 17

Because with the fickle whims of the modern american woman, you just know she'd be hooking up with the mailman, the UPS guy, the plumber and the repairman if the man married her while he works hard to support her ungrateful behind, you can't trust one worth a damm for the most part so you may as well weigh her down with a kid that's yours, so that will give her little choice but to stay with you. Most other men will reject her after that point because they see no point to contributing to support some kid that isnt theirs.

Answer 18

lack of morals i reckon.