In Margaret Talbot's thoroughly interesting New Yorker piece on why so many evangelical teenagers are having sex, there's this nugget about teens who pledge abstinence:
…in some schools, if too many teens pledge, the effort basically collapses. Pledgers apparently gather strength from the sense that they are an embattled minority; once their numbers exceed thirty per cent, and proclaimed chastity becomes the norm, that special identity is lost.
Fascinating. Underdog status really does matter.
In my opinion, to teach abstinence as opposed to sex ed is like saying “We don’t need to teach kids about the dangers of drinking and driving since they cant drink until they are 21.”
I was wondering if anyone believes in destiny.
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