Who really believes teenagers are uneducated about s*x?

Question

People talk about Palin's s*x education stance, and the fact that her daughter is pregnant as though her daughter went: "I wonder happens if I do this? dumdee dum."

Really, have you ever known anyone who made a stupid choice that wasn't because they wanted to do it despite the consequences they were fully aware of?

Answer 1

I would like you to find me the teenager who is uneducated about s*x today.

Answer 2

I think they are uneducated.  How to make babies is not nearly a complete education.

Answer 3

Teenagers are educated in s*x as far as the logistics are concerned. They do need to learn how to be more responsible with it though.

Answer 4

What's this got to do with "Religion & Spirituality"?

Answer 5

I guess Palin was delinquent in fully explaining what happens when people rub naughty bits together.

Answer 6

lots of them dont seem to know that it only takes once....too many working moms arent teaching them squat..

Answer 7

Yes, I sure have.

I also know some kids claim you can't get pregnant your first time, that 'he can pull out in time', and that condoms are evil/don't work/whatever.

Answer 8

Surely her daughter knew better, but there *are* certainly a lot of dumbasses out there. Sometimes I can't believe the intimate things people ask on other parts of this site...loony stuff all starting with "will I get pregnant if..."

Some people truly grow up in the dark. Maybe she thought there was something extra to be done that  makes a baby. Or thought that god wouldn't let it happen to her out of wedlock.

Answer 9

It is not the descriptive adjectives or the motions teens are so ignorant of, the the gravity and responsibility where in lies their gross ignorance.

Answer 10

Spend a couple hours reading the questions and answers in the woman's health, men's health and pregnancy sections of this forum and you will see that teenagers are sorely uneducated about s*x and pregnancy.

Answer 11

I do......teens these days.

Answer 12

Teenagers do know that s*x can easily lead to pregnancy and STDS, yes.  They know they're supposed to use condoms at least.

The trouble is they also tend to believe a lot of myths.  The biggest, greatest delusion that ALL teenagers live in is their own little superhero world.  All teenagers believe that nothing bad will ever happen to them.  (Admit it, we are all like that when we're young!)  We won't be the pregnant one, or the one who wrecks while driving buzzed, or the one who is diagnosed with cancer.

Aside from thinking they're secretly impervious to unfortunate things happening, teenagers pass around a lot of s*x myths.  For example, they think that urinating right after s*x, or having female-on-top s*x prevents pregnancy (it doesn't).  They think condoms are perfect (relatively high rate of incorrect use makes them not so great).  They don't realize how easy and cheaply they can get hormonal contraceptives (more effective and reliable).  They believe the guy's going to pull out (ridiculous).  And so on.

They may know the facts, but their understanding is still clouded by the misinformation.

Answer 13

you obviously have no idea how little many teens from low-income/rural communities know about s*x education.

edit: i've heard girls say that if they douche themselves with coca-cola after s*x, they won't get pregnant.

Answer 14

I think the ones who are uneducated are those who can't read the statistics of teen pregnancy rates and see that preaching abstinence is not working. If you can read and still support such a stance you are willfully ignorant.