Fewer high school teens, young adults having sex

[Swede]

Fewer teens and young adults are having sex, a U.S. government survey shows, and theories abound for why they're doing it less.

Experts say this generation may be more cautious than their predecessors, more aware of sexually spread diseases. Or perhaps emphasis on abstinence in the past decade has had some influence.

Or maybe they're just too busy.

"It's not even on my radar," said 17-year-old Abbey King of Hinsdale, Ill., a competitive swimmer who starts her day at 5 a.m. and falls into bed at 10:30 p.m. after swimming, school, weight lifting, running, more swimming, homework and a volunteer gig working with service dogs for the disabled.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/us-survey-finds-fewer-high-school-teens-young-20110303-084149-403.html

[Lyric]

1. "World of Warcraft" is a hell of a drug.

:cry:

[zazen]

2. texting and Facebook don't admit of pheromones

I worry that kids aren't learning to manage awkward face-to-face interactions that are typically part of growing up, but OTOH, fewer pheromones = a little less unprotected sex.

And pole dancing pornification notwithstanding, I see that high school girls are a lot more confident and don't succumb to social/sexual pressure. I have no doubt that some of these strong young women I've met would go out and f*** the first boy they found if that's what they wanted to do, but like that young lady said, she's got better things to do, for now.

Fine by me.

[otohara]

3. No Babies

having babies, sounds good to me.

[Modern_Matthew]

4. As a 23-year-old male, I have to admit that sex doesn't even make my top 10 priorities. nt

[Lucian]

5. It's easy to access porn on the internet.

When you can do it yourself and spend nothing, it's easier than working to get someone to have sex with.

Plus it's quicker.

[w8liftinglady]

6. ahem... "U.S. Teen Pregnancy Rates Down, Texas Rates Up"

http://www.ktxs.com/news/26781783/detail.html

ABILENE, Texas -- Teen pregnancy rates declined in the US, while more teens in Texas are getting pregnant. The Centers for Disease Control indicates the U.S. as a whole is showing a downward trend in teen pregnancies. Four point five percent of teens are mother, according to 2008 data.

Texas is in the top ten states for having the most pregnant teens, rising seven percent to more than 44,000.

“We see a lot of minor patients that come in that are pregnant or requesting pregnancy testing and the result is positive,” Kristin Staples, West Texas Planned Parenthood Clinic Manager, said.

Planned Parenthood said Taylor County is following the Texas trend.

A 2010 teen birth rates report indicates for every 1,000 teenage girls in Taylor County, 67 are pregnant.

Planned Parenthood thinks education is key to reducing teen pregnancy rates.

“They're not educated in the pregnancy itself and in the options that they have about birth control or they don't know anything about STDs,” Staples said. “They're just uneducated about it. The school district is abstinence only. I think it needs to start with the parents, the education does, and then it needs to go through with the patient to make an educated decision on what's best for them."

Abilene Independent School District said in a statement “We are teaching what we believe our community is in favor of us teaching, which is abstinence based education."

Planned Parenthood told us they provide counseling after a patient takes a pregnancy test. If the test is positive, then each patient is given the option to continue with the pregnancy, look at adoption plans or choose abortion.